After years of praying for a house price crash, it’s time for a U-turn
Rates are now falling – the average two-year rate across the big six lenders is 4.6pc, down from 4.7pc last...
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We are working people, landlords tell Starmer
Guy Gittins, the chief executive of Foxtons, London’s largest estate agent, said: “Rather than misplaced stereotypes, we would like to...
Richard Collins, property developer who cared as much about design as he did about profits – obituary
Richard Collins, who has died aged 71, was an unusual property developer who put quality of design ahead of profit;...
Labour council bills homeowners £28,000 for staff mobile phones
A Labour-run council ordered flat owners to pay £28,000 to cover the cost of 10 mobile phones for its own...
‘I worked 11-hour days as a London trader – running Middleton Castle is harder’
Growing up, Tom Barclay kept quiet about his family home of Middleton Castle, just outside King’s Lynn. “I never really talked...
why the Church could build your property
But some argue the Church should be protecting its green space. Last week, Chris Packham, a BBC presenter, accused the...
The seaside town where Labour plans to build 1,300pc more homes
Tristan Learoyd is a councillor in Marske, and one of the staunchest opponents of the development plans.Mr Learoyd says: “The...
The impoverished town where one in four are on housing benefits
“It would have worked out a lot cheaper to have acquired or built the properties and charged a much lower...
The last thing Britain needs is another house price boom
Suspicions of price collusion by Barratt, Redrow and six other builders are also being investigated. Redrow has said it will...
The flood-prone village braced for Labour’s ‘major city’ plans
Villagers are no strangers to having their gardens filled with sewage during spells of wet weather, with portable toilets previously...
