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New York woman killed in 140 feet plunge after railing gives way on apartment balcony
Friday 02 August 2013
She is thought to have fallen after sitting or leaning on a railing while talking to her date at her New York City apartment
Average UK home is now worth £170,825 as house prices continue to rise
Friday 02 August 2013
UK house prices increased by 0.8% in July and were 3.9% higher than July 2012, according to Nationwide
Bank of Mum and Dad pays out £2 billion to fund their children's property dreams
Wednesday 31 July 2013
1 in 5 parents say they are using their own retirement savings to fund children’s deposits
Cuts after 2015 election ‘will slow growth’
Monday 29 July 2013
Chancellor George Osborne should be braced for slowing growth after the next general election, a leading economic forecaster warned today.
More homes on the market – but prices rise again
Monday 29 July 2013
The booming property market paused for breath in July as more sellers dipped their toe in the water, new figures showed today.
Gunman kills six hostages before police fire fatal shot in south Florida shoot-out
Saturday 27 July 2013
Neighbours say the gunman lived in the apartment building
Power to the communities threatens solutions to housing crisis, warns Downing St adviser
Friday 26 July 2013
Devolution could fuel nimbyism, says Lord Young
Murder arrest after wrestler posts bloody body part picture on Facebook
Thursday 25 July 2013
A former professional wrestler who posted a photo of a bloody body part on his Facebook page is facing a murder charge in the stabbing death of a woman at a Tampa apartment complex.
Matthew Oakeshott: Keeping mortgage rates low places a ticking time bomb under the housing market
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Midweek View: Britain needs to build far more affordable rented homes to boost growth and create jobs now, not in 10 or 20 years’ time
Families in the countryside pay more tax for fewer services
Wednesday 24 July 2013
MPs conclude that rural communities get a raw deal on education, social care and broadband
First-time buyer house prices will increase by 42% by 2020, claims new report
Monday 22 July 2013
Rents forecast to be 44% higher
‘Millennium children’ will face acute housing shortage
Monday 22 July 2013
Britain’s failure to build enough homes is set to put a colossal strain on the housing market when the Noughties baby-boomers hit adulthood in 2020, a report claims today.
B&Q-owner Kingfisher cashes in on the heatwave
Sunday 21 July 2013
Shares or property – what's best?
Saturday 20 July 2013
It's your choice because both bricks and mortar and stocks are on the up, says Julian Knight
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- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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