Stories tagged “Housing”.
England's green belt covers roughly 12.6% of the country yet was never a nature designation: its five statutory purposes are about stopping…
A catchment area is not a fixed boundary but the annual output of oversubscription criteria, sibling priority and distance measurement…
New legislation has changed the rules for UK renters — here's what you're entitled to.
Renting versus buying is one of the biggest money decisions most people face. This explainer covers the real financial and lifestyle…
Rental costs across the UK have reached record highs in 2026, with stark regional divides leaving millions of tenants spending well over a…
UK construction is booming in 2026, yet firms face a perfect storm of labour shortages and rising material costs. Here is what contractors…
Average UK rents reached record highs in early 2026, rising 8.3% year-on-year as landlords exit the market and demand from would-be buyers…
Leeds has long been celebrated as one of the most affordable major cities in England, but with rising rents, energy bills, and grocery…
From rent and groceries to transport and nights out, here is a realistic breakdown of what it costs to live in London in 2026 — with…
A Section 21 notice allows landlords to evict tenants without giving a reason. With the Renters' Rights Bill set to abolish it, here is…
Council tax is one of the largest annual bills for UK households, yet the banding system behind it is widely misunderstood and based on…
UK mortgage rates have fallen from their 2023 peak but remain significantly higher than the ultra-low rates of the 2010s. Here's what…
From Edinburgh's cultural richness to Bristol's thriving creative economy, we rank the UK's most liveable cities in 2026 — weighing…
The UK housing crisis is fundamentally a supply problem. Here is why we need to build more homes and the political economy reasons we have…
Millions of UK households are unknowingly overpaying council tax. From disability discounts to student exemptions and wrongly assigned…
3,898 people sleep rough on England's streets on any given night, double the number in 2010. Behind the statistics are people failed by a…
Labour has pledged 1.5 million new homes over this parliament and restored mandatory local housebuilding targets via the revised NPPF…
The UK builds fewer homes per capita than almost any comparable European nation. This isn't a mystery or a market failure—it's the…
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