6 d. ago I made £550k flipping a crumbling property despite a string of warnings from experts

A property owner who bought a crumbling house has laughed all the way to the bank after revamping the abode during an episode of Homes Under The Hammer.

Events

6 d. ago ‘Unimaginably rare’ first edition of The Hobbit sells at auction for £43,000

Only a few hundred from the original 1,500 copy print run of Tolkien’s masterpiece are thought to still existA rare first edition of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit that was found during a house clearance has sold at auction for £43,000.Bought by a private collector in the UK, the book is one of 1,500 original copies of the seminal fantasy novel that were published in 1937. Of those, only “a few hundred are believed to still remain”, according to the auction house Auctioneum, which discovered the novel without a dust cover on a bookcase at a home in Bristol. Continue reading...

Economics

7 d. ago The sneaky yet simple way you can hide the price you paid for your home when it comes to selling up: DEAN DUNHAM

I bought my house five years ago and now want to sell it. Can I force public websites to remove the previous sale price so that prospective buyers can't see what I paid? Dean Dunham replies...

Politics

8 d. ago Becky Hill's astonishing wealth revealed as she buys her dream home with fiancé Charlie Gardner after purchasing her brother and both her parents their own property

It comes shortly after the singer, 30, helped her parents Susan and Stephen retire by purchasing their house. She also bought her big brother a house.

Society

8 d. ago 'We escaped the UK rat race and bought a house in Bulgaria for £23k

Amy Smerdon, 35, and husband, Jerry, 53, couldn't afford a mortgage in the UK and are now living mortgage-free in Bulgaria

Economics

8 d. ago The house that will not sell: Couple who purchased mansion for just £9k struggle to find a buyer for more than a DECADE... and it's not because of the £1.2m asking price

Fashion designers Charles and Patricia Lester MBE, who have made clothes worn by stars such as Barbara Streisand and Adele, originally bought Llanfoist House in Wales in September 1971.

Economics

8 d. ago 'Neighbour shouted through door after I bought new house – I can't believe what she said'

A woman bought a new house and has now shared a surprising encounter she had with her neighbour who walked up to her front door and started shouting for an unexpected reason

Politics

9 d. ago 'We felt like UK had let us down so bought £23,400 house in Bulgaria'

Amy Smerdon, 35, and her husband, Jerry, 53, were fed up with renting in the UK, and realising they couldn't afford a mortgage

Economics

9 d. ago 'We sold our £70k house in UK and everything we owned and bought a one

Emily Hough, 28, and Jamie Elbeck, 31, are planning to jet off to Vietnam in September and never come back

Economics

3 w. ago Sir Terry Wogan's Arts & Crafts mansion in Bucks village 'sanctuary' on sale for £3.75m

The much-loved broadcaster lived in the house for several decades after he and his wife bought it in the 1970s

Economics

4 w. ago Aussie woman caves to developers and sells her home: After holding out for years between two towering apartment blocks

A tiny house in Sydney has been bought for a huge amount after a competitive auction.

Society