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Online House Hunter: Belles of Shoreditch

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

On paper the area of Spitalfields and Shoreditch shouldn’t work as a residential area: it’s too close to the City and somewhere you might travel through, rather than to.

Online House Hunter: Value for your money

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

The latest Land Registry figures show the average price of a house in England and Wales has dropped 2.6% in the last year to �162,347.

Record divide opens on house asking prices

Monday, 17 October 2011

House asking prices in the South have reached more than double those in the North, creating a record divide, a report from Rightmove found today.

No room at the letting agent: UK is running out of homes to rent

Monday, 17 October 2011

New housing problem looms as landlords fail to meet rising demand in private sector

Katy Guest: Renting a flat? Choose your agent carefully

Sunday, 16 October 2011

A call for regulation of lucrative property letting

Lancashire hotspot: house sales soar as South slumps

Friday, 14 October 2011

Jonathan Brown: Bury enjoys huge rise in transactions while economic crisis strikes London commuter belt.

Online House Hunter: Bungalow thrill

Friday, 14 October 2011

The pretty but practical bungalow seems to still bring a smile to people’s faces.

How to set up home with your partner

Friday, 14 October 2011

Whether it’s throwing out the ‘man furniture’ or battling over paint colours, setting up a new pad with your partner is never easy. Huma Qureshi meets three couples who’ve taken the design plunge

Colchester aims to attract new buyers with �28m arts centre and fast commute

Friday, 14 October 2011

Glistening in the early autumn sunshine, the great Golden Banana is an unexpected architectural statement for a businesslike garrison town in Essex. Colchester's new £28 million arts centre certainly glitters – the curved building is wrapped in polished panels of gilded metal.

More rented homes 'unaffordable'

Thursday, 13 October 2011

Private rents have become unaffordable in more than half of local authorities in England, research from Shelter found today.

Online House Hunter: Canary Wharf

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Anyone who has watched Canary Wharf develop over the last 30 years can’t help but be impressed.

Annual house prices fall by 1.3%

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Government figures today showed that house prices in August fell by 1.3% on a year ago - the fifth month in a row to show a year-on-year drop.

Online House Hunter: All a-twitter about buy-to-let

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

The Twittersphere has been all a-tweet with the revival of the buy-to-let market.

Sellers retreat from housing market

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

The number of people putting their homes up for sale fell in September, according to the latest Rics UK Housing Market survey. The number of new instructions fell over the month.

Webchat: Home buyers workshop

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

If you’re thinking of buying a property then join us at 3pm today for a comprehensive guide on what you should be checking before your buy

Online House Hunter: Maximising sale prices

Monday, 10 October 2011

In turbulent times with property prices still not bouncing back to levels most sellers would prefer, it can be difficult for sellers to get the best price for their home.

Online House Hunter: Where the grass is greener

Friday, 7 October 2011

I had to give a wry smile when I saw Graham Norwood’s article in today’s Independent about the Dark Skies campaign.

Homebuyers are looking for splendid isolation and a pristine view of a star-filled sky

Friday, 7 October 2011

Graham Norwood goes in search of solitude

Ask the expert: Your sister can reverse the costs of getting her friend's car towed

Friday, 7 October 2011

Question: More than a year ago, my sister agreed verbally to allow a friend to leave the car he was "restoring" on her driveway.

Fired up for the future: Stoke-on-Trent's future depends on a new generation of collectors

Friday, 7 October 2011

Ceramics infuse our lives. The plates we eat from, the mugs we drink out of, the bowls, vases and array of other items in our homes – some functional, some decorative – are made of china or other clay.

In the thick of it: Westminster is becoming a vibrant place to live

Friday, 7 October 2011

Recently, central London's "parliamentary quarter" in Westminister – which has for so long remained a residential secret – has started moving on to the radar with homebuyers searching for a good-value address in the posh and pricey SW1 postcode.