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Furious homeowners brand highest water bill hikes in the UK 'bonkers' as tens of thousands face Christmas weekend cut off from supplies after 'technical issue'

Residents across Hampshire are furious at seeing their water bills increase after thousands of homes were left without supplies following a 'technical issue'. The issue began on Wednesday morning after Southern Water issued an update confirming there was a technical problem at the Testwood water supply works preventing water from leaving the site. Long queues of cars could be seen …

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3 days, 14 hours ago

Is a 1976 drainage plan to blame for 2023 Rolling Hills Estates landslide? Homeowners’ lawsuit says yes

LA Times

Homes on Peartree Lane remain damaged in November 2023, months after a landslide in Rolling Hills Estates. City and county officials “knew or should have known that the proposed Park Community and other developments in the watershed area would significantly increase the stormwater flow in the open canyon drainage channel, and that the increased stormwater flow would erode, down-cut, and …

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5 days, 14 hours ago

New York homeowner’s yardwork reveals mastodon jaw

CNN

CNN — A complete mastodon jaw was unearthed in the backyard of a house in New York, according to the New York State Museum. The jaw, along with a piece of toe bone and a rib fragment, was excavated by teams from the New York State Museum and State University of New York Orange after a homeowner in Orange County, …

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5 days, 14 hours ago

Variable mortgage rates expected to drop further, homeowners set to benefit

NL Times

The average variable mortgage rate is expected to decrease by another 0.2 to 0.25 percentage points over the next six weeks, according to Oscar Noorlag, a financial expert with advisory firm Van Bruggen Adviesgroep. “Variable mortgage rates are more responsive to ECB rate cuts compared to fixed rates,” Noorlag noted. “This decline in fixed rates is much smaller than the …

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5 days, 14 hours ago

Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen

New York Times

Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home. Alaska Fla. Hawaii NONRENEWAL RATES, 2023 1 in 200 1 in 100 1 in 50 1 in 25 State rate shown Wash. Maine N.D. Mont. Nev. Utah Colo. Calif. Kan. Okla. Ariz. N.M. Texas Alaska …

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6 days, 14 hours ago

Senators launch probe into sale-leaseback company, citing NPR's reporting

NPR

Senators launch probe into sale-leaseback company, citing NPR's reporting toggle caption Sylvia Jarrus for NPR A group of U.S. In a letter to EasyKnock on Monday, citing NPR's reporting, senators expressed concern about how these deals have affected homeowners who turned to the company in moments of financial stress. Sponsor Message "We are deeply concerned about EasyKnock's lasting impact on …

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1 week ago

The median renter in America has a net worth of $10,400. The median homeowner’s net worth is $400,000

CNN

CNN — Two years ago, Elizabeth Grantham decided she didn’t want to rent much longer, so she moved from her hometown in the pricey San Francisco Bay Area to Washington state to save up to buy a home. “In this economy it’s literally impossible.” Those who want to buy their first homes have faced the one-two punch of rising home …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Drone falls out of sky and crashes into New Jersey homeowner’s backyard, causing panic

Hindustan Times

A drone crashed into a New Jersey homeowner’s backyard after falling out of the sky on Thursday night, December 12. Officials said the craft was “a hobby or toy type of drone” and “not a large commercial or military grade drone,” the Pequannock Police Department told New York Post. This incident comes shortly after New Jersey cops warned of possible …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Homeowners to pay 4.8% more in municipal taxes and levies next year

NL Times

Homeowners will pay an average of 4.8 percent, or 45 euros, more in municipal taxes and levies in 2025. Although the average increase of 4.8 percent seems limited, there will be significant outliers again next year, said VEH. The highest increase in the sample is, just like this year, in Renkum in Gelderland, where the property tax, the most decisive …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Farmers Insurance expands home coverage, saying market has improved

LA Times

Smoke rises from the Franklin fire in the hills near the Malibu Pier on Tuesday. Farmers Insurance plans to increase the number of homeowners insurance policies it will write and begin offering coverage again for new customers in other types of dwellings, citing improvements in California’s home insurance market. The Los Angeles-based company, the state’s second-largest home insurer, said it …

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2 weeks ago

Two-thirds of first time buyers pessimistic about finding a home

NL Times

Over two-thirds of people who want to buy their first home within the next two years are pessimistic about this happening. Some of this group are also frustrated about competing against homeowners who can use their equity when buying, the Telegraaf reports based on an ING study among 1,261 homeowners and first-time buyers who plan on buying a home in …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

A company that turned homeowners into renters abruptly shuts down

NPR

A company that turned homeowners into renters abruptly shuts down toggle caption Sylvia Jarrus for NPR EasyKnock, a real estate company offering controversial sale-leaseback deals to financially strapped homeowners, announced abruptly on Thursday that it is going out of business. In May, the Michigan attorney general sent EasyKnock a cease and desist letter calling on the company to end certain …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

British couple's £1.3million Spanish home they've owned for 16 years is set to be DEMOLISHED without any compensation after it is deemed 'illegal'

Daily Mail

A British couple's £1.3million home in Majorca is set to be demolished after it was deemed to be illegal by the Spanish government. Lee and Georgie Pendleton will have to watch diggers tear down their apartment in the popular Port d'Andratx before Christmas, and have been told they will not receive any compensation. Lee and Georgie Pendleton will have to …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Nearly a fifth of homeowners ‘have made an offer on a property while in a pub’

