<p>The Newscast guide to housing.
As the Bank of England issues warnings over the offer of no-deposit mortgages, we look at the state of the housing and rental market in the UK.
Housing correspondent for the i newspaper, Vicky Spratt, tells Adam what to expect from a major shakeup of renting rules.
Estate agent Megan Eighteen tells us how industry i ... Show More
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Nigel Farage’s Deportation Plan
Today, Reform UK has set out a five-year plan to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK without permission and suggested 600,000 people could be sent back over five years.Under the plan, named Operation Restoring Justice, Reform UK would bar anyone who comes to the U ... Show More
40m 9s
Aug 24
Episode 2 - Old Newscast: The Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, 1991 (Part 2)
On the 24 February 1991 The ground operation in Kuwait begun. After 6 weeks of decisive air offenses, allied forces moved in with the mission to expel what was left of Saddam Hussein’s military presence in Kuwait.Adam is joined again by three BBC reporters who were in the region ... Show More
28m 32s
Aug 23
Episode 1 - Old Newscast: The Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, 1991 (Part 1)
On the 17th January 1991, a US led coalition began its air offensive into neighbouring Kuwait, which had been invaded the year before by the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein. Codenamed operation ‘Desert Storm’, it marked the defining chapter of the first Gulf War - a conflict which h ... Show More
28m 20s
Mar 2024
Buy a house? In this economy?
Home affordability hasn’t been this bad in decades. Wall Street Journal housing reporter Nicole Friedman explains the economic forces shaping the market. And Dave Ramsey, the popular, controversial finance guy, says this time isn’t that different.This episode was produced by Aman ... Show More
25m 52s
Mar 2024
The Bombshell Case That Will Transform the Housing Market
For decades, an invisible hand has been guiding and controlling the American real estate industry, dictating how much buyers and sellers pay to their agents and how homes are sold. A few days ago, after a stunning legal settlement, that control — wielded by the National Associati ... Show More
25m 44s
Jun 2022
Why Is It So Hard to Buy a House in America Right Now?
This episode contains strong language.When Drew Mena and Amena Sengal decided to relocate their young family from New York to Austin, Texas, they figured they’d have no problem.What they hadn’t realized was that, across the country, home prices — and competition to secure propert ... Show More
30m 52s
Oct 2022
The Rise of the Single-Family Home
To tackle its critical shortage of affordable housing, California has taken aim at a central tenet of the American dream: the single-family home.Telling the story of one such property, in San Diego, can teach us about the larger housing crisis and how we might solve it.Guest: Con ... Show More
34m 29s