A friend with no ties moving into the home (10)
I believe the answer is:
maisonette
'the home' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'a friend with no ties moving' is the wordplay.
'a friend' becomes 'mate' (mate is a kind of friend**).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'moving' is an anagram indicator.
'no'+'ties'='noties'
'noties' anagrammed gives 'isonet'.
'mate' placed around 'isonet' is 'MAISONETTE'.
'into' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for maisonette that I've seen before include "Small house, flat" , "Two-story flat" , "small property" , "Multi-storey apartment" , "dwelling place" .)