18 h. ago London landlord branded 'desperate' for charging tenant £750 to work as his live

Just when you thought London 's property market couldn't get worse, an X user has spotted a landlord advertising a property on Spare Room where the tenant must pay to be a live-in Airbnb host.

Economics

28 h. ago Basildon Council buys up town centre flats to prevent influx of London tenants

Basildon Council buys up town centre flats to prevent influx of London tenants  Southend Echo

Politics

5 d. ago 'Entitled' couple advertising single room in London house share for £1,600 (and the tenant isn't even allowed to work from home!)

The ad - which is for the top floor of a Victorian terrace property - was posted on a Facebook group and is located near Barons Court and West Brompton in central west London .

Economics

6 d. ago Couple blasted as 'entitled' for advertising single room in London house share for £1,600 and the tenant isn't even allowed to work from home

The ad - which is for the top floor of a Victorian terrace property - was posted on a Facebook group and is located near Barons Court and West Brompton in central west London .

Economics

6 d. ago 'Entitled' couple advertising single room in London house share for £1,600 (and the tenant isn't even allowed

'Entitled' couple advertising single room in London house share for £1,600 (and the tenant isn't even allowed  Daily Mail

Economics

8 d. ago A massive part of Cardiff city centre has just been completely flattened

The former Debenhams department store in the heart of the city has partially levelled

Politics

8 d. ago UK's cheapest town for first time buyers is named with £84k homes

Getting on the property ladder can feel like an impossible feat for many, especially with sky-high mortgage rates. However, this charming little town could soon be called home for just £84,352

Economics

1 week ago Excessive mortgage lending rules leave London tenants stuck in the rental trap

The ability for renters to borrow a higher amount than the normal 4.5x income would be hugely beneficial,

Politics

1 week ago ‘AI will become very good at manipulating emotions’: Kazuo Ishiguro on the future of fiction and truth

On the 20th anniversary of Never Let Me Go, the Nobel prize-winning novelist talks about the role of the author in a post-truth world – and why he’s ‘not a great writer of prose’• Anne Enright and others celebrate 20 years of Never Let Me GoI arrive at Kazuo Ishiguro’s central London flat on an iron-cold, blustery and grey day, and am immediately absorbed into a scene of quiet comfort and calm; the lights are low, the furnishings white, the coffee – made by Ishiguro’s wife, Lorna, before she absents herself to go to the cinema – hot and delicious. Ishiguro, now 70 and in receipt of a Nobel prize in literature and a knighthood, has fetched the elegant cakes himself, and is immediately solicitous. Am I chilly? Am I hungry? Am I worried whether my device will record our conversation?It’s an attentiveness to minute, even mundane detail that is evident in all his work. From The Unconsoled to The Remains of the Day, Ishiguro is the creator of some of the most unsettling and memo...

Politics

1 week ago 'It's like living in a Victorian slum': Tenant's nightmare in 'rat

Housing Ombudsman ordered Ealing Council to pay compensation to Errol Baptiste over its handling of complaints about his living conditions

Politics

2 w. ago City centre tower 'to be demolished' to make way for '800 flats' and offices

It's the second time the developers have tried to change up the site

Politics

2 w. ago The great rental slowdown? London rent rises shrink (for now) ahead of anticipated reforms

With London rents up 1.1 per cent, tenants in the capital now pay an average of £2,166pcm

Politics

2 w. ago Euro Car Parks 'bullying' drivers for hundreds of pounds in tickets despite faulty machines

Motorists have claimed they are being 'bullied' by Euro Car Parks, a private parking company, despite buying tickets to use Syston Town Square car park in Leicestershire

Transport

2 w. ago Flats in central London within walking distance of Buckingham Palace and Big Ben could be sold for just £1,000

The property, which consists of three flats and a two-floor maisonette, is located in  Pimlico - an area of Westminster known for its grand architecture and picturesque parks.

Economics

2 w. ago Our 'luxury' flats have been invaded by heroin addicts who sleep in the corridors and leave syringes on the stairs... but the police won't do anything to help

David Parchot, who has had a flat in the centre of Bournemouth for the last nine years, said 'residents have had to come home to the carpet peppered with used needles and drug addicts using cocaine'.

Events

3 w. ago How affordable is your town or city? Best and worst locations for home buyers revealed

UK Debt Expert looked at the affordability of 90 towns and cities, factoring in house prices and average incomes.

Society

3 w. ago North London tenants get £10,797 of rent back after landlord makes paperwork mistake

North London tenants get £10,797 of rent back after landlord makes paperwork mistake  Yahoo News UK

Economics