Why You Should Read a Home's Permit History Before You Buy It
by Skillet
Skillet— If a prior owner of your potential house did work without permits, you might be on the hook. Here’s how to do your due diligence on a home’s permit history before you buy it.
The Guardian—‘It’s like winning the lottery’: the mobile home owners buying the land they live on. Residents of manufactured housing parks typically own their homes – but not the parks themselves, which can be incredibly lucrative. Now some residents are forming cooperatives, and taking controlThis story is co-published with the Lever, a reader-supported investigative news organizationBev Adrian, a retired career placement counselor for people with disabilities, lives in Woodlawn Terrace, a mobile home park just outside Minneapolis, Minnesota. The nearby streets are full of bustling local...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com—Edinburgh property: Britain’s 10 most expensive cities to buy a first home named – where Edinburgh ranks. New analysis suggests Aberdeen is the least expensive city in Britain to get on the property ladder – but it’s a different story entirely for those looking to buy their first home in Edinburgh. Rightmove found that the average asking price for a first-time buyer-type property with two bedrooms or fewer in Aberdeen is £102,601. Assuming a 20% deposit, a typical first-time buyer in Aberdeen could pay around £406 per month in mortgage costs, Rightmove calculated. The research looked at more than 50...
TVLine—A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Adaptation, Led by Wednesday’s Emma Myers, Finds U.S. Home. A UK adaptation of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, based on the YA mystery novels by Holly Jackson, has found a Stateside home. Starring Wednesday‘s Emma Myers and originally commissioned to debut in the UK and Ireland on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder now will also stream in […]