Moment a JCB driver dumps two smashed-up cars outside luxury apartment block amid furious row with property management firm over £66,000 water leak bill Video shows scrap cars being dumped in front of exclusive apartment block Earlier in the week large stone blocks were dropped in front of the car park’s exit Resident claims the incidents … Read more
Two MILLION rural homes are to be taken out of the ‘digital slow lane’ in £5bn broadband drive Project Gigabit will see as many as 2.2million homes and offices get fast internet It is targeted at rural areas where people have long suffered poor connections Residents will be able to download films in less than … Read more
Two MILLION rural homes are to be taken out of the ‘digital slow lane’ in £5bn broadband drive Project Gigabit will see as many as 2.2million homes and offices get fast internet It is targeted at rural areas where people have long suffered poor connections Residents will be able to download films in less than … Read more
Britons are hoarding more than £870m in foreign currency in their homes with almost two-thirds keeping coins and banknotes in jars and drawers, survey reveals Almost two-thirds of people keep foreign coins and banknotes in jars or drawers Some admit to still having pesetas, lira and francs, all replaced by the euro Most people surveyed said … Read more
Britons are hoarding more than £870m in foreign currency in their homes with almost two-thirds keeping coins and banknotes in jars and drawers, survey reveals Almost two-thirds of people keep foreign coins and banknotes in jars or drawers Some admit to still having pesetas, lira and francs, all replaced by the euro Most people surveyed said … Read more
The number of homes selling for asking price or above is increasing as buyers chase down homes in a buoyant property market, new figures have revealed. The percentage has been rising since the housing market reopened last year – in May in England, and in June in Wales – and has now reached a record … Read more
One third of UK businesses would consider installing electric vehicle charging points at employees’ homes One third of firms would think about putting charging points in employees’ homes to support the use of electric vehicles, according to new research One in five claim the increase of home working has influenced their plans Upfront costs and … Read more
First-time buyers in England could get a home for up to half price after the Government launched a new affordable housing scheme. The scheme is known as First Homes, and the first properties built under it went on the market in the East Midlands market town of Bolsover today. With house prices having surged by … Read more
The £275bn home buying spree: More money was spent buying property in England and Wales in the past year than in any since the financial crisis The last time spending on housing was so high was in November 2007 March saw highest monthly spend since 1995, beating the record by £8billion Higher house prices have … Read more
Punitive tax changes have meant that landlords have bought a quarter of a million fewer homes in the past five years. Since April 2016, landlords have bought around 700,000 homes across Britain. This is 250,000 – or 26 per cent – fewer than they would have if the tax regime had stayed the same, according … Read more