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Couples who ditched city life to live in converted buses and how they saved a fortune

From a London double deck bus to a converted American school vehicle, meet the three couples who say their luxury conversions provide a better lifestyle - complete with goats

House prices surge to new record high of ￡245,000 as stamp duty holiday pushes demand

Office for National Statistics

Official figures show house prices have hit a new record high, while properties in London now cost almost half a million pounds each to buy, but falls could be coming soon

House prices start to fall with a ￡1,505 drop since October from sellers

After setting new records in October, asking prices on Rightmove have started to fall, dropping ￡1,505 in November as sellers drop their demands in an effort to beat the stamp duty deadline

Couple turn nicotine-stained semi into dream house in incredible transformation

UK News The couple, who bought the property in Urmston, Greater Manchester, in June 2019, has spent time and money turning a dated house into the home they have always wanted

Martin Lewis plea for 250,000 people trapped in homes ‘in penury’ to be freed

A quarter of a million people have been trapped, unable to move, paying expensive mortgages for a decade - and there's "no excuse" for it to o on any longer Martin Lewis has said

Spooky cemetery gatehouse with turret overlooking graveyard on sale for ￡350k

The 163-year-old building at Louth town cemetery in Lincolnshire sits on top of an arched gateway and has been converted into a three bedroom home, boasting a viewing platform that looks out over a graveyard

Gyms, weddings, holidays and MOTs - lawyer explains your lockdown money back rights

Pubs, restaurants, clothing stores and entertainment venues have shut their doors in line with new emergency measures to combat rising coronavirus cases - here are your rights

Average house prices break through ￡250,000 barrier for first time in the UK

The cost of the typical UK home has risen to more than ￡250,000 for the first time, despite lockdown conditions, according to the country's biggest mortgage lender, Halifax

Rishi Sunak told 'urgent action' needed to prevent thousands of house sales collapsing

The decision to offer home buyers a stamp duty holiday could result in chaos, with thousands of sales collapsing across the country on the same day, unless urgent action is taken to fix it, according to everyone from estate agents to lawyers, surveyors and mortgage providers

Worst hit towns for job losses named as pandemic smashes local communities

Seaside resorts and manufacturing hubs are among the places that have been worst hit with job losses since the coronavirus pandemic struck - with some seeing the number of people looking for work more than triple in a year

One million more Brits facing unemployment by Christmas as furlough ends, warn experts

Despite Chancellor Rishi Sunak expanding his less generous winter jobs scheme, some experts fear once the initial furlough ends on October 31 some industries will nose dive off a "cliff edge"

House prices hit record high in 'extraordinary' coronavirus property market

Despite the ongoing economic crisis - with businesses closed, jobs lost and coronavirus restrictions affecting millions - the property market is somehow continuing to boom

Where house prices have doubled in 10 years - Britain's best and worst areas

In the past ten years house prices have more than doubled in exactly ten parts of the country - this is where's risen fastest and where prices have actually fallen since 2010

Some Brits eligible for flu jab will not be able to get it until January

Doubts remain over whether there will be flu jabs available to everyone in the UK, despite Health Secretary Matt Hancock boasting about rolling out the biggest flu vaccination programme in history

Everything we know about Boris Johnson's new 5% deposit scheme for first time buyers

First-time buyers

The Prime Minister has announced plans for a new 5% deposit mortgage to help "fix our broken housing market" - but how will it work and when will it launch? We take a look

12-year high in people trying to buy homes - but reality is about to bite

House prices have been pushed to new record highs as the number of people trying to buy a new home hits levels not seen since 2008 - but experts are warning it's actually little more than "the bricks and mortar equivalent of the last days of Caligula"

Boris Johnson's conference speech: 7 vague or misleading pledges vs the reality

The Tory leader used his virtual conference speech to picture the 'New Jerusalem' of 2030 after another 10 years of Conservative rule. But his pledges have little detail - and little accountability. Here's what the facts say

Boris Johnson promises carbon-free jets and 95% mortgages in rambling conference speech

Conservative Party Conference

The Prime Minister boasted he'd lost 26lbs but offered no new coronavirus help in a 'hot air' speech - where he gave a sunlit uplands view of 2030 and unveiled policies on mortgages, social care and kids' tuition with almost no detail

Three things are driving house prices up and none of them will last

The latest figures show house prices are rising at their fastest rate since 2016 - but look a little closer and that success has been built on foundations of sand

House prices stall - unless you have a home with three bedrooms or more

Asking prices for new homes are down on their July peak, that is unless you're selling a larger home where demand is still soaring, according property portal Rightmove

Up to 1.5m homes 'unmortgageable' over cladding fears after Grenfell fire disaster

Since the Government tightened safety advice in January, lenders have routinely demanded evidence that almost any modern flat is safe, even three-storey brick buildings - but owners are unable to do so

Celebrating while the roof falls in - why house price overconfidence may prove fatal

One of the UK's most prominent estate agents has fired a warning shot for anyone buying or selling a home or thinking about it: Whatever you do, don't believe the hype

House prices soar ￡8,000 in a year but warnings of trouble ahead for the property market

The latest official figures show a soaring property market with prices shooting up by thousands of pounds, but is it the start of a new boom or a final hurrah as the rest of the economy starts to sink

Couple selling their ￡400,000 four-bed Italian villa with swimming pool for just ￡25

Jon and Annmarie have spent the past 8 years renovating the stunning property - and have decided to pass it on using a ￡25-a-ticket raffle to give people who'd never dreamt of being able to afford a holiday home a chance to own it next

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