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A person saving alone in London could face a 21-year wait to build a 10% house deposit, research has found

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New research from CIA Landlords has analysed where renters are most and least likely to have access to a garden

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Research revealed that more than half of Gen Z rank illness or pain among their top aging concerns, higher than Boomers.

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Buyer demand is at its weakest in years

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Saudi Developmental Housing Foundation (Sakan) has achieved a national milestone with international recognition by winning the Learning Excellence Award in London

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The final Local Plan is scheduled to be submitted and examined in September 2028

New timeline set out for updated Kirklees Local Plan

Run by the Housing Developmental Foundation, known as SAKAN, the programme has developed a housing support model that brings together 313 nonprofit organisations and 1.4 million volunteers

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Huddersfield Town Hall.

Traffic crackdown in Mirfield and Heckmondwike one step closer

Huddersfield Town Hall

Councillors hear of hundreds housed in Kirklees temporary accommodation

41 per cent weren’t shown the loft space when viewing their house.

Three in 10 Brits don’t have enough room for all their belongings
Three in 10 Brits don’t have enough room in their house for all their belongings.
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The law was named in memory of Awaab Ishak, a two-year-old boy who tragically died in 2020 due to prolonged mould exposure in social housing.

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ThermoPest wants to highlight the proven success of controlled, high-temperature heat systems

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We've looked at customer reviews for the UK's biggest house builders to see how they compare

The UK's best and worst-rated house-builders, based on reviews

Huddersfield Town Hall.

Improvements after Kirklees Council puts tenants at risk of ‘serious detriment’

Huddersfield Town Hall.

Council's bid to stop more drivers breaking rules in Heckmondwike and Mirfield

Chief Executive of the HomeOwners Alliance, Paula Higgins

Call for action as survey reveals 35% of homes with spray foam have defect

Mortgage adviser Liam Cockerham has offered his expert advice to first-time buyers on the pitfalls to avoid, including one easy mistake to make

The one easy mistake to avoid when buying your first home

Rydal Mount (Credit: Ashdown Jones, The Lakes and Lune Valley)

William Wordsworth's Victorian cottage on Lake Windermere up for sale

Seven new family homes have been erected at Howley Walk, Batley, with the council working alongside local developers, Ellison Construction, to deliver and complete the project.

‘Fantastic’ new housing development completed in Batley

Huddersfield Town Hall.

Policies for vulnerable tenants to be discussed by Kirklees Council

In the bathroom, tiles have come off the wall and there is a hole in the bath panel.

Kirklees mum tells of horrors living in rat-infested council flat

The initiative aims to support UK mission to reduce energy bills, create green jobs, and advance climate action

Social housing in UK to have cleaner energy come new initiative

Icy conditions have been causing disruption

Gritting update from Kirklees Council after controversial refill policy

Huddersfield Town Hall

Kirklees Council performs worst for tenant satisfaction in West Yorkshire

Tony Linney

Former policeman named home care worker of the year

Rachel Reeves poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the government's annual Autumn budget to Parliament (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

UK families to get free cash as Household Support Fund is extended

Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to give a speech at the Treasury in July 2024 (Photo: Jonathan Brady - Pool/Getty Images)

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'Lifestyle inflation' is to blame, according to 4,000 adults

Fewer than one in 10 millennials have hit their financial goals

Jess Phillips MP speaking at The Rally Against Violence Towards Women and Girls at Labour conference.

Minister says stopping VAWG should be everyone’s “core business”

A poll of 2,000 adults uncovered the top 50 things that irritate people when they’re trying to get on with their day

These are life's top 50 biggest inconveniences

Jackie Kennedy, is the only resident living in a 50-room care home after it closed down in 2023.

I live alone in abandoned care home - I feel like a "prisoner"

A poll of 500 adults who bought their first property have revealed their biggest regrets - including living in an area they do not love

First-time buyers reveal their biggest regrets

A house lies in ruins.

Footage shows house with front blown off after suspected gas explosion

Marshal Craig, one of the last remaining residents on Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow which is almost deserted.

'I'm not moving!' - Man refuses to leave derelict 'Chernobyl' estate

Hillary and Franco McManus Omaze Million Pound House London winners inside their new £5m home

'Best wedding present ever': Newlyweds win a £5m Omaze dream home

Coun Graham Turner of Kirklees Council

Some in Kirklees 'paying more tax than multi-million pound London home-owners'

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Half of renters endure cold, damp or mould - despite record high rents

Rent increases are impacting the saving powers of four in 10 private tenants and now a third of these can't afford to put any cash aside as a result.

62% of UK renters put aside £100 or less each month

Protected Trees Initiative

Pragmatic Stewardship of Green Initiatives in Kirklees

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I'm a mortgage expert - 9 pitfalls that first time buyers should avoid

People look at residential properties displayed for sale in the window of an estate agents' in London (Photo: ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)

Expert tips for first-time homebuyers as mortgages jump 61% in 5 years

Karen Bishop, 51, with her 2-year-old French bull dog Drew outside the Travelodge in Norwich.

Watch: Disabled gran has lived in hotel for 2 years after flat blaze

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UK city leaps into top 10 most expensive cities for expats

Northfield Hall community hub

New community hub makes life easier for Huddersfield residents
Housing provider Incommunities has opened a new community hub in Huddersfield making it easier for customers to access services face-to-face.
Salma Nakhuda

Residents of Stratford-upon-Avon are blighted by antisocial behaviour along South Green Drive and Cottage Lane, just a stones throw from Anne Hathaway's Cottage.

Watch: Drug gangs create misery on posh Shakespeare heritage street

Destiny Mitchell, 26, is homeless and has turned a bus stop into a temporary home on the Bristol Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham.

Watch: Our home is a disused bus shelter...it's going to be demolished

The revelation was made in a report to Kirklees Council

Kirklees Council needs to spend £125m on 'indecent' council homes

Roundabout At Cooper Bridge.

New plan for major road plan including Mirfield's Cooper Bridge roundabout

An example of a modular Changing Places Toilet.

Nearly £200,000 for more accessible toilets including at popular Birstall park

The road sign on Halifax Road. Photo by David Kelly

Welcome to Kirklees sign put up on wrong side of the road

King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the coronation on May 6, 2023. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire.

King Charles & Queen Camilla criticised over gender pay gap to staff

Debra Hanrahan

Batley support worker 'extremely proud' of national care award nomination

RAF Scampton could be transformed into housing for asylum seekers - but locals aren’t happy

Row as historic RAF base could be used to house 1,500 asylum seekers

Here are the 15 neighbourhoods with the worst air quality in North Kirklees.

The 15 neighbourhoods with the worst air quality in North Kirklees

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