Many feel they have been fobbed off by Grand Designs presenter’s promised returns TV presenter whose design for living turned sour Small investors who sank millions of pounds into the… Read more »
Exclusive: Report sets out blueprint for overhaul of rental sector including devolved powers Sadiq Khan will demand an overhaul of tenancy laws in a campaign for London rent controls that… Read more »
A YOUNG family from Leicestershire bought their £131,000 three-bed home with even having to put down a deposit. Beth Sharpe, 26, and her partner Carl Dooley, 35, moved into their… Read more »
Report finds at least 630,000 will be unable to afford private rents on their pension income More than 600,000 members of so-called ‘Generation Rent’ are facing an “inevitable catastrophe” of… Read more »
Young people can no longer afford to move to cities where wages are higher, says Resolution Foundation One of the defining patterns of English life in which young people move… Read more »
Peterborough byelection hopeful had role in firm that exploited ‘feudal’ system The Brexit party’s candidate in the Peterborough byelection has been criticised for profiteering from buying and selling freeholds of… Read more »
ESTATE agents who charge the highest commission fees are overvaluing homes by up to 20 per cent to lure sellers. Property owners then pay their larger fees when they sell… Read more »
HAVING a newborn will send most household finances soaring but for Shona Hornby and her partner Nick Trutwein becoming parents actually kick started their saving for a house. As soon… Read more »
Commission set up by Scottish government recommends new powers to split monopolies Scottish land ownership rules must be radically reformed to reverse the concentration of the countryside in the hands… Read more »
MORE than half of mortgages on the market can now be taken out for up to 40 years, after a surge in longer loan availability. Traditionally, homeowners have been able… Read more »
A Chinese startup that’s taking a dorm-like approach to urban housing just raised $500 million as its valuation jumped over $2 billion. Danke Apartment, whose name means “eggshell” in Chinese,… Read more »
UNDER-FIRE homebuilder Persimmon caused outrage after posting record pre-tax profits of more than £1bn yesterday. The York-based firm – accused of leaving some buyers with shoddy houses full of mould,… Read more »
Builder condemned for making massive gains from taxpayer-funded programme Housebuilder Persimmon made a record-breaking £1bn profit last year – equal to more than £66,000 on every one of the homes… Read more »
LANDLORDS have hiked rents by up to seven per cent since last year, new figures show, and now an expert is warning things are only going to get worse. More… Read more »
YOUR empty nest may be feeling rather full again, with a million more young adults living with their parents than two decades ago. That is according to recent figures from… Read more »
NEW homes are costing more to heat because eco-energy plans were scrapped, experts say. The “zero carbon homes” policy was due to start in 2016 but the Government ditched it… Read more »
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Italy stumbles back into recession Latest: Italy is in recession again Italian economy shrank by 0.2% last quarter Eurozone only… Read more »
Bernard McGowan, who has £30m in property, received money from Brent despite being banned A repeatedly convicted landlord, ruled unfit to rent out property in a north London borough in… Read more »
Controversial landlord Fergus Wilson forces Kent householders to find new homes Dozens of families are facing the risk of homelessness after receiving eviction notices from one of Britain’s biggest and… Read more »
Leaseholders at building in London face having to pay £70,000 each to make it safe Residents in a tower block that is wrapped with combustible cladding say they are facing… Read more »
Winner received £110,000 after Mark and Sharon Beresford failed to sell enough tickets Contestants who entered a raffle to win a £3m luxury home in Hampshire have been left disappointed… Read more »
Commission including Sayeeda Warsi and Ed Miliband has been researching ways to tackle housing crisis ‘Bounced from place to place’: the unsettled lives of housing crisis victims England must launch… Read more »
‘Muhammad’ less likely than ‘David’ to get a positive response, Guardian investigation finds • How we carried out the survey People from ethnic minorities face arbitrary discrimination when they look… Read more »
FoI responses from 293 English councils reveal string of weaknesses in private rented market law Almost 90% of local authorities failed to use new powers to fine rogue landlords last… Read more »
Figures for England show 6,463 homes built in 2017-18 despite 1.25m families on waiting lists The number of new homes built for social rent has fallen by almost four-fifths in… Read more »
Biggest November drop since 2012, with former hotspots hit hardest, says Rightmove House prices fell by more than £5,000 on average in November, sliding fastest in Britain’s wealthiest towns as… Read more »
London borough’s 150 sq metre limit aims to inspire building of more affordable properties Westminster city council is to ban new supersize properties built for oligarchs and other members of… Read more »
Shelter says landlords insisting ‘no DSS’ causes misery and is likely to be unlawful At least one in 10 rental properties in England could be being unlawfully advertised by explicitly… Read more »
Credit agency warns of property price falls, unemployment doubling and inflation spiking in latest grim forecast Britain’s economy will suffer rising unemployment and falling household incomes that would trigger a… Read more »