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London housing shortage: New rules designed to boost building
Kumail Jaffer Local Democracy Reporting Service The next London Plan, the capital's planning and development document, will be 'streamlined' to help new housing schemes flourish, City Hall has said. The new strategy – due to be published…
London housing crisis: New streamlined plans to 'boost homebuilding
Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. The next London Plan will be…
Budget won't be 'main driver' if house prices fall, housing minister says
Clare O'Neil says suggestions the government's proposed tax changes could knock 10 per cent off the price of homes are overblown, and Treasury expects only a 'mild' impact on price growth. The housing minister says if prices did fall sharply, it…
Supplier of housing for homeless linked to faith group tax avoidance scheme
A property investor who sells temporary accommodation to local councils is part of a family accused of avoiding tax by hosting bogus prayer sessions, a Guardian investigation can reveal. Publicly available records raise questions about the business…
Mamdani's housing plan is inspired by YIMBY darlings, like Austin and Minneapolis
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced his new housing plan on May 26, with an agenda to build 200,000 new affordable homes, convert existing hotels and office buildings into low-cost apartments, and support the city's tenants against 'bad landlords.' He…
White House intervened to get a $620 million deal for a company tied to Donald Trump Jr.
When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a small North Carolina startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism. The president's eldest son said through a…
Hong Kong property recovery tested as bigger student housing deals gain traction
Hong Kong's student housing sector is entering a new phase as larger institutional-style deals emerge from the city's distressed commercial property market, signalling that professional investors are cautiously returning after years of falling…
Loud boom' leaves US houses shaking as experts share meteor theory
People across Massachusetts have reported a 'loud boom' or 'explosion'. Residents in Boston and Rhode Island reported the boom at around 2.30pm EDT (7.30pm BST) on Saturday, and meteorologists believe it could be linked to a meteor. 'Reports of an…
Astonishing look at UK 60 years ago - doctor house calls to dawn of mini skirt
A Labour Prime Minister two years into office - described as ‘not very popular with the British public - Paul McCartney releasing new music and the small matter of a World Cup to win. Despite these similarities, life in 1966 was extremely…
Three Pikes Peak region affordable housing projects awarded tax credits for construction
Three of the 14 affordable residential developments to receive federal and state housing tax credits from the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority in the agency's first round of awards this year are being built in the Pikes Peak region. Receiving…
Both sides of state housing regulations cite similar goals
Those in the home building industry say Colorado's ongoing legislative changes dealing with home construction add up to a big stumbling block to keeping prices at bay, much less more affordable. Loren J. Moreland, vice president and project manager…
I asked AI how to stop home mold - it told me to 'Burp' my house
A few months ago, I saw a strange suggestion: “Burp your house.” At first, I assumed this was some bizarre TikTok trend or another form of Gen Alpha slang that I didn't understand. So, I do what I always do when I need clarification…
Inside the historic engine house that's now a remarkable family home
A historic former engine house that was converted into a home more than 20 years ago is on the market for the first time as a residential property. Wheal Enys Stamps, believed to have been constructed in roughly 1840, is a traditional granite and…
Trump gives daughter-in-law Lara tour of White House ballroom site in Fox News chat
President Donald Trump sat down for a frictionless interview with his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, where he also gave her a tour of the White House ballroom building site. During the tour, Trump revealed that he plans to hold the next presidential…
I tried to sell my house with a chatbot
But none of that was me. It was all AI. A few days earlier, I had pressed go on an experiment involving my family's single largest financial asset. Could I sell our home without a human real estate agent, relying almost entirely on a couple of…
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