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Controversial TikToker Tells Followers To 'Invade and Claim Empty Homes' Under US Squatters Rights

TikToker promotes loopholes to claim property ownership by living there for years, but legality varies by location and takes time.

Analysis: Gated UK property funds are open to further risk

Property estate agent sales and letting signs are seen outside a building

UK property funds face further exit requests, asset fire sales and reduced demand from pension schemes after payout restrictions prompted investors to reassess the risks of such holdings, industry experts say.

UK housing market seen facing further 'mini-budget' fallout

Property estate agent sales and letting signs are seen outside an apartment building

British property market activity stalled in October and house price growth slowed to its lowest quarterly level since February 2020 due to a disastrous "mini-budget" and a cost-of-living crisis, a survey released on Monday showed.

UK house prices fall as buyers count cost of mini-budget - Rightmove

Asking prices for British residential properties are dropping and there are signs that the fallout from the "mini-budget" bond market rout is weighing on first-time buyers, property website Rightmove said on Monday.

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Man accidentally burns down flat after botched marriage proposal

Groom-to-be sets up proposal scene with hundreds of tea lights and returns to find his flat on fire after fetching his girlfriend from work.

Venice faces more floods as 'State of Emergency' declared

The water was expected to reach 1.5 metres (5 feet) mid-morning on Friday.

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Kushner family real estate firm's unpaid NYC fines: $500K and counting

Company, which was run President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, accused of cutting corners at any cost.

Hong Kong Faces a Housing Crisis Amid Micro Flat Popularity

UK housing crisis: The British family needs to embrace apartment living

Should the British property market go vertical to end the perpetual housing crisis?

Danish Silo Demolition Goes Wrong, Crushing Library And Music School

Denmark's demolition debacle: Silo crushes cultural centre

Demolition of 174ft silo tower ends in embarrassment when it falls the wrong way

UK house prices have 'gone off the boil' but don't expect the property market to crash

The Nationwide UK house price index for February reveals a slowdown after January's data sparked hopes of a bounce in the property market.

Young adults shut out of property market as ownership prospect halves in past two decades

Figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show young middle earners are struggling to get on the property ladder.

$1m for this? Photos of derelict Sydney home prove housing market is out of control

Run-down two-bedroom Sydney house in "premier" suburb is on the market for $1m.

British Virgin Islands: Trouble in paradise

British Virgin Islands-registered companies own 23,000 homes in England and Wales

A quarter of all property owned by overseas companies in England and Wales is held by companies registered in the British Virgin Islands, according to new research.

UK house prices suffer unexpected decline in January

House prices fall 0.6% month-on-month in January, driving annual growth down to its lowest level since July.

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Croydon residents face £2m bill for removal of Grenfell Tower-style cladding

Deadly cladding will not be removed from a privately owned Croydon complex until costs paid by residents or government.

Poorest Britons left behind as millionaires ride wealth boom

New figures from the ONS 2014-16 wealth in Great Britain survey show that growing UK household wealth is overwhelmingly weighted towards older and wealthier Britons.

You can now live in Boris Johnson's family home - but it will cost you over £11m

Foreign Secretary lived in four-storey house in upscale Primrose Hill where he launched London mayoral campaign in 2008.

Corbyn says 'Labour would buy 8,000 homes' as he pledges to tackle homelesssness

Government data released last week showed homelessness in Britain rose by 15% last year and is more than double than five years ago.

How 750 volunteers turned this Indian slum into a rainbow village

Residents of Mumbai village of Asalpha proud to live in a "beautiful masterpiece" after volunteers transform slum.

£1bn knocked off asking prices in London's prime property enclaves

Biggest price cuts are in Knightsbridge, where sellers have sliced an average of £927,188 off asking prices.

London house prices will become cheaper in 2018

RICS data shows house prices to fall in the capital and the south-east next year and drop could spark nationwide fall.

Rents in Britain remain below inflation for 11th straight month

Average rents in London records fifth decline this year after falling 1.7% month-on-month in November.

London house prices set to decline 2% in 2018

Rightmove expects average house prices in England and Wales to grow at fastest pace in seven years in 2018.

Earthquake-proof house can fold in half and cost as little as £19,000

A new "earthquake-proof" house will be built to fold in half and cost home buyers as little as £19000.

House price growth still above inflation, despite first decline in four months

House prices grow 3.9% in the year to November, as annual rate of growth drops for the first time since July.

Rupert Murdoch's $30m ranch in path of wildfire raging though greater Los Angeles

Rupert Murdoch's property is in an evacuation zone threatened by blazing wildfires that have hit Los Angeles.

Revealed: The top 10 most unusual UK insurance claims of 2017

Every year insurance providers receive calls from customers making claims, some stressful, some urgent, some distressing, and some rather unusual.

Revealed: UK's best business cities for 'co-working' spaces

Research points to low ranking for London, despite the highest raw number of co-working office spaces.

This Texas zoo is being sold along with 500 animals for $6m - but it's struggling to find a buyer

Bayou Wildlife Zoo in Alvin is up for sale along with 500 animals of 60 different species. The asking price is $6m, down $1m from the original listing.

Well-designed workspaces have a direct effect on productivity

Growing number of organisations are realising that they can design their buildings as incubators of creativity and stimulation.

Estate agent tells irate millennials to save for a house by not buying coffee or takeaways

Strutt & Parker set out how a young couple could give up six things for five years to save a deposit of £33,000, but millennials were not impressed at being told not to buy lunch.