Homes and Property
  • Spotlight on Chislehurst

    This wealthy suburb offers protected commons and woodland, fine Arts & Crafts homes, charming Georgian houses and a scattering of Victorian cottages - just 20 minutes from London.

  • London’s twelve hot areas for 2012

    London is bursting with regeneration schemes and transport improvements that are creating new property-buying opportunities — and not just for the city’s wealthy elite. Resourceful buyers on modest budgets can be winners, too.

  • Greenwich: the new Olympic Royal Borough

    Greenwich is celebrating the summer's Games with spectacular pageantry — and unlocking a bend in the Thames to offer riverside homes with views of the festivities.

  • London's oldest streets offer today's hottest opportunities

    The City's fringe districts have moved with the times for 1,000 years. Now they are ready for spectacular change.

  • Property insider: Camden

    Camden offers canalside living in a range of converted period warehouses; first-time buyer studio flats and roomy Victorian family terrace homes. We take a tour of NW1's colourful streets and get the property lowdown.

  • Elephant and Castle's £1.5bn plan is good to go

    At last a dazzling makeover for south London's biggest eyesore is approved. We get an exclusive preview.

  • London's oldest streets offer today's hottest opportunities

    The City's fringe districts have moved with the times for 1,000 years. Now they are ready for spectacular change.

  • Steal the style: tibits

    In our new series, we visit some of the capital's most striking spaces and show how to get a similar look without breaking the bank. First up is vegetarian restaurant tibits in Heddon Street, where glamour comes with the meat-free menu.

  • Olympic gold is not as easy as you think

    Our accidental landlord opts for a house swap to Reykjavik in August to avoid the hassle of de-cluttering and renting for the Olympics.

  • Bargain news

    This week: save on big-name furniture brands such as John Lewis and Laura Ashley; get 15 per cent off recycled glass vases; and save 20 per cent on Richard Ward's designer sofas and armchairs.


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Spotlight on Chislehurst

This wealthy suburb offers protected commons and woodland, fine Arts & Crafts homes, charming Georgian houses and a scattering of Victorian cottages - just 20 minutes from London.

Money: hot tips


For a nicer ISA seek that transfer now

Job for the day: check the interest rate you are getting from your ISA. If it is rubbish then move it, and if you have not used up your ISA allowance for this year, then do it now.




Property news


One-third of London’s £783billion-worth of homes are rented

The collective value of all 3.36 million homes in London has risen to a record £783 billion. Figures released today show the capital’s housing stock has increased in value by 20 per cent in five years — a bigger jump than any other UK region. The show-stopping headline figure, which covers all 33 boroughs, reveals how privately rented homes now account for almost a third of the value of the capital’s stock — 10 years ago it was less than a fifth.

Don't just have one solicitor when you can have two

We are taking out a second mortgage as part of getting my husband's business refinanced. I understand the risks but have been told I must take see another solicitor for independent advice. Can I refuse and save my money?

Diary of an estate agent

This week our Wapping agent manages to please an unlikely trio of property hunters, including a student, a pop star and an overseas investment banker.

Olympic gold is not as easy as you think

Our accidental landlord opts for a house swap to Reykjavik in August to avoid the hassle of de-cluttering and renting for the Olympics.

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