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Much depends on the housing market and there’s no agreement on how that’s faring right nowWith hindsight, one of Britain’s biggest building societies could definitely have picked a better day to launch a first-of-its-kind 100% mortgage.On Tuesday morni…
Problems at landscaping supplier and online estate agent prompt share dips at housebuildersA profit warning from the UK driveways to roofing firm Marshalls and a gloomy outlook from the online estate agent Purplebricks, which is fighting for its surviv…
Property values in south of England fall most, while West Midlands records strongest growthBusiness live – latest updatesAnnual house price growth across the UK has slowed to the lowest level in more than a decade, with property values in the south of …
Which? figures show Britons struggling with loans, cards and bills as interest rates and inflation soarAn estimated 700,000 UK households missed or defaulted on a rent or mortgage payment last month, according to data issued days before another expecte…
Group tells staff it will let most of them go, as it considers options for loss-making factory Legal & General is to halt new production at its loss-making modular housing factory near Leeds while it reviews the future of the business, putting 450 …
From rationing to taxes, house prices to health – the differences and similarities between the Britains of 1953 and 2023Double-digit inflation prompted by a regional war. Essential goods in short supply in the shops. Shortages of workers. In some respe…
Nationwide expert hails ‘tentative signs of a recovery’ as buyers’ confidence improvesBusiness live – latest updatesUK house prices rose by 0.5% in April after seven months of declines, according to Nationwide building society.The modest increase took …
Average of £224,963 for homes with one or two bedrooms is 2% higher than a year ago, says RightmoveThose people hoping to get on to the UK housing ladder are facing record asking prices, as calm returns to the sector after last autumn’s mini-budget spo…
More opt for longer loan deals and lower monthly payments as rents soar in cost of living crisisA standard mortgage used to run for 25 years but experts are reporting a growing trend for marathon loans spread over up to 40 years as first-time buyers an…
Up to 2.6 million people aged 18-34 in damp, draughty and cramped living conditions, says thinktankOne in six young adults in the UK are living in poor-quality housing, according to research that says damp, draughty and cramped living conditions are ha…