Housing

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

Rydal Mount (Credit: Ashdown Jones, The Lakes and Lune Valley)

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

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

Whyburn Farm campaigner Jemma Chambers has been told she can't attend a local plan examination meeting - because she 'hasn't objected'

Green belt campaigner denied spot at local plan meeting as she 'didn't object'

'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 disabled woman speaks out in an emotional video, about what it’s like to be the only resident living in a 50-room care home after it closed down.
Lucinda Herbert

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

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

(Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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

(Photos: Getty Images/LinkedIn)

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

(Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

UK city leaps into top 10 most expensive cities for expats

Andy Abrahams (left), Jason Zadrozny and Ben Bradley (right) have outlined their top spending priority areas for the coming year

Levelling up, housing and roads top priorities for councils over next year

Last year saw a rise in the number of children living in temporary accommodation in Nottingham

More Nottingham children in temporary accommodation

A fifth of Nottingham households were in fuel poverty in 2022, new figures show

A fifth of Nottingham households in fuel poverty

Residents of Stratford-upon-Avon are blighted by antisocial behaviour along South Green Drive and Cottage Lane, just a stones throw from Anne Hathaway's Cottage.

Watch: Drug gangs create misery on posh Shakespeare heritage street

Destiny Mitchell, 26, is homeless and has turned a bus stop into a temporary home on the Bristol Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham.

Watch: Our home is a disused bus shelter...it's going to be demolished

Fewer new houses were started in Nottingham last year

Fewer new houses were started in Nottingham last year

Housing affordability in Nottingham remained unchanged over the last year

Housing affordability in Nottinghamshire remained unchanged over the last year
Housing affordability in Nottinghamshire remained unchanged over the last year, new figures show.
Marieta Marinova

A fifth of homes in Nottingham failed to meet decent standards, new figures show. Photo credit should read: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

A fifth of Nottinghamshire homes deemed ‘non-decent’

Nottinghamshire employed a record number of agency workers to fill vacancies in its children's social care services

Record number of agency workers filling vacancies in children's social care

Opposition councillors say Nottingham City Council is on 'road to no return' over cuts. Photo: Other

Opposition says city council is on ‘road of no return’ as cuts loom

Government commissioners could take over running Nottingham City Council any time now. Photo: Other

Government commissioners could be in place at city council 'within days'

Nottingham City Council has effectively declared itself bankrupt. Photo: Submitted

Nottingham City Council effectively 'declares bankruptcy' over £23m budget gap

Bulwell is to get a slice of a new £150,000 council grant for community groups providing food and cost-of-living support. Photo: Google

Bulwell food and cost of living help groups to get a slice £150,000 grant

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary Michael Gove in Downing Street, London. (Photo by: Lucy North/PA/Radar)

Hectares of forest, open land and water in Ashfield developed upon

'No-fault' evictions have accounted for 22,440 repossessions across England and Wales since April 2019, when the Government pledged to ban them in its election manifesto. (Photo by: PA/Radar)

Dozens of 'no-fault' evictions in Ashfield since Government's ban pledge

King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the coronation on May 6, 2023. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire.

King Charles & Queen Camilla criticised over gender pay gap to staff

Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station

Government signs off major East Midlands Freeport plans

RAF Scampton could be transformed into housing for asylum seekers - but locals aren’t happy

Row as historic RAF base could be used to house 1,500 asylum seekers

Which areas of Mansfield are the most polluted?

Revealed: The Mansfield neighbourhoods with the worst air quality

Where in Ashfield are people enjoying breathing cleaner fresher air?

Revealed: The Ashfield areas with the best air quality

Which areas of Ashfield are the most polluted?

Air pollution: The 11 Ashfield neighbourhoods with the worst air quality

The Real life roomset at IKEA in Bristol (photo: Tim Gander/PinPep)

‘Cramped and dangerous’ rooms coming to some Ikea stores - here’s why

Cost of living is £630 more expensive per month for single Brits

Cost of living leaves single Brits paying up to £630 more per month

UK sees biggest fall in housing prices since 2009 financial crisis according to Halifax report.

UK sees biggest fall in house prices since financial crisis
Britain saw a record fall in housing prices in the final quarter of 2022 seeing the biggest drop since the financial crisis in 2009.
Dennis Morton

Ashfield District Council has cancelled today's meeting and two others this month following the death of the Queen

New date set for key local plan meeting over future of Whyburn Farm

Ashfield District Council has spent more than £15,000 on redundancy packages

Council spends more than £15,000 on redundancy packages

Parks and green spaces in Hucknall, Bulwell, Bestwood Village and Top Valley have all been awarded green flag status this year

The 10 Hucknall, Bulwell and Bestwood parks with Green Flag status this year

Private parking fines to be capped at £50

Women are more likely to be affected by homelessness than men, a charity has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Women more likely to be affected by homelessness than men, says charity

Here are the rules for moving house during the second lockdown

Robert Jenrick MP says communities will not be forced to accept unitary council proposals. Photo: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images

Minister says government 'will not impose' unitary council plans upon Nottingham...

Sheffield City Region Mayor Dan Jarvis. Photo: JPI Media

Deprived areas 'short-changed' by cut in Government coronavirus cash, says Dan J...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered members of the public to avoid travelling to work unless it was absolutely necessary (Getty Images)

Here's the latest guidance on whether you should go into work after the UK was p...

How one-in-four use money from families to buy their first home

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