DAY BY DAY.
One of the great changes of recent years is undoubtedly the growing habit among all classes of the population of buying the houses in which they live, says a London paper. The same thing applies in New Zealand. People are now much more anchored than they were before the war. This change has come about partly through the desire of people to have a home 0* their own—a desire made possible by the aid of building societies, who in Britain advanced for this purpose £51,000,000 in 1926 alone —and partly through the actual shortage of houses. Moving is no longer the simple thing it used to be. People would rather buy their houses and be sure of a permanent home. The change is ail to the good. A. man who owns the house in which he lives can and docs take a pride and interest in it which a mere tenant can never possess. It is sure to be well looked after, for he feels that home really is home now and that he will not be wasting care and energy for the benefit of somebody else*
A Nation of Houseowners.
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Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17241, 28 October 1927, Page 6
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194DAY BY DAY. Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17241, 28 October 1927, Page 6
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