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A survey revealed the best places to live in England and Wales in 2024 - and the top 10 list was filled with stunning countryside locations, including a town in DerbyshireThe Torr Vale Viaduct at New Mills(Image: Getty)Brits are known for their love of holidays abroad, often seeking out sunnier climates and exotic landscapes.However, the UK is home to a wealth of stunning locations that are not only popular with tourists but also loved by those who live there. From Cornwall's sandy beaches to Wales' towering mountains, the Lake District's...

Seattle named 9th most expensive city in U.S.According to a report from Oxford Economics, it takes a household income of $200,000 to afford a new home in Seattle, including property taxes and insurance costs.Fox - SeattleProperty taxes are a thorn in the side of homeowners. While many of us wish we didn't have to pay them, we don't have a choice. Just how much you pay depends on where you live, as taxes fluctuate from state to state and from town to town.In New Jersey, property taxes are significantly higher...

The town was named seventh in a list compiled by property website Rightmove where people looking to get their first home would find the most affordable locations.11:02, 10 Mar 2025Updated 12:21, 10 Mar 2025Paisley has been highlighted as an affordable location to buy a first-time home(Image: Andrew Neil)Paisley has been named among the cheapest places in the UK to buy a first-time home.The town was named seventh in a list compiled by property website Rightmove where people looking to get their first home would find the most affordable locations. The...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. For years, the house next door to ours was condemned. The retired federal employee who owned it lived elsewhere and seemed mostly to use the property to store a whole bunch of his junk. I would sometimes see him puttering around the library in our part of Arlington, Virginia. Though I would have preferred a neighbor who was friendly and present, I was grateful that for some unfathomable reason he never...

President Donald Trump is swinging the axe at government waste, eyeing a blockbuster sell-off of 443 federal properties spanning 47 states, DC and Puerto Rico. The move, aimed at gutting the bloated federal workforce and the pricey buildings they occupy, could dump nearly 80 million square feet of commercial space — 12 times the Pentagon’s footprint — onto the market. The General Services Administration (GSA) dropped the staggering list of “non-core” assets on Tuesday, spotlighting a haul that could save taxpayers a cool $430 million a year in upkeep costs,...

This week, we’re in Chiswick, West London (Picture: David Sandison) Welcome back to What I Own – Metro’s property series where we speak to homeowners about getting on the ladder. This week, we’re in Chiswick, West London having a nose around Lexie Carducci’s two-bedroom flat. She bought the £442,000 home at just 24, having saved a 20% deposit. She’s made a career out of the property world too, having ‘fallen’ into the industry after she started dating an estate agent when she first moved to London at 18. Now, 15 years on, she describes...