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作者：laozhong 在 海归酒吧 发贴, 来自【海归网】 http://www.haiguinet.com
A million\'s just not enough
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By Alex Coakley
October 18 2005
Catherine Zeta-Jones famously proclaimed that “A million pounds is not a lot of money,” and how right she has proved to be.
A million pounds doesn’t go as far as it used to.
In the last 15 years alone, the overall value of £1 million has decreased by a third. At the beginning of the 1980s, £1 million was worth £2.83 million in today’s money - nearly three times as much as it is now, according to a study from private bank Coutts & Co.
The term ‘millionaire’ - for those in possession of cash or assets totalling £1 million - is now less meaningful than it once was. Coutts said the average ‘millionaire’ family would now need assets and wealth totalling at least £2.6 million in order to afford the ‘dream millionaire lifestyle in the UK.
Property prices were one of the main reasons £1 million no longer stretches as far as it used to, with prices having jumped by 575% over the last 25 years. This hasn’t stopped us from thinking about where we would buy our dream property if we became millionaires – with 15% of Britons saying that Cornwall would be their chosen location, closely followed by London (14%).
Coutts’ suggested dream millionaire lifestyle includes:
A luxury five bedroom house with two staff
Two luxury cars
An apartment and yacht in the South of France
Dining out twice a week
Two luxury holidays a year
The study also revealed that two thirds of the population would give up their jobs immediately if they won £1million despite this dramatic fall in the value of money.
“A millionaire used to be someone who was seen as super-wealthy – a person who didn’t have to work if they chose not to, and who was able to live a life of luxury simply by having £1million in cash or assets. However, while 25 years ago £1million would have been more than enough to comfortably live the ‘millionaire’s lifestyle’ a few times over, today it will only afford a small portion of the trappings,” commented Sarah Deaves of Coutts.
Living the Lifestyle
In 1980, interest rates were around 16% and property was worth eight times less than today. In London today, the most expensive region in the UK, to give up work and live the ‘millionaire’s lifestyle’, total assets and wealth of £3.48million would be needed. In 1980 the equivalent would have cost just £451,000 – more than seven times less.
Coutts also found:
The number of millionaires in the UK has increased by more than 80% between 2001 and 2004. There are now 425,000 millionaires, largely due to a 64% jump in house prices during this period.
A fifth of people feel they would need over £1million in the bank to feel ‘wealthy’.
If they won £1million, 80% of people would give money to friends and family, but only half would give to charity.
A quarter would remain in their current job if they became millionaires overnight (29% men / 25% women)
The National Lottery has created approximately 1,800 millionaires in its first 10 and a half years
As the number of millionaires in the country rises rapidly – over the last five years, it has increased more than 80% from 230,000 to 425,000 – the real worth of £1million continues to fall. In the last 15 years alone, the overall value of £1million has decreased by a third. At the beginning of the 1980s, £1million was worth £2.83million in today’s money - nearly three times as much as it is now.
作者：laozhong 在 海归酒吧 发贴, 来自【海归网】 http://www.haiguinet.com
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