| 17.05.2012 - UK's 60-year property boom: House prices 'have risen more than 100 times' since Coronation |
| Today's average house price is 105 times higher than it was when the Queen was coronated in 1952 - making it seem as if we could all afford palaces now in comparison. Climbing onto the property ladder required just £1,520 that year. And in the Silver Jubilee in 1977, the average price was still only £9,737 - today's £160,000 average is 16 times higher than that...............................................Full Article: Source |