Property must haves: home offices and gardens top home wishlists for life after lockdown
Home offices and gardens have overtaken factors such as number of bedrooms on the league table of property “must haves”, according to a new survey.
London housing market: Help to Buy scheme and 90 per cent mortgages return — but more affordable homes are urgently needed
Shared-ownership enquiries are rocketing in London and nervous young home buyers are being tempted back by the better mortgage deals coming on stream as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions ease. However, they will need more help than this.
Iconic Mersey Ferry for sale: original ship seen in Gerry and the Pacemakers film could be yours for £100k
The iconic ‘Ferry Cross the Mersey’ ship is on the market for £100,000 with potential to be converted into a hotel, office space, a sailing club, or even a super-size floating home if it finds the right owner to rescue it from demolition.
Entire village for sale in Sweden: 60-acre spa town on the outskirts of Stockholm listed for £5.6 million
The spa town’s 70 buildings include a church, a hotel and a restaurant.
House prices: lockdown leads to sharpest monthly fall in value since financial crisis
Just over £4,000 was knocked off the price of the average UK home in one month.
Flexible spaces: how the Covid-19 lockdown will affect the design of our future homes
Covid-19 has brought about a revolution in the way we think about home. The new normal will see many more of us needing permanent and flexible home-working, exercise and schooling areas, in energy-efficient property with outside space a must. Designers, renovators and architects are taking note.
Best plant pots for indoors: choose from concrete, glazed or hanging planters to transform a corner of your home
The first of a new series in which we find key pieces that let you revamp your home without committing to a total room makeover.
EastEnders home on the original Albert Square for sale: pretty Victorian street in Hackney was the intended setting for BBC soap
The four-bedroom house has access to a private garden square.
Housing market: Rightmove reports busiest ever day with millions seeking to move home after lockdown
Two months of lockdown has sparked a surge of home-searches in Canterbury, Bournemouth and across Devon and Cornwall