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Online House Hunter: Cultural centres
Friday, 1 July 2011
The use of art to regenerate urban areas comes under the spotlight in an article by Oliver Bennett in today’s Independent.
House Doctor: 'My co-owner is useless. Should I stick it out or cut my losses...?'
Friday, 1 July 2011
Question: My friend and I bought a house in Birmingham in 2006 to let to students. However, my co-owner has been a disaster, with little money for maintenance and isn't interested in dealing with tenants. Should I sell or is it worth persevering for a long-term investment?
Galleries and festivals are reinvigorating our coastline but do they bring lasting renewal?
Friday, 1 July 2011
Folkestone is one of those English seaside towns which, on a nice day, can lift the spirits but, in the drizzle, dampens them. Yes, it has a good-natured, rough-and-ready atmosphere, a working harbour, a sandy beach and a vestigial holiday industry; notably on a genteel, hotel-lined cliff top parade called The Leas. There is even a couple of new additions: a child-pleasing walk-through fountain and a brace of groovy glass-and-steel restaurants.
Online House Hunter: Converting commercial to residential
Thursday, 30 June 2011
The ‘death’ of many town centres as real-world shopping gives way to out-of-town shopping or online shopping has led to a push for the conversion of unused commercial properties into homes.
Online House Hunter: Capital gains
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Lucky London – if you’re the owner of property there. While the rest of the country is seeing ‘get real’ adjustments and a fall in house prices, London is seeing a rise.
Online House Hunter: Buyers return to market
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Who can remember those depressing headlines of – well, only a week ago actually – that the housing market had "stagnated".
House prices - and sales - decline
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
House prices saw a further fall during May after all but the top end of the market experienced weaker activity, the Land Registry said today.
Online House Hunter: Keeping it local
Monday, 27 June 2011
I wrote in my last blog about the advantages or disadvantages of working and living within a few yards of each other.
Demand for houses jumps as sellers get real on prices
Monday, 27 June 2011
There is some much-needed good news for the property market today as estate agents report a rise in demand for housing. According to the latest survey of estate agents by Hometrack, demand climbed 10.6 per cent in June.
Online House Hunter: Hyperlocal living
Friday, 24 June 2011
There's an intriguing theme arising out of today’s Home & Design section in The Independent: living and working entirely within one postcode.
'We relocated from the suburbs to the city'
Friday, 24 June 2011
Starting a family usually means a move from the metropolis to a more spacious place in the country. But for one couple, relocating to the capital was the natural choice when they had their daughter.
The scrap of luxury: The craftspeople who combine high design with street-level scavenging
Friday, 24 June 2011
Some of the most fashionable new furniture isn't actually new at all – it's salvaged from tips and skips
House Doctor: 'Our endowment will fall short. How can we pay for the house?'
Friday, 24 June 2011
Question: We've got an endowment mortgage set to fall well short of the £80,000 it was supposed to provide.
Online House Hunter: The UK’s hottest hot-spots
Thursday, 23 June 2011
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer – or as my old grandmother used to say: Money follows money.
Online House Hunter: Regional variations
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Regional variations on any housing statistics seem to fluctuate so wildly that it’s a wonder why anyone would want to extract a national average.
Majority of homes bought in Britain have lost value
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
The majority of homes bought in Britain are worth less now than they were five years ago, new research suggests.
Online House Hunter: Georgian Gems
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
It's easy to see why Georgian properties remain at the top of the ‘most-desired’ list of UK home-buyers.
Online House Hunter: Heading North
Monday, 20 June 2011
Online House Hunter Alan Cleaver shares his personal experience of selling up his southern home and moving north.
Scheme launched to help first-time buyers
Monday, 20 June 2011
A new scheme aimed at helping first-time buyers to get a foot on the property ladder was launched by the Government today.
House prices surge in prosperous areas
Monday, 20 June 2011
The value of homes in the most economically prosperous UK locations - including Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, Bournemouth and Poole - surged ahead of properties in the country's poorest areas, a survey showed.
Optimistic sellers lift asking prices
Monday, 20 June 2011
Optimistic home sellers are continuing to "romp away from reality", with a further 0.6 per cent increase in asking prices recorded by the property website Rightmove.com.
Online House Hunter: The Bachelor Pad
Friday, 17 June 2011
Ruth Bloomfield takes a look at the delights and challenges of the bachelor pad in an interview with Felix von Bechtolsheim in The Independent.
House rents soar to a record level
Friday, 17 June 2011
Rents in Britain have reached a record high after rising for the fourth month in a row during May.
Ascot: A town full of winners
Friday, 17 June 2011
With Royal Ascot in full swing, Anthea Masey finds wealthy buyers in a commuter haven where palatial piles are routinely demolished to make way for even larger homes
Meet the continental commuters
Friday, 17 June 2011
Where do you call home when your job enables you to live anywhere? The latest wave of high-flying property owners tell Ruth Bloomfield what it's like to be a networked nomad
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