It is a sad state that the area of east London is home to some of the Capitals poorest people. Not by their own choice just bad luck. In fact the recent property hike has made it increasingly difficult for residents in the East of London to be able to meet the cost of living.
The high cost of living in London means that the minimum wage paid out to staff in East London is basically a wage that will lead the workers to live in poverty taking it. The minimum Living Wage for London is 7 pounds and 20 pence per hour. To some areas of the Uk this can sound relatively good, however when you have a family to support, Bills to pay and living expenses to make in London 7 pounds 20 per hour just about keeps you off the street.
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For me this question is not a difficult one to answer the in the past years the property prices areas in the UK are rising. With the costs of mortgages going up, it is quite simple that buying a property in an area that has already reached the 1 million mark would be a risky investment. |
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Brick Lane's curry-house bosses are fighting to have the new Shoreditch High Street station, to open in 2010, renamed "Banglatown". They say the station, which will be part of the extended East London line, would make it easier for tourists and Londoners to get to the area, famous for its large Bangladeshi community living in and around Brick Lane. |
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East End gets its own Hyde Park Plans for the biggest public park to open in London for over a century were unveiled today.
The 270-acre "super-park" will emerge from the side of the 2012 Olympics on the athletes have gone home.
The future east London park is described as the East End equivalent of Hyde Park and which will open to the public in 2014, will look like. |
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 Put aside fears of a housing price plunge: Last year's spate of buyer inaction is spurring demand. Finance-industry bonuses help, too
Americans who are lying awake at night worrying that the prices of their homes will fall off a wall like Humpty Dumpty can take some comfort in the experience of Londoners. After house prices in the British capital racked up double-digit gains seven years in a row through 2003, most forecasters predicted a nasty snapback. So far it hasn't happened. In fact, there are signs that prices are beginning to resume their upward climb. |
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