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

Scotforth (Credit: JD Gallagher Estate Agents)

I love how different this retro 5 bed split-level home for sale is

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

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

The Natterjack Manor House (Credit: Vrbo)

Holiday Homes of the Year: Morecambe mansion with pool, sauna, and gym

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

Five Lancashire towns ranked among UK's happiest places in new survey

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

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

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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

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UK city leaps into top 10 most expensive cities for expats

A housing charity has warned that a generation of young people have had their lives 'blighted by homelessness'.

Big leap in number of children 'blighted by homelessness'

Woman opening UK energy bill concerned about cost of living energy crisis.

One in seven households in city 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

A record number of people were estimated to be sleeping rough in Lancaster last year.

Number of rough sleepers hits record high

An artist's impression of how part of the development might look.

Developers lodge appeal against council decision to block plans for 70 homes

From left: Kathy Beaton (Principal Housing Strategy Officer, Lancaster Council), Paul Mayo (Senior Construction Manager, Terra Nova Developments), Coun Sandra Thornberry, Coun Robert Redfern, new resident Jenny Keane, Helen Spencer (Executive Director of Growth, Great Places) Coun Caroline Jackson (Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Housing & Homelessness, Lancaster City Council) and Coun Martin Gawith.

New £3m affordable homes site throws opens its doors

A devolution deal is being signed today in Lancashire

Historic devolution deal to be signed in Lancashire today by minister

Diane Neville (Principal Planning Officer) with Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs during filming at Lancaster Town Hall.

Council’s climate work highlighted in Channel 4 programme

Construction work is due to start to Eden Project Morecambe in 2024.

Top Government officials pay visit to Eden Project Morecambe site

Typical Taylor Wimpey housing.

Housing and care home plan set to get green light

How are County Hall's coffers coping?

Autumn date set for Lancashire County Council financial healthcheck

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

Animal Care in Lancaster is looking for homes for young giant African land snails which 'make great pets.' Picture from Animal Care Lancaster.

Forever homes wanted for giant snails that ‘make great pets’

An artist's impression of how part of the development might look.

Plans for 70 new homes on farmland 'would cause substantial harm' to landscape

The blossom-laden trees leading up to the former Skerton High School.

Council pushes ahead with housing plans at former school

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

Lancaster Music Co-op has been awarded £300,000 in government funding.

Lancaster Music Co-op gets £300k funding boost

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

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

An artist's impression of how part of the development might look.

Plans submitted for 70 new homes on farmland

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

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) and Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove (second left), with Morecambe MP David Morris, during a community visit to the Eden Project Morecambe site on Morecambe promenade today (January 19). Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak heckled over heating bill during Morecambe visit

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