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nearly a quarter of homeowners surveyed for Zoopla also …

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3 weeks ago

Amsterdam Court: New homeowners on the hook for €200,000 to repair quay wall damage

NL Times

The buyers of a home in the Amsterdam city center cannot recover the costs of repairing the quay wall near their garden from the previous owner. “This has made the quay wall very unstable and there is a real chance of collapse,” the company that deployed the divers stated in their quote for emergency measures, costing 25,000 euros. The new …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Home owners hit by shortage of heat pump maintenance engineers

Dutch News

Home owners association VEH says it has received some 2,000 reports since setting up a hotline about problems with heat pumps and a shortage of engineers to fix them. “That is shocking.” “We’ve also had reports from homeowners whose pump is on the roof, between the solar panels,” she said. Try finding a company to do that at an acceptable …

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4 weeks ago

Dutch government's tax plans will allow higher incomes to deduct more mortgage interest

NL Times

Homeowners earning a middle income or higher will be able to deduct more mortgage interest from their taxes next year, while the deduction for lower-income homeowners will become smaller, NOS reports based on the 2025 tax plan. Next year, this will be half a percentage point higher for homeowners earning higher incomes, while those earning lower incomes will be able …

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1 month ago

Experts issue warning to homeowners with squirrels in their garden this winter

Daily Mail

As Britain braces for the chill of winter, wildlife experts are urging homeowners to rethink their approach to a common garden visitor. According to Plantura, a leading wildlife website, one of the biggest challenges squirrels face in winter is food scarcity. As Britain braces for the chill of winter, wildlife experts are urging homeowners to rethink their approach to a …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Guest Column | Minimalism vs maximalism

Hindustan Times

In the realm of interior design, two major yet contrasting styles have captivated the interest of designers as well as their clients- minimalism and maximalism. Chandigarh homeowners and business owners can have their spaces designed to be a reflection of their personal taste, choosing among these two styles, both of which offer unique aesthetics that can transform any space. The …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Spending on rent and mortgages jumped in October, says Barclays

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Annual growth in consumer spending …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Homebuyers discover 'missing' previous owner's BODY in the attic... 15 years after he vanished aged 81

Daily Mail

A 15-year-old mystery that has puzzled a small village in eastern France may finally be resolved after new homeowners stumbled upon the body of a man who vanished over a decade ago. While renovating their recently purchased home in Erstroff, a village near the German border, the homeowners discovered the remains of Aloïs Iffly, who disappeared in 2009 at the …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hundreds of zombies killed by Massachusetts AG — zombie loans, that is

NPR

Hundreds of zombies killed by Massachusetts AG — zombie loans, that is toggle caption Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Halloween is over, but there are still some scary zombies lurking out there. The attorney general's office says Franklin agreed to stop all efforts to collect on its entire portfolio of mortgages for people in Massachusetts — more than …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

What Rachel Reeves’s Budget really means for the housing market

The Independent

Rachel Reeves’s measures in the Budget will undoubtedly have an impact on homeowners, aspiring buyers and landlords – but there were probably fewer drastic changes than many people anticipated. In a move that directly targets landlords and wealthier homeowners, the chancellor confirmed that stamp duty for second homes will increase from 3 per cent to 5 per cent from 31 …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

How to protect yourself against potential Halloween horrors — a fire, injury or allergic reaction

LA Times

A pedestrian is ghosted while walking past a home decorated for Halloween on Stansbury Avenue in Sherman Oaks. A standard insurance policy may also cover claims stemming from a Halloween party at your home, experts say. Halloween decor and fire safety Drive through any neighborhood in Los Angeles County and you’ll find several homes with a giant inflatable pumpkin, Jack …

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Furious homeowners brand highest water bill hikes in the UK 'bonkers' as tens of thousands face Christmas weekend cut off from supplies after 'technical issue'

Is a 1976 drainage plan to blame for 2023 Rolling Hills Estates landslide? Homeowners’ lawsuit says yes

New York homeowner’s yardwork reveals mastodon jaw

Variable mortgage rates expected to drop further, homeowners set to benefit

Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen

Senators launch probe into sale-leaseback company, citing NPR's reporting

The median renter in America has a net worth of $10,400. The median homeowner’s net worth is $400,000

Drone falls out of sky and crashes into New Jersey homeowner’s backyard, causing panic

Homeowners to pay 4.8% more in municipal taxes and levies next year

Farmers Insurance expands home coverage, saying market has improved

Two-thirds of first time buyers pessimistic about finding a home

A company that turned homeowners into renters abruptly shuts down

British couple's £1.3million Spanish home they've owned for 16 years is set to be DEMOLISHED without any compensation after it is deemed 'illegal'

Nearly a fifth of homeowners ‘have made an offer on a property while in a pub’

Amsterdam Court: New homeowners on the hook for €200,000 to repair quay wall damage

Home owners hit by shortage of heat pump maintenance engineers

Dutch government's tax plans will allow higher incomes to deduct more mortgage interest

Experts issue warning to homeowners with squirrels in their garden this winter

Guest Column | Minimalism vs maximalism

Spending on rent and mortgages jumped in October, says Barclays

Homebuyers discover 'missing' previous owner's BODY in the attic... 15 years after he vanished aged 81

Hundreds of zombies killed by Massachusetts AG — zombie loans, that is

What Rachel Reeves’s Budget really means for the housing market

How to protect yourself against potential Halloween horrors — a fire, injury or allergic reaction