{
  "id": 3442558,
  "title": "'I would sell it for £1 if I could. It's like being in prison': MARK PALMER lays bare the true scale of the UK's unsellable homes crisis - from retirees who can't downsize to the flat owners stuck in their starter properties",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/i-would-sell-it-for-1-if-i-could-its-like-being-in-prison-mark-palmer",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-26T00:45:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-16079045/UK-unsellable-homes-crisis-retirees-downsize-flat-properties-MARK-PALMER.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kate Williams was looking to sell her house after her husband died. But, of course, there's been nothing normal about 2026 so far and there is little reason to think it will become so.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}