Councils face £383m shortfall as second home tax raid backfires
Local authorities were given the option to charge a 100pc council tax premium in April last year under plans introduced...
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The families relocating for a better quality of life
When Charlotte Cowell left Darwen, Lancashire, at age 16, she didn’t plan to come back – let alone buy the...
The family businesses wiped out by TfL’s property empire
Maloney’s business, car repair shop JC Motors, left the site in November 2024 but the arch remains empty. PfL says...
‘We moved 600 miles from home to free ourselves from our mortgage’
In 2023, Audrey died. By then the children were about to leave school, and the couple were able to think...
Secret Landlord: I broke housing law by accident – but this is what councils want
This is scary stuff. If, for example, a tenant tripped, fell and injured themselves and said you were liable, the...
Six practical steps for landlords to combat rising mortgage rates
Landlords have been given plenty of things to worry about in 2026, but when the year began mortgage rates weren’t...
Why Britain’s empty pubs are prime targets for squatters
Goldenberg says the protracted process of gaining planning permission essentially “helps the squatters” because it means buildings are left vacant...
Why housebuilders have given up on London
An unattractive environment for investorsTax changes and regulation have made matters worse. Previously, an investor buying a block of 10...
Where to invest in buy-to-let with just £25k
It’s not an easy time for landlords. In addition to new rental regulations, rising buy-to-let rates caused by war in...
‘My father put Britain’s stately homes on the map – now our future is far from certain’
Remarkably, so did everyone else. In 1956, Edward Montagu opened the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, “and if you look...
