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Analysis of property titles reveals extraordinary extent of royal footprint in north NorfolkJason Marple’s lawn is mowed into sharp stripes. But halfway from his back door to the neighbouring field, the strips stop, and the back half is an overgrown ta…
Sadiq Khan describes figures from City Hall analysis as a scandal, with London the worst affected regionPrivate landlords in England are earning £1.6bn a year in housing benefit in return for providing “non-decent” homes, in what Sadiq Khan has describ…
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…
Rics monthly poll shows new buyer inquiries in UK are flat as volume of agreed sales falls furtherUK house prices are expected to continue to fall despite surveyors’ expectations that the housing market will stabilise over the next 12 months, a study h…
Prospective tenants are being asked to provide personal details in order to secure a contract, raising fears of discriminationRenters are being subjected to extreme vetting procedures by letting agents and landlords who are demanding personal statement…
Halifax says market has been helped by easing of borrowing costsBusiness live: latest updatesUK house prices rose unexpectedly for a third month in a row in March in a sign of “resilience” in the market according to the latest report from Halifax.The l…
Average cost of property in Devon town reached £1,244,025 last year, driven by second home owners“Don’t hate me,” said Theo Spink of the view from her office on Tuesday afternoon, “but the sun is shining, there’s a gentle breeze, people are arriving fo…
Council tax and planning changes aim to make housing more affordable for those on local incomesRadical measures giving councils in Wales a raft of extra powers designed to stop second homes hollowing out communities, especially in coastal and rural are…
Experts say developers deterred by changes to planning system brought in by successive Tory governmentsPlanning applications in England have fallen to their lowest level in at least 16 years, according to figures published this week by the levelling up…
Average property drops 3.1% to £257,122 over year to March, says NationwideBusiness live updates: UK house prices in biggest fall since 2009UK house prices have fallen at their fastest annual rate since the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2009, wi…