Can you save enough for retirement? Heathrow vs house prices
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🗓️ 28 October 2016
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Cleared for take-off? Heathrow is given the green light for a third runway, but what does it mean for the economy, residents, house prices and the future of air travel from Britain?
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| 0:00.0 | This is Money, brought to you in partnership with ns and I.com, helping you keep on top of your savings, whenever, wherever. |
| 0:17.7 | Welcome to This is Money and Share Radio podcast in partnership with NS and I. I'm Georgie Frost and joining me. |
| 0:23.6 | In the studio is editor Simon Lamber and Consumer Affairs editor Lee Boyce to round up the week's top stories they've been covering on their financial website of the year. |
| 0:32.7 | And Heathrow is clear for takeoff. |
| 0:35.3 | Or is it? |
| 0:36.3 | In the long-running battle for airport expansion in the |
| 0:38.6 | South East, it was the West London outfit that got the government's vote over Gatwick. |
| 0:43.8 | Opinions though continue to be divided. |
| 0:46.2 | This is the right decision for Britain. |
| 0:47.5 | People seem to forget that this is impacting on our lives and our community. |
| 0:51.2 | If this runway does ever get built, Heathrow will be the biggest problem for climate change |
| 0:56.6 | in the country. |
| 0:57.6 | The political fallout continues, one MP quits. |
| 1:00.9 | You could have a referendum on Heathrow and you'd have Zimbabwean-esque results, almost |
| 1:04.8 | everyone as opposed. |
| 1:05.8 | It has massive, massive implications. |
| 1:07.8 | With all the extra noise and years of disruption planned, what will it do for house prices |
| 1:12.2 | in the area? |
| 1:13.2 | If you live in the weight of the new flight path, in the likes of Hounslow in particular, |
| 1:19.7 | it's going to have a really devastating effect, I think, on house prices. |
| 1:22.9 | Also today we look at where in the country gets you the best returns on your buy-to-let |
| 1:26.4 | investment. |
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