In the first Covid-19 lockdown, Selaine Saxby noticed how empty her village had become. “I live on a close of 30 homes of which only…
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Outrage 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 chargeCity boltholes for sale – in pictures
Barnes, London Between a red brick building sporting a blue plaque, and a white period apartment block, is a sandy-coloured, Grade II-listed, Georgian townhouse which…
View More City boltholes for sale – in picturesSunak 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 landlordsPart of billionaire family’s empire named on London’s rogue landlord list
A family-owned property empire whose holdings include the former Fenwick department store building on London’s Bond Street has seen one of its subsidiaries named on…
View More Part of billionaire family’s empire named on London’s rogue landlord listUK first-time buyers: how to get yourself mortgage ready
The weather is warming up, and so too is the property market, according to some reports – which may not be music to the ears…
View More UK first-time buyers: how to get yourself mortgage readyDiary of a first-time buyer: ‘Five brokers, four offers – but at last I’m a homeowner’
I started looking into buying a property in June 2022 – partly driven by my parents, who thought the £2,040 a month I was paying…
View More Diary of a first-time buyer: ‘Five brokers, four offers – but at last I’m a homeowner’Average 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 recordedUK house prices rise by 1.5% in biggest increase for 10 months
An increase in buyer demand and stronger house sales during March have combined to push the average UK home’s asking price up by a further…
View More UK house prices rise by 1.5% in biggest increase for 10 monthsGround 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