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Home buyers are now allowed to view property again, but Covid-19 restrictions don't make that easy in the average home. How can you stay the ...
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Airbnb property has become so popular in parts of the UK that it has effectively priced people out in deprived local communities where there are ...
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UK Finance, the body that represents major UK banks, has reported a 17% rise in homeowner mortgaged properties taken into possession in the last quarter ...
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Conservation and heritage bodies are not generally known for encouraging, or even allowing, dramatic exterior paint-jobs on listed buildings. However, in 2007, the owner of ...
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The number of single households in the UK in 2019 has risen to its all-time record, and there are now 8.2 million single households in ...
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Despite hopes that the 1897 birthplace of former Prime Minister Anthony Eden would be saved from neglect, Grade II Listed Windlestone Hall near Bishop Auckland ...
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Velux Company Limited has issued a product warning on a specific type of small pane Velux window, produced and sold between 1997 and 2003. The ...
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A recent survey conducted by the price comparison website MoneySupermarket.com revealed an increase in the number of young adults aged 20-34 who live with their ...
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Private landlords across the UK private are feeling the squeeze. In 2018, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's English Private Landlord Survey revealed ...
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A recent survey has revealed that people are dissuaded from buying or renting properties because of the condition of the garden. It seems an attractive ...
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The fictional countryside home of one of television's most famous criminals, the notorious Tommy Shelby, has been listed for sale on Rightmove, by order of ...
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'Gradual homeownership' company, Unmortgage Limited, has been around since 2016 and partnered with Allianz Global Investors in July 2019. Its scheme is similar to the ...
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If you’re having trouble selling your home, are stuck in a property chain or are keen to secure a property purchase, you might be tempted ...
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House numbering was only introduced in 1765 when the house number followed by street number convention became the norm. Older roads often have odd house ...
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Securing the services of a competent, reliable and trustworthy builder is not easy, particularly in these heady days of housebuilding. Many good builders will have ...
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In 1918, a committee of experts was asked by the government to create a blueprint for housing for the working class ... prefab housing was ...
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Thirteen brand new homes created from converted shipping containers are set to be introduced later this year as a temporary housing solution for homeless families ...
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Laundering money through property is an international problem that has driven up property prices and enabled investors to ‘flip’ properties as criminals scramble to buy ...
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UK pensioners have once again been warned to take care before investing their hard-earned life and pension savings in property, after a BBC investigation discovered ...
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Every new generation may understandably feel jealous of its forebears, perhaps never more so as younger people struggle to get on the housing ladder while ...
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A Japanese tech team is in the process of developing a robot capable of cleaning up after you and your children. Using 'deep learning', the ...
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A new survey by the property search engine, Rightmove, has shown that a quarter of all properties for sale on the site have been listed ...
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New research has found that more first-time buyers are choosing to bypass flats to move straight into houses, resulting in a fall in the asking ...
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Have you ever spotted a house that offers everything you have always desired in a home? It could be in a perfect location or have ...
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In the current uncertain property market it is understandable that many households are staying put, but in doing so, we have spent around £48 billion ...
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Research by The Mortgage Lender has highlighted the number of self-employed people having difficulty in obtaining a mortgage. The report shows lenders are failing the ...
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After years of austerity and stagnant wage levels, household debt is taking its toll. Unsecured debt across Britain has reached a new high, now averaging ...
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A survey of 1,000 householders aged 25 to 40 has revealed that eco-friendliness is the top desirable design feature of the home of the future, ...
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2018 has been a rocky road for the housing market with Brexit uncertainty, sky high prices and historically low mortgage rates, so what can home buyers, ...
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Oasis band member, Noel Gallagher, originally put his six bedroomed London mansion on sale in 2016 for  £11 million but it has failed to sell ...
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Almost all estate agents will tell you that Christmas is not the wisest time to put your house on the market, as many people want ...
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Online estate agent, Zoopla, has named the top ten priciest streets in and outside the capital. The top ten most expensive streets in Britain are ...
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In 2006, the percentage of people living in Britain aged 65 or older was 15.9%. That increased by 13% to 18% in 2016, according to ...
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Nowadays, potholes are widely recognised as the bane of many drivers’ lives, as councils fail to maintain the public road system, but Italy's Genoa bridge ...
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The London housing market may be suffering from a decline in house prices and homebuyer activity, but more homeowners are taking advantage of opportunities to ...
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New Zealand's ministers have stated that they 'feel like tenants on their own land' after house prices across the country have risen by approximately 75% ...
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