The buy-to-let reality check: Why a cash Isa beats being a landlord
Hello Neighbour used average rents, house values and gross rental yields from property portal Zoopla’s September 2025 index and assumed...
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‘The best thing I ever did’: the homeowners downsizing years before retirement
The house is cheap and easy to maintain, giving the couple plenty of time to spend working on their garden...
This family must tear down its summerhouse (as Labour plans a garden-home boom)
The Causleys are appealing the decision, costing them a further £500.Although their summerhouse is in the front garden, and so...
‘I’d sell my house before my beach huts’: Britain’s seaside shed obsession
She describes the decision as life-changing: “I think the power of the sea is completely underestimated. It’s immensely therapeutic.”When she...
The truth behind house raffles enticing desperate buyers
In most cases, the excuse is written in the small print: not enough tickets sold to meet the threshold. A...
How influencers and tech billionaires are reshaping London’s super-prime property market
Ice rinks, nightclubs, infrared saunas and digital-detox zones: millennials have entered the super-prime London housing market.Properties worth £10m and more...
How Labour broke Britain’s rental market in 100 days
Labour’s groundbreaking Renters’ Rights Act was designed to give power back to tenants.By banning landlords from issuing Section 21 “no...
The perfectly sized property buyers are competing for
Although mortgage rates have dropped back slightly after spiking at the start of the Middle East conflict, they are still...
‘Estate agents with zero accountability make buying a house in Britain a misery’
Share your house buying stories in the comments below or by emailing money@telegraph.co.uk*The process of buying a house last year...
Britain’s downsizing crisis is only getting worse
Are you trying to downsize? Tell us your story at money@telegraph.co.uk*Stephen Crowhurst’s late mother moved into a care home three...
