The housing crisis just got risky
We’re not building enough homes – about 100,000 too few every year. It makes housing unaffordable. To ‘help’, Barclays bank has decided to step in and offer 100% mortgages to first-time buyers. How quaintly 2007 is that? The other catch is that parents have to stump up some of their nest egg as part of the deal. Is…
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