{"id":83131,"date":"2026-01-04T20:10:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=83131"},"modified":"2026-01-04T20:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:10:06","slug":"the-salary-needed-to-buy-a-home-in-each-london-borough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/04\/the-salary-needed-to-buy-a-home-in-each-london-borough\/","title":{"rendered":"The salary needed to buy a home in each London borough"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1TxXwn.img?w=534&amp;h=390&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Ever wondered how much you\u2019d need to earn to buy a house in every London borough? (Picture: Getty Images)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">London<\/a>\u00a0was a city where\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/08\/02\/bought-a-420-000-flat-a-friend-fell-23817336\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">buying a home<\/a>\u00a0felt remotely possible \u2013 even for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/07\/27\/average-amount-brits-savings-according-age-2-23758152\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">average worker.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/money\/other\/the-salary-needed-to-buy-a-home-in-each-london-borough\/ar-AA1TxXwv?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=ba62e97adef74e4fa20f837e2c25c0f3&amp;ei=16\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Once upon a time,\u00a0London\u00a0was a city where\u00a0buying a home\u00a0felt remotely possible \u2013 even for the\u00a0average worker. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cost-of-living-crisis"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Estate-agent-signs.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83132,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83131\/revisions\/83132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}