Housing

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

Livv has introduced 26 new homes for Shared Ownership and Rent to Buy at Berrywood.

£6.1m development brings 26 new affordable homes to Merseyside town

Plans have been revealed for a 330-home estate on former farm land

330-home estate planned for former farm site near you

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

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

Angel Gardens plans, Liverpool.

Fresh hope for homes on land once backed by ‘God’

Liverpool's Festival Gardens site.

'Huge' step for 'landmark' Festival Gardens transformation

Every one of the 39 North West districts ranked on average house price

Every one of the 39 North West districts ranked on average house price

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

The 26-hectare ‘Hind Street Urban Garden Village Project’ aims to breathe new life to the Birkenhead area.

'Massive step forward' for £51m regeneration project

Remaking Liverpool: 23 exciting new developments that are set to change the face of Liverpool.

23 exciting new developments set to change the face of Liverpool

Lynne Mulhaney, of Knowsley Supported Housing

Knowsley care worker up for lifetime achievement award

Kathleen Mongans with her partner Brendan Francis Quinn.

‘We’re being told go back home - it's like signing our death warrant’

The Calders, Mossley Hill, has an average sold price of £800,833.

Mossley Hill named happiest place to live in Liverpool - top five list

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)

What to expect from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Autumn Budget

Heswall marsh coast, in the Wirral.

The 13 best towns, villages and areas to live in Merseyside

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

Fewer than one in 10 millennials have hit their financial goals

The Old Roan Inn in Aintree in 2024 and 2012 and what the new flats might look like.

Historic Old Roan pub to be demolished as new housing plans approved

Visual of what the Hind Street Urban Village development could look like.

£51m project will transform derelict land into 'vibrant' village

Instance of damp in storage room accessed to side of building but within main structure.

I would rather sleep on the streets than my black mould infested flat

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”

18-year-old Sylvia Underwood of Liverpool hands over a cheque at Britain's first drive-in bank, the Westminster at Princes Road in Toxteth. The bank officially opened on January 29, 1959.

24 stirring photos show what life was like in Liverpool in the 1950s

Aerial shot of Liverpool.

The 16 most desirable Liverpool neighbourhoods in which to live

The modular home being built on Liverpool's waterfront.

Future of housing: A zero energy bill home built in just seven days

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

(Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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

This is how the new Central Park at Liverpool Waters could look.

Liverpool's plan for New York-style Central Park takes step forward

Landlord Antonio Boscarino failed to remove a large pile of rubbish that caused a rodent infestation.

Landlord whose pile of rubbish led to rodent infestation is sentenced

Liverpool Council is drawing up plans in a bid to meet the city's homelessness crisis.

Homelessness spend could hit £90m amid 'unprecedented' demand

How the Brickworks site in the Baltic Triangle could look.

100 'affordable housing' flats could be built in the Baltic Triangle

CGI mock ups of the new fire station in North Liverpool.

Liverpool's new £40m 'town' most people will never see

Browns Lane, Netherton.

Council house plans for old Merseyside school

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