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The idea of renting a property without seeing it first would have seemed nonsensical for many prospective tenants a year ago. Most would have thought that only by seeing it for themselves could they check what they were signing up for and whether their new home fulfilled their wish list. But since the beginning of … Read more
What we want from a home is changing. Not long ago, the ambition was to climb the ladder rung by rung, hoping for gains along the way, with the plan of staying put one day. But such ambition was already going out of style and now, thanks to the pandemic, it is rapidly being replaced … Read more
It may have been tricky to take an overseas holiday this year thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped people from daydreaming and window shopping for homes in exotic locations. In fact, 2020 has marked an 18 per cent jump in people looking at the overseas section of property website Rightmove. Of the … Read more
Britons’ passion for the seaside has grown this year but a home by the often not-so-balmy waters on the coast will set buyers back a hefty premium, a report suggests. The premium forked out by buyers looking to snap up a property with a sea view has shot up by £19,000 this year, from £66,959 … Read more
As homebuying continues apace, families are turning to the secretive ‘grey market’ to find a buyer for their home without ever advertising it for sale. Also known as off-market sales, the grey market is when homes are withheld from mainstream portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla and, instead, sellers choose a private agent to handpick … Read more
The most viewed homes for sale in Britain this year have been revealed – and they all reflect the wider shift that has taken place during the pandemic, as well as our desire to daydream about spending a huge windfall. As more space became a highly sought-after commodity during lockdown, homebuyers prioritised larger homes in … Read more
The most viewed homes for sale in Britain this year have been revealed – and they all reflect the wider shift that has taken place during the pandemic, as well as our desire to daydream about spending a huge windfall. As more space became a highly sought-after commodity during lockdown, homebuyers prioritised larger homes in … Read more
The most popular places for first-time buyers to hunt for homes have been revealed, and Luton in Bedfordshire leads the way. The list of top 20 places where first-time buyers are searching for homes was identified by property website Zoopla. Luton is followed by Wolverhampton, with Sandwell, Coventry and South Staffordshire all featuring. This two-bed … Read more
From the surrounding countryside, you would never know that this vast ultra-modern house with six bedrooms was in the centre of a rural idyll. That is because the property which spans across 12,000 square foot – the equivalent size of more than four tennis courts – is below ground level. It was built in the … Read more
This time last year, the London-based crime writer Martin Bodenham and his wife, Jules, were faced with a problem — where to live next? ‘Even before Covid, London was becoming too impersonal, like a city full of strangers,’ says Martin, 60, whose latest novel, Crime And Justice, was published in August. ‘So we looked at … Read more