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Q In 2017, six months after buying my one-bedroom flat in 2017, I lost my job. I managed to get another one but at half my previous salary. I’m still able to pay my mortgage but my repayments now make up about half of my monthly income. Since 2018 I have been dating a guy …
The number of young people qualified to drive has fallen to the lowest level on record as driving lessons and tests have been suspended and financial pressures have increased as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Just 2.97 million people aged 16 to 25 in Great Britain hold a full licence, down from 3.32 million …
It’s hard to disagree with the New Zealand government’s recent assessment that the country’s runaway housing market has moved from mere boom to a bubble that endangers the whole economy. Prices rose a staggering 23% over the past year, putting home ownership way beyond most people not already on the fabled ladder – younger, first-time …
Your article on six ways to fix the housing crisis (1 April) contains no mention of one of the most overlooked but important issues – house price inflation caused by schemes such as help to buy and the government’s money-creation policy. The help-to-buy scheme seems to be welcomed by some as a positive move, but …
When Jordan Adams left home three years ago, he missed one member of the family in particular – five-year-old Weimaraner Jasmine. So when the opportunity arose to look after the dog when his mother went away, he jumped at the chance. Until his landlord said otherwise. Adams found that under the terms of his tenancy, …