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Hotspots where home buyers will get more " or less " floor space for their money
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (465+ words) The sum of "200 would get home buyers in Westminster the equivalent of just a quarter of a sheet of A4 paper in floor space, while in Burnley in Lancashire this amount would stretch to more than two full sheets typically, according…...
How this Londoner made his holiday home dream come true (five times)
16+ hour, 15+ min ago (495+ words) Every year, Tom Little, a global client director living in southwest London, has a pleasing choice of where to spend his holidays. Last Christmas, with his extended family, he spent the week in his Cotswolds property, a four-bedroom house and…...
First time buyers "paid estimated "307m extra in stamp duty since relief ended
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (380+ words) First time buyers in England have collectively paid an estimated "307 million extra in stamp duty since a temporary relief measure ended in April 2025, according to calculations from a property website. Rightmove estimated that an average of "4, 618 more has been paid…...
Proportion of homes being "flipped" is lowest in more than a decade " report
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (526+ words) The proportion of homes being "flipped" " bought and resold within 12 months " is at its lowest level in more than a decade across England and Wales, analysis suggests. Property firm Hamptons calculated that the number of homes being flipped has halved…...
How to make a rental feel like your forever home
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (860+ words) Homes & Property | Interiors For much of the past century, home was synonymous with ownership. But today the narrative has shifted. From London to Los Angeles, and Berlin to New York, more and more of us live in rentals, sublets and…...
Rising mortgage costs dent buyer demand in "housing market mood shift
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (751+ words) Homes & Property | Buying & Mortgages Rising mortgage costs have dented demand from buyers in the property market, dampening longer-term expectations for house prices, according to surveyors. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said the housing market was losing momentum in…...
Rising mortgage costs dent buyer demand amid "housing market mood shift
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (733+ words) Rising mortgage costs have dented demand from buyers in the property market, dampening longer-term expectations for house prices, according to surveyors. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said the housing market was losing momentum in March as'rising borrowing costs…...
1, 500 new homes on Greenwich peninsula set for green light
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (583+ words) Plans to build 1, 500 homes on the Greenwich Peninsula are set to be approved despite a reduction in the scheme's affordable housing. The original proposal to build several tower blocks at Morden Wharf on the southwestern part of the peninsula was…...
London leaver: 'We sold in Chiswick for "1. 35 and upsized to Wiltshire for "975k"
1+ week, 3+ day ago (758+ words) When Harry Parkes first set eyes on the house that was to become his family home he was unimpressed. "My husband's first comment was: "Please don't make me live here," says Abby Parkes. The property in question was a contemporary…...
More than 900 student flats in east London get green light
1+ week, 4+ day ago (715+ words) More than 900 student rooms and 59 social homes could be built in Millwall after Tower Hamlets councillors voted narrowly to approve them. Four members of the Aspire Party voted to reject the plans at a strategic development committee on Wednesday but…...