Brits spending more on rent than at any other point in last 10 years According to property portal Zoopla, the average UK tenant is paying 28.3% of their yearly pay, before tax, on their rent alone Daily Mirror · Jun 20, 2023
Habitat for Humanity sets sights on converting disused offices and retail to homes It’s already copleted two such conversions in the borough of Barking and Daghenham Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2023
Australian government seeks urgent legal advice on double dissolution over housing bill standoff Labor used question time to pile pressure on the Greens, accusing them of caring more about retweets than rentals The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2023
Possible Russian link with Llanelli hotel earmarked for hundreds of asylum seekers is raised in Parliament Llanelli's MP has asked if the Government will look into the potential link, but the Home Office has failed to answer any of the questions put to it by the Local Democracy Reporting Service Wales Online · Jun 20, 2023
Iconic Toast Rack building put up for sale ahead of major transformation The site which comprises the Toast Rack, Horseshoe, Gateway site and Stitching Hall Manchester Evening News · Jun 20, 2023
Contract to design M5 improvements near Cheltenham secured Galliford Try has entered into an Early Contractor Involvement agreement with Gloucestershire county Council Birmingham Post · Jun 20, 2023
Where is the cheapest place to rent in the UK? A growing number of young people are unable to fly the nest because of soaring rental costs, latest figures show. The Week · Jun 20, 2023
Michael Gove says 25-year fixed rates could ease mortgage crisis Housing secretary suggests Canadian-type deals – as Sunak government under pressure to end ‘mortgage horror show’ The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023
Manchester's iconic Toast Rack building put up for sale The site already has detailed planning consent for 211 homes Birmingham Post · Jun 20, 2023
Hunt rules out mortgage support or food price caps; Mortgage ticking time bomb is ‘now exploding’ – as it happened Jeremy Hunt faces calls to introduce mortgage interest tax relielf from Conservative MPs at Treasury Questions, and rules out price caps on food The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2023
‘Juvenile’: PM seeks advice as housing policy stalls Anthony Albanese says the government is seeking advice on the triggers for a double dissolution after the Greens delayed a key housing bill. The New Daily · Jun 20, 2023
William turns 41 in first birthday as Prince of Wales The future king was born at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, at 9.03pm on June 21 1982. The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023
RBA says decision to lift interest rate in June was ‘finely balanced’, easing expectations of further hikes Minutes from RBA meeting on 6 June show the board was concerned about the ‘considerable uncertainty regarding the outlook for household spending’ The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2023
All options on table as housing fund held up in Senate Labor could shelve a key election promise - legislating a $10 billion housing fund - after the Greens successfully had it delayed until October. The New Daily · Jun 20, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2023 Will a national rent freeze fix Australia’s housing crisis? Depends on who you listen to There’s nothing radical about regulating rents and smoothing off shocks, but self-interest will always override reason
The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023 Tory voters think Government should prioritise social housing, polling suggests The majority of Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem voters said they felt housing issues in the UK had become worse since the last general election.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2023 Faruqi says housing fund standoff ‘not about playing political games’ – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023 UK ‘hurtling into mortgage disaster’ as rates near highs seen during Truss turmoil ‘No one’s at the helm of the ship, we don’t know where we’re going to end up,’ warns one mortgage broker
Daily Mirror · Jun 19, 2023 Mum breaks her nose falling over bump in pavement as developers say 'it's not a hazard' Sharon Clarke, from Longbridge, Birmingham, complained to property developers St Mowden, which said 'no obvious hazards' were found at the site where Sharon fell
AAP · Jun 19, 2023 RBA says jobs market too tight to control inflation Australia has managed to engineer full employment but the extreme competition for workers risks keeping inflation higher for longer.
Edinburgh Live · Jun 19, 2023 Midlothian house owner wins appeal to turn it into 'much needed' flats The council's own Local Development Plan has guidance on housing having sufficient garden space for residents but this was questioned by one councillors who pointed out not everyone wanted a garden
The Hindu · Jun 19, 2023 Guidance value to be revised after four and a half years The Department of Stamps and Registration has already started reassessing property values and will soon come out with a draft of the new guidance values.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2023 Victoria to consider rent caps and taxes on Airbnb owners to ease rental crisis Exclusive: Greens will support Labor’s state budget in exchange for measures as Yarra council creates emergency fund to help with cost of living
The Week · Jun 19, 2023 Is the UK heading for its ‘biggest ever’ house price crash? Homeowners are “on course for a brutal reckoning”, say experts, as the UK mortgage crisis risks triggering the largest house price crash on record.
Kiplinger · Jun 19, 2023 10 Cities with the Best Home Buying Deals This Summer New data from Realtor.com shows national home price average finally dropping, with most relief concentrated in markets with overheated prices during COVID-19 pandemic.