Stamp duty rises for second-home buyers, a doubling of council tax for existing second-home owners, a hike in mortgage rates and a dramatic reversal of the Covid-era work-from-home ethos have created an unprecedented slowdown in rural areas.
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Former Tory minister David Mellor and Lady Cobham are selling their extraordinary London mansion for £16 million - 30 years after the Westminster affair that brought them together.
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The government’s pledge to build 1.5 million homes in five years is doomed to failure because construction costs are too expensive for builders in half of the country, a damning report revealed.
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This week the government announced significant changes to the way people in England and Wales will buy and sell homes, shifting the system towards Scotland.
Will this be a silver bullet for our housing market or bring about its own problems?
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Millennial investors will account for half of the new buy-to-let limited companies to be set up this year — the first time this generation has ever reached this threshold — as older landlords cool on property investment.
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He made his fortune from a toilet roll empire, but multimillionaire Majid Hussain’s attempts to build his own castle unravelled when plans for a mock-Georgian mansion in the middle of the green belt were defeated in court.
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Terrific investigation by @manumidolo.bsky.social.
How gangs are renting out properties before stealing landlords' identities, using the homes as brothels and then using weak tenancy laws (and lax policing) to prove impossible to evict - often for years.
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Required reading
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Exclusive: Portakabin is to strike deals with several British urban councils to build emergency prefab housing - its first ever homes - amid a sharp rise in homelessness. It has also offered its services to the Home Office for asylum-seeker housing.
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Residents of one of the government's proposed new-towns are somewhat incredulous at the plans... because they have been inundated for years by appalling floods...
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Rural areas are a happy hunting ground for bargain-hunting buyers. Plus, search to see how far prices have fallen where you live
Younger generations now dominate property investment: those born between 1981 and 1996 will account for half of new buy-to-let companies this year
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A damning report reveals building costs soared 17 per cent between 2022 and 2024. This makes new homes a loss-maker for builders in nearly half the country
At an otherwise peaceful demonstration in Trafalgar Square I encountered abuse, swearing, ignorance and, underpinning it all, virulent, unthinking antisemitism
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Scotland’s structure leads to much quicker completions on average, so it’s no wonder Keir Starmer’s government is looking north of the border
Organised gangs are scamming the owners of rental properties in London so they can more easily engage in activities such as fraud and prostitution
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In Tempsford, there is anger as residents say government’s plans ignore years of flooding, while villagers in Adlington are stunned and unprepared for sudden announcement
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The prefab manufacturer will build homes for the first time in a deal with 11 councils — and is open to providing accommodation for asylum seekers too
