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Dated: 11/03/2025 METRO EXCLUSIVE DURHAM COURT , HEBBURN, SOUTH TYNESIDE Durham Court in Hebburn. The block is dedicated to elderly residents, all of whom have been asked to move out of the building. Pictured is resident Resident Pauline McIntyre with her daughter Angie Comerford

Residents 'petrified' after being told 50-year-old tower block could be knocked down

Channel: UK UK March 11, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Kat Sanders stands in the kitchen of her Victorian barn conversion.

We bought my in-laws' house for £350,000 — and spent £130,000 transforming it

Channel: Property Property March 10, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Jo Booth and Hannah Symes toast with a glass of champagne.

Hotel worker wins £500,000 after 'tip' from Omaze winning guest

Channel: Property Property March 7, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Young people move boxes full of their belongings into a new house.

'Underrated' UK city with £168,000 average house price ranked best for first-time buyers

Channel: Property Property March 7, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
A composite graphic of a house with a couple standing with their backs to camera

First-time buyer? Get £5,000 cashback on your mortgage with this easy tip

Channel: Property Property March 7, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
London As seen from a Thames pleasure boat.

What could the new proposed ban on leasehold flats mean for you?

Channel: Politics Politics March 3, 2025 By Craig Munro
The plane-spotting house of dreams right at the end of airport runway in Bickenhill, near Birmingham Airport.

'Plane-spotter’s dream' home at the end of UK airport runway hits market for £260,000

Channel: Property Property March 3, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
The London Barbican Residential Building Complex in The City of London

London’s ‘ugliest’ brutalist estates where flats cost £1,000,000

Channel: Property Property March 2, 2025 By Ruth Bloomfield
"What I Own"...... Lexie Carducci and her dog Bali at home in the flat she owns in West London.. ?? photograph by David Sandison www.dsandison.com +44 7710 576 445

What I Own: I'm a property personal shopper — I bought my £442,000 Chiswick two-bed at 24

Channel: Property Property March 1, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Old country house in a field on a warm sunny day, blue sky. Inishmore, Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland. Irish landscape; Shutterstock ID 1994320256; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

You could be paid up to £69,650 to renovate a remote island house — but there's a catch

Channel: Property Property February 28, 2025 By Emily Bashforth
Woman sits on sofa looking sad while holding a cup of tea.

Buying a home is harder for half of the population. Spoiler: it's not men

Channel: Property Property February 26, 2025 By Kristina Beanland
The dilapidated three bedroom cottage in Rhydlewis, Wales, comes with approximately 132 acres of land. Release date ? February 19, 2025. A 'spooky' cottage taken over by wildlife and vegetation is on sale for ?695,000 - after being left abandoned for 25 years. Located in the village of Rhydlewis, Wales, with approximately 132 acres, the 3-bedroom property has been overrun by nature. Tucked away in a wooded valley, this cottage offers a blissful escape from a noisy world - but there is renovation work to be done. Some items are still left inside the house by former owners - including black and white pictures, newspapers and furniture. The house - on sale for ?695,000 - has deteriorated over the years having not been occupied for at least 25 years, said the estate agency John Francis, Cardigan.

This cottage has been abandoned for 25 years — and now it’s on sale for £695,000

Channel: Property Property February 25, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Family moving in new apartment, lying on carpet and sharing love and happiness after moving in.

I want to buy a house with my partner — but we’ve only been together for a year

Channel: Property Property February 24, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
What I Own - Billie-Jane Whitbread of Weston Court, Uxbridge, London. Pictured: Billie on the living room couch. Pictured on 6th February 2025. (C) Belinda Jiao 07598931257 www.belindajiao.com jiao.bilin@gmail.com

What I Own: I purchased my £267,000 London flat for £33,000 under the asking price

Channel: Property Property February 22, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
An aerial view of Lihou House in Guernsey, on a rocky island next to the sea.

You can rent an entire private English island for just £40 a night

Channel: Property Property February 22, 2025 By Emily Bashforth
Burnt out caravan near Clifton Downs in Bristol which is being investigated by police after blaze on February 13. Bristol, February 17 2025. Police in Britain's 'van dweller capital' are investigating after a caravan was deliberately burned down. The blaze saw a caravan near Clifton Downs in Bristol destroyed - amid ongoing issues with locals. Hundreds of people in Bristol live in roadside vans and caravans - amid soaring rent prices. One caravan which was part of a series along Clifton Downs has now been been burned out - with the police investigating. An Avon Fire Service spokesperson said it was called at 11.24pm on Thursday, February 13, to caravan on fire on Saville Road. They said: ???Firefighters used hoses, reels and water jets to put out the fire. Two firefighters wore breathing apparatus.

Why is there a 'caravan city' in one of the richest parts of the UK

Channel: UK UK February 22, 2025 By Luke Alsford

Keir Starmer responds to Metro readers' questions about housing plans

Channel: Politics Politics February 20, 2025 By Craig Munro
The outside of Beckets, a historic property in the village of Eastry Kent, which has access to an underground network of tunnels.

This £1,000,000 property in Kent hides a mysterious underground tunnel network

Channel: Property Property February 18, 2025 By Jessica Hamilton
Overhead view of young Asian woman managing personal banking and finance at home. Planning budget and calculating expenses while checking her bills with calculator. Managing taxes and financial bills. Home budgeting. Concept of finance and economy

My boyfriend coerced me into a joint mortgage and ruined my life

Channel: Property Property February 16, 2025 By Sarah Matthews
Rows of residential property sit in the Thornton Heath neighbourhood of London, U.K., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. The fastest-rising neighborhood in London's property market isn't posh Knightsbridge or hip Shoreditch, it's Thornton Heath, an unglamorous suburb of commuter-town Croydon that's almost nine miles (14 kilometers) from Buckingham Palace. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The 'bustling' suburb Londoners are flocking to — while it's still affordable

Channel: Property Property February 16, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce

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