Chance to get on the ladder (From Croydon Guardian)

Chance to get on the ladder

9:52am Thursday 13th November 2008 in

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The letter from Croydon’s Labour leader (October 29) covered a wide range of topics.

However, many will not forget the big council tax rises when his party ran the council, one being 27 per cent. That when the Government wanted us to believe inflation was its lowest since the year dot.

At least David Cameron hasn’t presided over a huge personal debt bubble built on soaring house prices.

Many first-time buyers have been priced out of the housing market for years. Let’s hope that recession will not force too many out of their jobs so they cannot take advantage of falling property prices.

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