Almost all homes will need air-con despite planning rules
Almost every home in England will need air conditioning in the next few decades, even as planning rules block installations.A...
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Labour plans fresh crackdown on Nimbys
Communities fighting to block large housing developments could be limited to a single court challenge under a new Labour crackdown...
Councils spend record £1.26bn a year on temporary housing
Expenditure was heavily concentrated in London, with £739m spent in 2024-25, but parts of England had also seen their spending...
Families brace for double death tax hit on homes under Burnham
Middle-class families could be set for an even tighter squeeze on their finances under potential “family home death tax” plans...
Edinburgh to bring back 300pc second homes tax
Local authorities were granted powers by the Scottish Government to raise taxes on second home owners by an unlimited amount...
Landlords sell 700 properties a day as Labour’s reforms bite
Mustafa Sidki, a partner at Thackray Williams, said that his firm had seen four times the number of instructions for...
Labour-led council forced to water down landlord licensing scheme
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More than £360k wiped off prime country house prices in a single year
Savills describes a country house as “a detached residence, with traditional architecture, probably Georgian or Victorian provides an oasis from...
