At least five leading lenders increased rates on their fixed mortgage deals on Tuesday in response to “market uncertainty”, adding to pressure on homebuyers and…
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UK house prices should return to growth in next year, Rics survey shows
House prices across the UK are expected to return to growth within the next 12 months after an increase in new property listings and buyer…
View More UK house prices should return to growth in next year, Rics survey showsUK failure to build social homes ‘shocking’, says author of 2004 report
The failure of governments to build enough social homes in the past 20 years is “shocking” and “uneconomical”, says the author of a landmark Blair-era…
View More UK failure to build social homes ‘shocking’, says author of 2004 reportOutrage as residents in England’s ‘affordable’ housing forced to pay thousands of pounds extra in service charge
Some of the UK’s largest housing providers have dramatically increased annual service charges by thousands of pounds, plunging residents into financial crisis, an Observer investigation…
View More Outrage as residents in England’s ‘affordable’ housing forced to pay thousands of pounds extra in service chargeSunak and Gove accused of caving in to lobbying in favour of landlords
Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove have been accused of caving in to Tory MPs lobbying in favour of landlords’ interests after it emerged that significant…
View More Sunak and Gove accused of caving in to lobbying in favour of landlordsAverage monthly UK rent up 9% – the highest annual increase recorded
The average monthly rent paid by tenants in the UK rose by 9% in the year to February, official figures show – the highest annual…
View More Average monthly UK rent up 9% – the highest annual increase recordedGround rent not legally or commercially necessary, says UK watchdog
Britain’s competition watchdog has said ground rent is “neither legally nor commercially necessary” and that government may need to step in to protect consumers from…
View More Ground rent not legally or commercially necessary, says UK watchdog‘It makes moving pointless’: why stamp duty is the biggest downside to downsizing
What’s standing in the way of downsizing for Gail, 58, from Manchester – who is self-employed and lives with her partner in a five-bed house…
View More ‘It makes moving pointless’: why stamp duty is the biggest downside to downsizing‘It’s almost carbon-negative’: how hemp became a surprise building material
Cannabis sativa, the plant of the thousand and one molecules, has a long and expansive reputation – as a folk medicine, a source of textile…
View More ‘It’s almost carbon-negative’: how hemp became a surprise building materialLabour’s reduced home insulation plans ‘simply not enough’
Labour’s slashing of proposed spending on home insulation will leave millions of people on low incomes in cold, damp homes and could prevent the UK…
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