31 h. ago Housing red flag: Data show increase in cancellations of home purchase agreements versus a year ago

The latest sign of trouble in the U.S. housing market: A pickup in home purchase agreements falling through before they’re finalized

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62 h. ago A broken housing market is driving inequality right across Europe – and fuelling the far right | Kirsty Major

From Lisbon to Amsterdam, housing policy has led to haves and have-nots. But, as our new series uncovers, it doesn’t have to be this wayHousing is as personal an issue as it gets. Homes are where we take refuge from the outside world, express ourselves, build relationships and families. To buy or rent a house is to project your aspirations and dreams on to bricks and mortar – can we see ourselves sitting outside in the sunshine on that patio? It can also be a deeply frustrating process – can we afford that house? For more and more of us, the answer is no.Experienced at such an individual level, it’s easy to think that rising costs are a problem particular to your community, city or country. But unaffordable house prices and rents are a continent-wide issue. According to the European Parliament, from 2015 to 2023, in absolute terms, house prices in the EU rose by just under 50% on average. From 2010 to 2022, rents rose by 18%.Kirsty Major is a deputy Opinion editor for the Guardian C...

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3 d. ago Voices: As Tesla’s sales continue to slump, is it time for Elon Musk to step aside?

The former ‘first buddy’ is back in the driving seat of his car business, but hasn’t been able to take the brakes off decline in the key European market since leaving the White House. So who else might be able to turn around the fortunes of the EV juggernaut, asks James Moore

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3 d. ago These four Australian cities have more expensive housing markets than New York or London

These four Australian cities have more expensive housing markets than New York or London  Time Out

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4 d. ago Scotland's fastest and slowest house markets as homes in one city sell quickest

Homes in one city were found to spend far shorter on the market than the national average.

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5 d. ago May home sales barely move as high mortgage rates, prices, weigh on housing market

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes edged higher in May, as stubbornly high mortgage rates and rising prices made homebuying less affordable even as the inventory of properties on the market continued to increase

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7 d. ago Voices: Could Angela Rayner’s squeeze on landlords hurt the very people it’s supposed to help?

The deputy prime minister’s plans to reform the rental housing market are well-intentioned – and built on ideas first mooted by Michael Gove – but, says James Moore, if they end up restricting supply, renters will suffer the consequences

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9 d. ago This house is on the market for the price of a bag of crisps

It has an auction guide price of just £1 but what is waiting for you at Love Cottage

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9 d. ago The rich are getting poorer: UK household wealth sees second biggest fall of all major economies

The drop in household wealth was skewed by the rich falling behind and reducing the average, while households further down the scale became better off.

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9 d. ago Building that once housed Edinburgh’s quirkiest restaurant next to royal palace hits market for £500,000

“We anticipate they will pique the interest of domestic and international buyers such is their rich and colourful history” – Iain Mercer, Allied Surveyors Scotland

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1 week ago Terraced house goes on the market for just £1,000 but there's a VERY big catch

One lucky buyer could be in with the chance of snapping up a terraced house in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, for as little as £1,000.

Economics

1 week ago Inside Kaleb Cooper's life in stunning market town with average house price of £380k

Kaleb Cooper is known for his role on Amazon Prime's Clarkson's Farm, where he works with Jeremy Clarkson at Diddly Squat farm - but at home, he leads a rather normal life.

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1 week ago Voices: What do you have to do to sell your home in a property downturn?

As Rightmove reports that homeowners in London and the south-east are slashing asking prices, James Moore suggests things you can do to secure a sale

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2 w. ago Housing market recovering but ‘long way from buoyant’, housebuilder says

Crest Nicholson highlighted ‘encouraging signs emerging in the UK housing sector’.

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2 w. ago Rooted in value: Why a designer garden could be your home’s best investment yet

Adele Cardani asks property experts about the rising influence of landscape architecture in the housing market

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2 w. ago Youngest Omaze winner selling £3m mansion just six months after big win

Lauren Keene won a luxury clifftop home and £250,000 cash last year, but now, just half a year later, the 24-year-old nanny is putting her dream house on the market.

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3 w. ago Average UK house price drops by over £1,000 in a single month

The housing market is now ‘largely stable,’ experts say

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3 w. ago I suspect there's something poisonous about money. That’s why I’m embracing a gift economy | Kelley Swain

A slow and gentle lifestyle is possible; it’s just not sold to us, so it is harder to listen out forGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI’ve heard from a very wise friend that something she hadn’t previously considered, which she read in my “tiny house” article, was that the housing market requires most people to be in debt. It’s been a strangely positive experience to come to the concept of “economics” through living my life as a poet, novelist and medical journalist, because it allows me to critique things that might otherwise go unnoticed. Another very wise friend told me that her husband went to university to study economics, was told on day one that the entire model is built on a concept of infinite growth, and he quit to become a gardener. No wonder we’re friends.The first book of economics I read was The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The point of this beautifully written, small book (a long essay, really) is that different concepts of “economies” exist – we need...

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3 w. ago Britain's booming housing markets: Rightmove reveals 10 areas where sales have skyrocketed

Areas in Manchester and West Yorkshire have seen agreed property sales jump by more than 80% thanks to their 'affordability and value'.

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3 w. ago Spanish government says housing market is not a 'free for all' after recent crackdown on Airbnb

A Spanish government minister tells The Associated Press that Spain has sent a message with its recent crackdown on Airbnb

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