All news on the topic: Housing

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London rents rise again as Savills warns of double-digit increase across the UK
Analysts have warned rents are being pushed to unsustainable levels amid another yearly jump and concerns there is no natural plateau in sight.
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Scandal surrounds Prince William’s royal rental properties, which reportedly suffer from mold, are hard to heat, and fail to meet housing standards
Our investigation with Channel 4 Dispatches has found that some of Prince William’s tenants are at risk of fuel poverty and living in hard to heat homes with mould and damp issues
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Inside David and Victoria Beckham’s new £60 million home featuring nine bedrooms and yacht parking
David and Victoria Beckham have paid a premium for a luxurious new home with nine bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, a gym, home cinema, spa, infinity pool, and more.
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Twelve e-bike fire survivors sue London landlords and the battery manufacturer
Legal action follows fire that killed a man in overcrowded Shadwell flat, believed to be the first case of its kind involving e-bikes.
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Simon Harris warns that the lack of infrastructure could become a ’drag’ on Ireland’s competitiveness
Irish prime minister speaks of need to overcome housing and infrastructural deficits to maintain foreign investment
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Birmingham council to sell athletes’ village homes at a loss of over £300 million
Sale of hundreds of empty homes designed, but not used, for Commonwealth Games attacked as ‘absolute scandal’
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’Grimy’ house listed for £1 sells for higher price after buyers see hidden potential
A rundown pair of flats which were listed at auction with a starting price of just £1 have sold for a mega six-figure fee after buyers spotted a hidden potential
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UK tech startup raises £5m to prevent dangerous mould in social housing
Switchee aims to protect health and cut bills by installing its technology in 1m homes
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Barcelona to ban apartment rentals to tourists in effort to reduce housing costs
Spanish city is one of Europe’s top destinations but its popularity has made housing increasingly unaffordable for residents
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Councils move hundreds of homeless families out of London with 24-hour ultimatums
Campaign group says 319 households accepted tenancy offers outside capital in 2023, with many ‘under threat of being made destitute’
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In a "bleak" London borough, a significant portion of properties remain empty
There are over 3 million dwellings in London – but surprisingly, not all of them are occupied.
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'Britain's worst landlord' accused of nightmare campaign of harassment
Property mogul Fergus Wilson was slapped with an injunction and a £125,000 bill - but is back in the High Court after Ashford Borough Council claims he has continued to harass staff
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Three-bed house with red carpet on sale for just £9,000 - but there's a catch
The two-storey terraced pad looks unassuming from the outside, with a neat front garden, and large windows. But inside the Birmingham home, it's a slightly different story.
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Luxury home's pool teeters on edge as massive landslide destroys neighbourhood
A landslide in the early hours of Wednesday hit Sherman Oaks, a wealthy neighbourhood in Los Angeles, California. No victims were found but several people were evacuated
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Charity worker who was wrongly charged rent after moving out wins back £1,655
Hadley, 34, a charity worker, was forced to spend months fighting an estate agent to get the money back after they kept £1,725 of their £2,225 deposit to cover supposed rent arrears, cleaning fees and damages
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Fish-like bugs 'hiding in Brit homes and laying dozens of eggs a day'
An expert has warned that whilst silverfish are not poisonous they can take over your home laying 60 eggs a day and they can also leave behind nasty side effects and trigger allergies
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ITV Racing star agrees with racegoers over 'absolute bedlam' at Cheltenham
The racecourse has had to restrict parking to pre-booked vehicles only for the rest of the Festival with large parts of the enclosures “unusable”
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Locals horrified at mountain of rubbish by holiday park as 'pile keeps growing'
The site, near Brynrefail in Gwynedd, Wales, is owned by Lyons Holiday Parks who took it over in summer 2022, which was shortly before the rubbish started appearing
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Earth's earliest forest has been found - and it's near Butlins
Researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Cardiff discovered the forest dating from 390million years ago in high sandstone cliffs along the Devon and Somerset coast
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Man 'devastated' as wife's memorial bench destroyed on same day it's installed
John Costello spent three months creating the memorial bench for his late wife Val, but after placing it in a park near his home, it was moved and damaged in the process
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New family home up for sale but there's a peculiar sight outside the front door
Any potential property buyers would struggle to even access their front door... because there's a lampost literally in front of their entrance - meaning the house has been on sale for months
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Cottage owners find 450-year-old secret tunnels under their kitchen
The Grade II-listed home in Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, comes with a historic underground tunnel which is 'likely to have been built when Henry VIII created the Church of England'
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Inside skyscraper that's just 'a few inches' wide - but people still live inside
A skyscraper dubbed 'Zhengzhou's paper building' left users on a Chinese social media platform confused as it appears extremely thin, but property experts have explained why that is
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Inside farmhouse with milk and jam on table despite being abandoned for 20 years
YouTuber Daniel Sims visited an abandoned farmhouse in Shropshire and was surprised to find some disturbing items including 'creepy' dolls alongside memorabilia from the 30s