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Housing market had worst slump for decades last year
5+ hour, 45+ min ago (788+ words) By MARIANNE GARVEY, US REAL ESTATE REPORTER and WIRE SERVICES US home sales slumped to a 30-year low in 2025, dragging the housing downturn into a fourth straight year" Home prices"near record highs and elevated mortgage rates kept buyers on…...
Why I ditched my six-figure salary job in real estate to house sit
6+ hour, 44+ min ago (686+ words) By LILLIAN GISSEN, US DEPUTY LIFESTYLE EDITOR A woman who travels the globe for free by working as a 'house sitter' has lifted the lid on the highs and lows of the abnormal job." Alanna Parrish, 33, originally from the California…...
London's house price crash: The homes that have fallen the most
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1802+ words) By LUCY EVANS, MONEY REPORTER and ED MAGNUS, SENIOR THIS IS MONEY REPORTER London homeowners are facing a rude awakening when they come to try and sell their homes as property values in the capital continue to plunge. Prices in…...
Building society launches 100% mortgage for renters
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (1005+ words) By HELEN CRANE, DEPUTY EDITOR, THIS IS MONEY Renters are being offered the chance to get on the property ladder without saving a deposit, as a building society launches an 100 per cent mortgage." The 'Rent to Own' mortgage is with…...
Where house prices will rise the most and least in 2026
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (776+ words) By ED MAGNUS, SENIOR THIS IS MONEY REPORTER Towns and cities across Scotland and Northern England have the best prospects for house price growth in 2026, according to new analysis by Zoopla. While the property website is predicting just a 1.5 per…...
You can now bet on a housing crash
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (737+ words) By MARTHA WILLIAMS, US REAL ESTATE & CONSUMER REPORTER Americans can now gamble on the future of the housing market itself " betting real money on whether home prices in cities like Miami, Los Angeles and New York will rise or fall…...
Aussie on $400k reveals reason it was still hard to get a home loan
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (385+ words) A woman has revealed the surprising difficulties she faced trying to get a loan for her first home despite making as much as $400,000 a year. Emily Mai, 35, bought a four-bedroom townhouse in Melbourne in 2019 for $640,000. Despite having a 20 per cent…...
Man who bought a wood for £45K says it's been 'a terrible investment'
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (1292+ words) It's been ten years since Steve Sangster pulled over after spotting a roadside sign advertising the sale of Billet Wood, a small woodland near Dartford in Kent." Little did he know then that his initial aim when he thought about…...
House prices sky rocket by 63% in national park because of immigration
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (1025+ words) Most Brits have spent the past year watching the value of their properties plunge and the prospect of future investment vanish. But a handful of areas across the country have bucked the trend - with the price of houses located inside…...
Mortgage rates hit lowest level in three years after shock Trump move
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (840+ words) By DANIEL JONES, US CONSUMER AND REAL ESTATE EDITOR Mortgage rates plunged to their lowest level in nearly three years on Friday after President Donald Trump said he had ordered a massive government intervention aimed at pushing borrowing costs down....