Housing

Nearly have of prospective homebuyers are waiting for prices to go down

Budding homebuyers hold fire as four in 10 wait for prices to drop

Work starts at Taylor Wimpey’s new 470-home Leigh development

Major new housing estate project gets started

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A person saving alone in London could face a 21-year wait to build a 10% house deposit, research has found

Ad Feature House deposit saving takes 21 years in London, study finds

Pensioner's new life after homelessness fear

Scot Lane

Affordable homes to be built on former church site

Sam and his daughters

Wheelchair campaign for paralysed biker

New research from CIA Landlords has analysed where renters are most and least likely to have access to a garden

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Lisa Nandy MP

Lisa Nandy MP: PM's drive to get everyone in for Christmas

Jimmy and Gillian Morris of Latham House Farm, Kitt Green, have seen off would-be developers of their green belt land before and have welcomed the council's rejection of the latest proposals

Council bids to ditch green belt sites from development plan

Parts of the former Shanghai Palace on Poolstock have already been demolished

Derelict restaurant razed for new homes

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Research revealed that more than half of Gen Z rank illness or pain among their top aging concerns, higher than Boomers.

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Brian Moran - Group Chief Executive, Katie Marshall - Deputy Chief Executive and Group Director of Development and People, Mike Wason - Director at Watson Homes

Regeneration specialist creates 22 homes on former pub site

Maxine Armes and Adam Wilkinson - My Three Cats South Wigan

Cat-sitting service comes to the rescue

Buyer demand is at its weakest in years

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With buyer demand at its weakest in years, a growing number of UK homeowners are choosing to stay put and extend rather than move.
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Saudi Developmental Housing Foundation (Sakan) has achieved a national milestone with international recognition by winning the Learning Excellence Award in London

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Special event for prospective house buyers

Run by the Housing Developmental Foundation, known as SAKAN, the programme has developed a housing support model that brings together 313 nonprofit organisations and 1.4 million volunteers

Ad Feature Saudi housing scheme helps millions in effort to tackle homes crisis

41 per cent weren’t shown the loft space when viewing their house.

Three in 10 Brits don’t have enough room for all their belongings

The law was named in memory of Awaab Ishak, a two-year-old boy who tragically died in 2020 due to prolonged mould exposure in social housing.

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ThermoPest wants to highlight the proven success of controlled, high-temperature heat systems

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We've looked at customer reviews for the UK's biggest house builders to see how they compare

The UK's best and worst-rated house-builders, based on reviews

Chief Executive of the HomeOwners Alliance, Paula Higgins

Call for action as survey reveals 35% of homes with spray foam have defect

Mortgage adviser Liam Cockerham has offered his expert advice to first-time buyers on the pitfalls to avoid, including one easy mistake to make

The one easy mistake to avoid when buying your first home

Jobs saved by "historic" US trade deal while BA orders new Boeing jets

Deliveroo has agreed a £2.9bn takeover.

Business in two minutes: Deliveroo takeover and northern start-up boom
From a £2.9bn Deliveroo deal to rising small business growth in the North, watch today’s top stories in UK business, trade and economic sentiment.
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Rydal Mount (Credit: Ashdown Jones, The Lakes and Lune Valley)

William Wordsworth's Victorian cottage on Lake Windermere up for sale

Every one of the 39 North West districts ranked on average house price

Every one of the 39 North West districts ranked on average house price

The initiative aims to support UK mission to reduce energy bills, create green jobs, and advance climate action

Social housing in UK to have cleaner energy come new initiative

Rachel Reeves poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the government's annual Autumn budget to Parliament (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

UK families to get free cash as Household Support Fund is extended

Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to give a speech at the Treasury in July 2024 (Photo: Jonathan Brady - Pool/Getty Images)

What to expect from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Autumn Budget

'Lifestyle inflation' is to blame, according to 4,000 adults

Fewer than one in 10 millennials have hit their financial goals

Jess Phillips MP speaking at The Rally Against Violence Towards Women and Girls at Labour conference.

Minister says stopping VAWG should be everyone’s “core business”

A poll of 2,000 adults uncovered the top 50 things that irritate people when they’re trying to get on with their day

These are life's top 50 biggest inconveniences

Jackie Kennedy, is the only resident living in a 50-room care home after it closed down in 2023.

I live alone in abandoned care home - I feel like a "prisoner"

A poll of 500 adults who bought their first property have revealed their biggest regrets - including living in an area they do not love

First-time buyers reveal their biggest regrets

A house lies in ruins.

Footage shows house with front blown off after suspected gas explosion

Marshal Craig, one of the last remaining residents on Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow which is almost deserted.

'I'm not moving!' - Man refuses to leave derelict 'Chernobyl' estate

Progress on new housing in Marsh Green

Tony Porter Ponders: New housing is needed but where should it be?

Your Housing Group & Hargreaves Construction start work on new foyer in Wigan

Your Housing Group starts work on new foyer building in Wigan

Hillary and Franco McManus Omaze Million Pound House London winners inside their new £5m home

'Best wedding present ever': Newlyweds win a £5m Omaze dream home

Property values have changed wildly across England over the last three decades

Calls for council tax reform – as Wigan residents no worse off than 30 years ago

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Half of renters endure cold, damp or mould - despite record high rents

Rent increases are impacting the saving powers of four in 10 private tenants and now a third of these can't afford to put any cash aside as a result.

62% of UK renters put aside £100 or less each month

The Seasons before regeneration

Housebuilder invests more than £20m for regeneration project

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities figures show Wigan council decided on 806 planning applications in the year to March – down from 1,034 the year before, and the lowest figure of any year over the last decade.

Moves to get construction industry motoring again

Figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show there were 78 Traveller caravans recorded in Wigan in January – up from 64 the year before

Rise in traveller caravans stopping locally

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I'm a mortgage expert - 9 pitfalls that first time buyers should avoid

People look at residential properties displayed for sale in the window of an estate agents' in London (Photo: ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)

Expert tips for first-time homebuyers as mortgages jump 61% in 5 years

Karen Bishop, 51, with her 2-year-old French bull dog Drew outside the Travelodge in Norwich.

Watch: Disabled gran has lived in hotel for 2 years after flat blaze

Tony in Number 10 a dream come true or nightmare?

Porter Ponders: What he would do if he was the new Prime Minister

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UK city leaps into top 10 most expensive cities for expats

A housing charity cautioned a generation of young people have had their lives "blighted by homelessness", with campaigners calling for long-promised rental reforms to be strengthened.

More children ending up in temporary accommodation

Energy prices skyrocketed from the end of 2021

One in eight Wigan households in fuel poverty

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