Ministers drop plan to relax affordable housing rules after rural homes backlash
Government concedes ‘significant opposition’ requires new approach on quotas for medium-sized development sitesMinisters have dropped plans to relax a...
Storm Lala damages more than 100 homes and several bridges on Hawaii’s Big Island
Lala was downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm Sunday, but could become a hurricane again by WednesdayClean-up efforts started on Hawaii after H...
Asking prices for newly listed homes in UK’s richest borough fall by £100k in one month
Fierce competition in some areas of London means landlord purchasers are making successful lowball offersThe average price of a home coming up for sal...
Loosening of planning rules in England to allow more new homes near stations
Angela Rayner to launch guidance for ‘default yes’ on developments near transport hubs, including on green belt sitesThousands more homes could be bui...
Royal estates rent out homes that fail to meet legal energy efficiency standards
Exclusive: More than 100 homes on King Charles and Prince William’s inherited estates have EPC ratings of F or G• ‘It’s archaic’: the struggle to heat...
Searches for UK homes with air conditioning more than double
Most owners would consider installing aircon as heatwaves lead buyers to focus on ability to stay cool, Rightmove saysSearches for homes for sale in t...
Israeli troops force families from homes amid settler terror campaign in West Bank
Former PM of Israel calls events ‘concerted and meticulous attempt at ethnic cleansing’ against PalestiniansIsraeli troops forced two Palestinian fami...
Several homes ablaze as firefighters try to contain West Midlands grassfire
About 60 crew responding to blaze covering about 40 acres near Stourbridge golf courseSeveral homes are ablaze and two people are receiving treatment ...
Severe storms cut power supply to 540,000 homes in US midwest
Indiana faced most outages at 267,000, about 8% of its customers, with severe thunderstorms and wind aheadPower supply was cut on Thursday to about 5...
U.S. ambassador calls settler siege of Palestinian homes a 'horrific act of terror'
The U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in t...
Israeli militants besiege two Palestinian families in their West Bank homes
Settlers and soldiers cut off water and electricity to homes, and block medical care in campaign of terrorIsraeli militants have besieged two Palestin...
Flood death toll in India's Assam reaches 100 as thousands lose their homes
Days of heavy monsoon rain has caused rivers, including the Brahmaputra, to overflow, inundating communities, disrupting livelihoods and damaging infr...
