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Mapped: Best areas to invest in buy-to-let homes with just a £25k deposit

A dozen areas around England and Wales potentially fit the bill and offer rental yields of up to 11 per cent

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025

America is becoming a nation of homebodies

In his February 2025 cover story for The Atlantic, journalist Derek Thompson dubbed our current era “the anti-social century.”

The Conversation · Mar 10, 2025

OPINION - Won't somebody think of the Gherkin? I fear these plans could ruin London's skyline

London’s City skyline of the future has been revealed, and it’s a massive clump of glass buildings lacking in beauty and artistic merit.

Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2025

Lynette is on the pension, a casual teacher, a golf instructor – and homeless

Activists warn without funding for affordable housing, essential workers will increasingly be priced out of the areas where they work

The Guardian - AU · Mar 8, 2025

Listed: Three Homes to Buy in Hawaii

Three homes for sale in Hawaii.

Kiplinger · Mar 8, 2025

London councils buy £140m of property to move homeless people out of city

Exclusive: More than a dozen authorities have bought more than 850 properties in English towns and cities since 2017

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2025

Council wants to seize homes empty for over six months as thousands in central London revealed to be unoccupied

Westminster council wants the power to seize empty properties after discovering some homes in the borough have not been lived in for 20 years

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2025

Trump administration throws hundreds of affordable housing projects into limbo after contract cuts

The Associated Press has found that the Trump administration has stalled at least $60 million in funding intended largely for affordable housing developments nationwide

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025

East Dunbartonshire residents face one of the largest council tax hikes in Scotland

EAST Dunbartonshire Council has imposed a 13 per cent tax hike on residents, one of the largest increases in Scotland.

The National (Scotland) · Mar 7, 2025

Knocking down abandoned buildings has a lot of benefits for Detroit − but it’s costly for cities

Few cities have experienced a sharper economic change of fortune than Detroit.

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2025