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Brief encounter: How can I evict my tenants?

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Q I let my home in Yorkshire on a six-month tenancy agreement, which expires next week; the tenants have been given three months' notice to vacate. The estate agent tells me that the local council advised the tenants to “stay put” until legal action is taken. Meanwhile, my daughter and I will be homeless. What is the quickest way to resolve this and to reclaim costs?
Is it time for the return of Miras?

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Miras propelled a generation into home ownership. It is now being promoted as the way to keep the current generation's struggling owners in their homes - as well as doing something for first-time buyers.
The housing market needs help in the Pre-Budget Report

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Click here to see the yearly fall in property prices throughout the UK
Give your home a ten-minute MoT

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Did you know that today marks the start of National Maintenance Week? I thought not. But you can save yourself stacks of money in the long run by following this ten-minute MoT for your house, compiled by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings :
Mortgage debt forces thousands to sell up

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Graphic: the state of housing
Better to downsize than risk repossession

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Downsizing used to mean selling a large-ish house and moving to something smaller, probably in the countryside. But now the term can also imply enforced relocation, long before retirement, opting for the bijou in a less sought-after postcode, because you can no longer afford your mortgage repayments. The accommodation at your new address may be less roomy, but better that than being yet another repossession statistic.
Skyscraper penthouse sale sets a £1m record

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Birmingham A penthouse defied the credit crunch to become the first flat in the city to sell for £1,000,000. The 2,788 sq ft three-bedroomed property, which is at the apex of the 25-storey Orion Building, offers views across the West Midlands and was sold to an unnamed executive in his 30s, topping the previous record for an apartment in the city by £125,000.
The middle-aged couples living 'apart together' who add to housing shortage

Fetched: November 19th, 2008, 8:54pm CST

The rise in the number of married couples who are choosing to live apart is contributing to a severe housing shortage, a report suggests today.
Time and place: Allan Stewart

Fetched: November 19th, 2008, 8:54pm CST

Not unlike a lot of performers, as a boy I was painfully shy off stage but when in the spotlight I was in my element. My sister, Maureen, 66, was a beautiful singer but found performing too nerve-racking. I was the complete opposite.
Family matter

Fetched: November 19th, 2008, 8:54pm CST

Building an environmentally friendly home in a village with an ecological footprint that is half the UK national average might be a daunting to many self-builders, but not for Greig and Kathleen Munro, the Findhorn-based architects otherwise known as Affordable TM. They designed a house for their parents, Don and Ena, in the Findhorn Community — and it extended their green credentials even further.

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Brief encounter: How can I evict my tenants?

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Is it time for the return of Miras?

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CST

The housing market needs help in the Pre-Budget Report

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Give your home a ten-minute MoT

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Mortgage debt forces thousands to sell up

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Better to downsize than risk repossession

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Skyscraper penthouse sale sets a £1m record

Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CST

The middle-aged couples living 'apart together' who add to housing shortage

Fetched: November 19th, 2008, 8:54pm CST

Time and place: Allan Stewart

Fetched: November 19th, 2008, 8:54pm CST

Family matter

Fetched: November 19th, 2008, 8:54pm CST