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Young Brits having to ‘re-nest’ to save up for house deposit

Young Brits having to ‘re-nest’ to save up for house deposit

Turns out cutting down on Pret and avocado toast doesn’t cut it Young Brits are having to bunk with their parents in order to save for a house deposit in what NatWest is terming the ‘age of re-nesting’. Almost one-in-four parents say their children have had to move back home in a bid to get […]

11 months ago

Man starts huge house fire after trying to kill spider with blowtorch

Man starts huge house fire after trying to kill spider with blowtorch

A total of 29 firefighters were called to the scene. A man caused a huge inferno in his parent’s home when he tried to eradicate a spider by using a blowtorch. According to ABC News, firefighters were called to the scene at a home in Fresno, California late on a Tuesday evening. The person at […]

1 year ago

Woman who’s lived in the same home for 105 years says she’ll never leave

Woman who’s lived in the same home for 105 years says she’ll never leave

‘There aren’t many people who buy a house they were born in’ A 105-year-old woman still lives in the house she was born in – and has no plans to leave. Elsie Allcock was born in the two-bed terraced house in Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, in 1918 at the end of World War I, which had only […]

2 years ago

Average first-time buyer takes seven-and-a-half years to save for a deposit

Average first-time buyer takes seven-and-a-half years to save for a deposit

The property ladder has been dubbed a “distant dream” for man  The average first-time buyer will take seven-and-a-half years to save for a deposit to get on the property ladder, according to research. And those still waiting estimate they’ll finally get the keys to their own home at age 37. By comparison, existing homeowners only […]

3 years ago