At-risk buildings 'need millions'
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England's most at-risk listed buildings need about Â£400m to secure their futures, English Heritage says.
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People who own something valuable, like a house, want to protect themselves against financial loss. Natural disasters like fire, storms or flooding can damage or destroy valuable possessions.
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Mortgage lender Northern Rock calls on Bank of England to provide emergency funding.
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As damage to homes hit by the London tornado is assessed,  an MP calls for government help.
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BEIJING  - It's the ultimate in home repair: hundreds of rooms, a century of fire damage and neglect and steadily mounting wear and tear from seven million visitors a year.
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Under the new Rescue Services Act that entered into force in 2004, all properties, including housing companies, condominiums, and tenant houses, were requested to draw up a rescue plan for each building with ...
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UK buyers take fright as thousands of illegally built homes are threatened with demolition
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WOBURN -- Few developers could build a commercial property empire of 74 debt-free office, industrial, retail, and research buildings valued at about $800 million. Even fewer would then give most of it away.
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Rules covering work on listed buildings may have to be changed because of climate change, conservationists say.
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Immigrants to the UK are at risk of fire living in overcrowded housing, a chief fire officer tells the BBC.
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Adoption of safety requirements proposed after the Sept. 11 attacks means an extra stairwell and more fireproofing could soon be required in tall buildings.
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Business & money: Hundreds of thousands of tenants are continuing to live in substandard housing for fear of being evicted if they complain, report says.
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City fears that the Bank of England's rescue package could herald slide in house prices.
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A decision is due to be taken on whether 500,000 new home should be built in eastern England.
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Many houses of worship are under threat, crumbling from years of neglect, or becoming targets for acquisition by developers in neighborhoods where choice real estate is scarce.
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Some armed forces housing is in an "appalling condition" and could take decades to put right, says an MPs' report.
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New Orleans' latest plan to recover from Hurricane Katrina calls for a 10-year rebuilding program costing $14 billion that will leave some neighborhoods still sparsely populated.