7 h. ago Omaze couple put luxury former council house up for sale for £4.5m just months later

'Britain's most expensive council house' has been put up for sale by the couple who won it in an Omaze draw

Economics

12 h. ago Couple put £4.5m Omaze home that was once Britain's most expensive council house up for sale just three months after winning it

Hospitality worker Roger Cana, 37, and his accountant wife Shalini, 33, first bagged the £4.5million property in southeast London in May, 2025.

Economics

59 h. ago ‘It was a present to myself’: Southport house for sale with ball pit off bedroom

Seller of seven-bedroom house says she was inspired by Cara Delevingne to create space that is ‘so relaxing’It was the model Cara Delevingne who said you can never be sad in a ball pit – so why wouldn’t you install one in a room you don’t quite know what to do with?A large Victorian house for sale in Southport has gone viral not because it is, as estate agents say, a “hidden gem” and an “oasis of calm” with viewing “absolutely essential” but because just off the master bedroom is a vestibule that is “presently adorned by numerous plastic balls to create a ball pool all of your very own”. Continue reading...

Politics

60 h. 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

60 h. ago Aberdeen office housing Acorn carbon capture firm for sale at £1.9 million

“Aberdeen is emerging as the most liquid market in Scotland, with buyer and vendor expectations broadly aligned” – Matthew Park, partner at Knight Frank

Economics

3 d. ago ‘Beware of 419!’: how a playwright delved into Nigerian scams – and what it taught him about money

When Inua Ellams, writer of Barber Shop Chronicles, went to Lagos, he became aware of how much fraud suffused the city – so he decided to tell the story of its consInua Ellams was walking through the streets of Lagos, the bustling former capital of Nigeria, when he began noticing a recurring phrase, spray-painted on to the sides of homes. “This house is not for sale,” it read. “Beware of 419.”The number refers to section four, chapter 19 of the Nigerian criminal code, which specifically deals with fraud – obtaining goods or property by false pretences – and the warnings were painted on houses to deter conmen who would access empty properties and sell them without the owner’s consent. Now the criminal code reference has become a catch-all term for Nigerian cons and illicit financial activity. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago Seemingly normal London house listing sparks warning from house hunters

House hunters who have spotted a £1.7million home for sale claim the property appears 'soulless'

Events

5 d. ago Want a home with a side hustle? West Sussex country house with "high

Mulberry House, near Copthorne, is sold with three luxury holiday cabins, each with a hot tub and cinema screen

Society

7 d. ago Terry Wogan’s son fumes ‘not one person’ has viewed dad’s £3.75m mansion since it went on market

Mark Wogan blamed the lack of interest on Rachel Reeves for ‘killing off the housing market’

Economics

9 d. ago Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing

Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos AiresMore than 80 years after it was looted by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam, a portrait by an Italian master has been spotted on the website of an estate agent advertising a house for sale in Argentina.A photo shows the painting, Portrait of a Lady (Contessa Colleoni) by the late-baroque portraitist Giuseppe Ghislandi, also known as Fra’ Galgario, hanging above a sofa in the living room of the property, in a seaside town near Buenos Aires. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Evil husband who poured hot oil over his wife's face before stamping on her as lay screaming on the floor amid row over house sale is found guilty of attempted murder

Raju Mollah, 49, also placed hot cooker hob racks over Mosammed Mumtaz's chest and face and stamped on her while she was on the floor in the kitchen of their Birmingham home.

Events

2 w. ago Huge Scottish forest sold for £145m to Gresham House investors in 'astronomical' sale

The sale illuminates the demand for Scotland’s asset-rich landscapes.

Economics

2 w. ago Elizabeth Bennet's manor house from BBC Pride and Prejudice on sale for £4million

The property was the family home in the 1995 BBC adaptation of the Jane Austen classic novel

Economics

3 w. ago Dunelm's 'unique' £69 table reduced in the sale is guaranteed to get house guests talking

The Parrot Side Table is down to £69.30 from £99 from Dunelm

Economics

3 w. ago Dilapidated house covered in foliage put on sale for £450,000

It has potential

Economics

3 w. ago 17th century manor house on sale for £150k but there's a catch

The Grade II-listed property has six bedrooms

Economics

3 w. ago Seemingly normal house listing sparks warning from neighbours who claim owners are 'pulling a fast one'

Neighbour's living next to a £350,000 house for sale claim the vendor is 'pulling a fast one' after spotting image enhancement software had been used on pictures.

Events

last month I've been forced to move in with my daughter after my third property sale fell through. The housing market's collapsing... and my removal man's terrifying words show exactly why: NADINE DORRIES

I'm a former Cabinet minister and best-selling novelist who sold my childcare business for a seven-figure sum but, at 68, I have just moved into a bedroom in the home of one of my daughters.

Economics