Lucy Parry & Sean Clare BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Investigations & BBC News BBC Asha and Jason Ross say they were assured they would have a good rental income for their lodge When Asha and Jason Ross bought a caravan sited in a North Yorkshire holiday park, they thought they had made an investment which...
First-time buyers are borrowing through mortgages that last an average of 31 years as the affordability of homes remains a stretch. A decade ago, the average mortgage term for those buying a first home was 28 years, according to figures from banking trade body UK Finance. Higher mortgage rates have pushed people to borrow for...
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images More than half of first-time buyers received financial help from their family to make house purchases last year, according to estimates by estate agency Savills. An average of £55,572 was given in loans and gifts by the so-called bank of mum and dad to buyers, it said....
Laura Bicker China correspondent Laura Bicker explains how tariffs are affecting US and Chinese toy businesses “We don’t care about sales to the United States,” says Hu Tianqiang as one of his toy fighter jets flies past our heads. It’s hard to hear him above the buzzing toy planes and miniature drones, an almost rhythmic...
Marc Ashdown Business correspondent, BBC News Getty Images Mortgage rates are expected to come down over the next year, which could make owning a home a possibility for millions more people. Thinking about where to start can be a daunting prospect, but there are an increasing number of ways to save up for a deposit,...
Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Getty Images The list of would-be buyers for TikTok in the US – both rumoured and confirmed – has grown longer as the deadline for deciding its future looms. The social media giant faces being shut down in the US unless it sells to an American company by 5 April. The...
Phil Shepka BBC Investigations, East BBC Catherine Bullough and Paul Sigston each tried to buy a flat near the Ipswich waterfront Prospective buyers say they feel “lied to” and “angry” after losing thousands of pounds reserving unfinished flats. People paid up to £5,000 as a “reservation deposit” for apartments in Tollesbury House, Ipswich, with some...
Ana Faguy & Brandon Drennon BBC News, Washington DC Watch: US drivers react to Trump’s new auto tariff For two years, Jeannie Dillard has saved what she can on her fixed income to replace the vehicle that was stolen from her home and found totalled a few miles away. She looked around a used car...