Housing

Nearly have of prospective homebuyers are waiting for prices to go down

Budding homebuyers hold fire as four in 10 wait for prices to drop

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Bedford Borough Council under fire over finances, governance and leadership

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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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You can help shape the future of Bedford borough

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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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Central Beds Council has set out an improvement plan for housing services

Council tenants help improve housing services in Central Bedfordshire

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

Ad Feature Sakan wins learning excellence awards in London

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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The international development community has spent years arguing that complex social challenges are best addressed through coordinated, multi-stakeholder systems.
George Jones

Central Bedfordshire Council has launched a survey inviting residents to have their say on community-led housing

Would you like community-led housing in Central Bedfordshire?

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

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

Gordon Capon

Woman hits out at council-recommended care agency after father-in-law's death

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

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

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

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'Robust checks needed before housing children at unregistered placements'

Rough sleepers lay in their makeshift beds outside closed shops on Oxford Street. Picture: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images

Over £2 million funding boost to tackle homelessness in Central Bedfordshire

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner. (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

£90k funding boost to help tackle rough sleeping in Bedford

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”
Watch as Jess Phillips MP addresses a Labour conference fringe event - saying stopping VAWG should be everyone’s “core business”.
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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

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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

Newly elected Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gives a speech outside No 10 Downing Street for the first time

Decade-low number of planning applications submitted in Bedford

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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

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

File photo of an online energy bill.

One in 10 Bedford households in fuel poverty

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

Figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show building commenced on around 970 homes in Bedford in 2023 – up from 810 the year before

Rise in housebuilding in Bedford – despite national slump
Building started on around 970 homes in 2023 – up from 810 the year before
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Department for Education figures show there were 35 full-time-equivalent agency workers in children's social care services in Bedford as of 30 September 2023 – up from 24 the year before

Agency workers fill EVERY children's social care vacancy in Bedford

3,271 pensioners in Bedford received council tax support in the three months to December 2023 – the lowest number since records began in 2015

Record low number of pensioners receive council tax support

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities figures show 817 new social housing lets were offered to tenants in Bedford in 2022-23

Number of new social housing lets in Bedford falls to near decade low

Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove arrives in Downing Street, London.

Almost a dozen hectares of open land in Bedford developed upon

A woman reading a leaflet from the Office for National Statistics about The Census 2021

A quarter of households in Bedford are in highest social class

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

Figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show there were 73 Traveller caravans recorded in Bedford in January – it was up from 57 the year before

Dozens of Traveller caravans in Bedford

Spain is Europe's top destination for British expats

More and more Bedford residents own holiday homes

Census figures from the Office for National Statistics show 3,330 of 78,220 total dwellings in Bedford were unoccupied on census day in March 2021

Thousands of homes left empty in Bedford

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

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