{
  "id": 14137744,
  "title": "Extensions and loft conversions plummet as higher costs crush home improvement dreams",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/extensions-and-loft-conversions-plummet-as-higher-costs-crush-home",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-13T06:00:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-16193803/Extensions-loft-conversions-plummet-higher-costs-crush-home-improvement-dreams.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Extensions and loft conversions are in sharp decline as the cost is too much for homeowners to bear, planning application data shows.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}