- Fool.co.uk
3 reasons you don’t want to touch buy-to-let property right now
Taking on buy-to-let property right now strikes me as a big step not to be undertaken lightly. Here’s what I’d do instead.
- Country Living
Inside Stedcombe House: a charming Grade I listed country house in Devon
It's described as 'the finest representation of a William and Mary house'.
- The Independent
How to avoid expensive home repairs this winter
The signs that colder weather is coming are all around us. Leaves are starting to fall, The Apprentice is back on, and spiders the size of saucepans are scuttling around our homes. All those things should be a warning that it’s time to check your home is ready for winter and that your home insurance
- Evening Standard
Best winter duvets
It’s understandable that when the weather’s miserable outside, all we want to do is hibernate under the covers.We don’t want to add to the gloom, but we’re in for months of miserable rain and anaemic temperatures - even snow is a possibility - as we head into deepest, darkest winter.
- PA Media: Money
OnTheMarket sees Brexit woes hit progress as half-year losses widen
The property site reported pre-tax losses of £7.1m for the six months to July 31 against £5.7m a year earlier.
- Yahoo Finance UK
Brexit gridlock blamed for huge plunge in homes going up for sale
The number of homes on sale remains close to record lows, with little hope of a pick-up in the near future.
- PA Media: Money
Supply of homes coming to market ‘weakest in three years’
The wider economy could also be hit by house moves being put on hold, including spending on furniture and appliances, surveyors warn.
- PA Media: UK News
Supply of homes coming to market ‘weakest in three years’
The wider economy could also be hit by house moves being put on hold, including spending on furniture and appliances, surveyors warn.
- PA Media: Money
Six in 10 homes ‘exempt from stamp duty for first-time buyers’
Scotland has the lowest proportion of homes for sale that first-time buyers would pay the equivalent of stamp duty on, while Wales has the highest.
- Yahoo Finance UK
Brits in seaside towns earn £1,600 less than inland workers
Workers in coastal constituencies earned just £22,104 before tax in 2018 – £1,681 less than in a non-coastal areas.
- Evening Standard
Best subscription boxes you didn't know existed: From books to brownies, the fun and unusual subscription boxes with UK delivery
When’s the last time you got something more exciting than fast food flyers or bank statements through your letterbox?Not stuff that you’ve bought online - you already know what’s coming in those packages. No, we’re talking about a surprise to lift your day, something unexpected but in the ballpark of
- Evening Standard
Sellers slash £2bn off London house prices
Jitters in the London residential market have pushed estate agents to advise sellers to offer price cuts totalling more than £2 billion in the run-up to Brexit, new research said on Wednesday.Online estate agent-cum-lender Nested said that, since April, £2.1 billion has been slashed off asking prices
- House Beautiful
Inside Stedcombe House: a charming Grade I listed country house in Devon
It's described as 'the finest representation of a William and Mary house'.
- The Guardian
Super-rich renting London homes for £5,000-plus a week amid Brexit worries
Grosvenor Square in London’s Mayfair has become a prime address for rentals. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PAMounting uncertainty around Brexit and the global economy has prompted growing numbers of super-rich people to rent rather than buy in London, with demand for lettings at £5,000-plus a week hitting
- Sky News
House price growth at slowest rate in six years, says Halifax
In a signal of Brexit's negative impact on the housing market, September was the worst month for house price growth in the UK for more than six years, according to mortgage lender Halifax. After increasing by 1.8% year-on-year in August, house prices rose by just 1.1% last month. Month-on-month
- HuffPost UK
This Is The Most Affordable Place To Rent In England (And The Least)
Bored of your salary being swallowed up by your rent? It may be time to moveto Durham
- Evening Standard
Best shopping trolleys, bags and baskets with wheels
Since the worrying statistic that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the sea went viral, the need to curb our single use plastic consumption has become more important than ever before.Shying away from single-use water bottles, ditching plastic straws in favour of paper and always having
- Evening Standard
Commercial property investors have spent £50bn in London since 2017
Property investors may be nervous about Britain leaving the EU, but they have still spent nearly £50 billion on central London buildings since 2017, according to a new study.Real estate research firm Datscha calculated that £47 billion of commercial property in the City, West End, Midtown and Canary
- Yahoo Finance UK
Brexit helps drag UK house price growth to slowest rate since 2013
House prices in September rose by just 1.1% year-on-year to £232,574, according to Halifax.
- Evening Standard
Best electric blankets in the UK: Over-blankets, under-blankets and duvets
As the nights draw in and temperatures begin to plummet, it’s time to hunker down for the winter ahead. While woolly jumpers and thick socks will keep you toasty during the day, they’re hardly the most comfortable thing to wear in bed.Enter: the electric blanket. Once something only your grandma might
- The Independent
Families on housing benefit unable to afford 94% of rental homes, research finds
Families on housing benefit are priced out of almost every home on the market, according to new research.More than 93 per cent of family homes are unaffordable to local housing allowance (LHA) claimants, according to analysis of private rental listings.
Sky NewsHomelessness rising and villagers priced out in rural England
Exclusive research for Sky News has found just 1,309 social houses were built in rural areas in 2017-18, despite hundreds of thousands of people stuck on long waiting lists. Sky News and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) can reveal that social housing - previously known as council housing
- Yahoo Finance UK
The cheapest places in the UK to up-size your home
Blackpool, Middlesbrough and Islington are some of the cheapest places in the UK to upgrade to a bigger home – depending on exactly how many rooms you want.
- HuffPost UK
Could You Afford To Rent On Benefits? Use Our Postcode Checker
Housing benefit is supposed to ensure that hard-up people can afford to rentthe cheapest 30% of homes on the market
- HuffPost UK
Revealed: How Britain Locks People Into Homelessness
Families on housing benefit are priced out of almost all homes to rent inBritain, according to new research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalismand published by HuffPost UK
