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House prices have now reached record levels as lower mortgage rates have helped improve buyer confidence for the fifth month in a row.

Charities and politicians praise increase to 56 days but press for move to be made permanent

Analysts have warned rents are being pushed to unsustainable levels amid another yearly jump and concerns there is no natural plateau in sight.

Legal action follows fire that killed a man in overcrowded Shadwell flat, believed to be the first case of its kind involving e-bikes.

Irish prime minister speaks of need to overcome housing and infrastructural deficits to maintain foreign investment

Sale of hundreds of empty homes designed, but not used, for Commonwealth Games attacked as ‘absolute scandal’

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

Switchee aims to protect health and cut bills by installing its technology in 1m homes

Spanish city is one of Europe’s top destinations but its popularity has made housing increasingly unaffordable for residents

Campaign group says 319 households accepted tenancy offers outside capital in 2023, with many ‘under threat of being made destitute’

There are over 3 million dwellings in London – but surprisingly, not all of them are occupied.

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

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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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

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

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

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”

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

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

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

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

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'