Assertion: building society's member | /r/CapableOf | buy house
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text: As reported by the Craven Herald, a Skipton-based newspaper founded during the same period, Skipton "differs from the old building societies, in this, that it is not established for the express purpose of building a certain street or row of houses, but what is much superior, it enables a man to build what he likes, where he likes, and as he likes; or, if a member prefers to buy a house, he can do so, and the Society, if they think the purchase a good one, will advance the money; and if he wishes neither to build, nor buy any buildings, he will receive four and a half per cent compound interest, calculated monthly, and can withdraw at any time on giving a month's notice; thus constituting an investment good in itself, and especially suitable for the weekly savings of the working classes.
text: The term building society first arose in the 19th century, in the United Kingdom, from co-operative savings groups: by pooling savings, usually in terminating deposits, members could buy or build their own homes.