‘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...
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‘Forget downsizing – I upsized to a four-bed £780k house in my seventies’
When his wife died, Michael Higgs, now 80, downsized from his main family home just outside Harpenden, where he’d lived...
Why Britain’s vital landlords face wipeout under Labour
The Renters’ Rights Bill has been dubbed the biggest overhaul of rental law in 30 years. The Government has said...
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...
Rachel Reeves urged to scrap stamp duty for downsizers
The previous government flirted with stamp duty cuts several times. Former chancellor Rishi Sunak offered homebuyers a stamp duty “holiday”...
Billionaire Richard Desmond buys Dubai house after ‘losing confidence’ in British politics
By contrast, Germany, France and Italy are all predicted to increase their share as the wealthy seek out friendlier tax...
Countries That Use the US Dollar as Currency as
There are those of us who are not good at math. I am one of them. Therefore having to calculate...
340,000 people still trapped in ‘unsafe’ cladding flats
More than 340,000 people are still living in flats with unsafe cladding – seven years after the Grenfell disaster.The Grenfell...
Parents face £21k premium to live near a top state school
In addition, higher mortgage rates have pushed buyers out of London, according to estate agency Hamptons. Homeowners ditched the city...
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...
