New homes in London's Zone 1 on a Zone 2 budget
Our exclusive research shows a "price wall" formed by the Northern line, with property values to the east less than half those in the west. We reveal the emerging lower-value districts in Zone 1 for buyers on a Zone 2 budget.
Embassy exodus returns acres of central London to its residents
As the embassies exit Mayfair and Marylebone, their former bases will free up stunning family homes. While the move of many embassies to Nine Elms at Vauxhall is creating a new residential quarter including thousands of new apartments.
Oxford spotlight
The small city of Oxford is famous for its university and honeyed stone architecture, but its huge range of property - from affordable new homes to luxurious Victorian houses - and one hour commute to London, are big attractions to home buyers.
Brighton spotlight
The East Sussex city of Brighton and Hove offers its residents the best of both worlds: a relaxed life at one end of the line within an hour's commute of London, and a good mix of Regency terrace houses, seafront apartments and family homes.
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013
Discover one of London's most creative neighbourhoods at this year's Clerkenwell Design Week. This three-day event showcases the hottest trends in design, architecture and cutting-edge furniture.
Find a rated tradesman
Want to add value to your property, make your house a home, or sell your place fast? With 1,000s of tradesmen nationwide, rated and recommended by previous customers, this is the smart way to find a reputable tradesman.
Buy of the week: Putney Hill, SW15
This glossy new apartment just off Putney Hill has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, plus a bright open-plan reception space with floor-to-ceiling windows and spectacular skyline views.
Out of town: Wigginton, Oxfordshire
This three-bedroom Grade II-listed thatch in the pretty village of Wigginton, near Banbury, is a tempting package of beams, wood burners and cottage gardens.
Life-changer: Tiverton, Devon
A five-bedroom house set in a valley at Cheriton Fitzpaine, Tiverton, surrounded by farmland and sweeping gardens, with B&B potential and a garage block ripe for conversion.
East Grinstead spotlight
East Grinstead in West Sussex is 30 miles south of the capital in the High Weald. The town's exclusive gated estates attract celebrity home buyers such as Tom Cruise, while London families are drawn to the area's good mix of period homes and modern flats.-
Buy of the week: Putney Hill, SW15
This glossy new apartment just off Putney Hill has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, plus a bright open-plan reception space with floor-to-ceiling windows and spectacular skyline views. -
Out of town: Wigginton, Oxfordshire
This three-bedroom Grade II-listed thatch in the pretty village of Wigginton, near Banbury, is a tempting package of beams, wood burners and cottage gardens. -
Life-changer: Tiverton, Devon
A five-bedroom house set in a valley at Cheriton Fitzpaine, Tiverton, surrounded by farmland and sweeping gardens, with B&B potential and a garage block ripe for conversion.
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Homes gossip: Tulisa; Rod Stewart; Ian Astbury; Joe Wright and Anoushka Shankar
By Amira Hashish
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Tulisa Contostavlos
Tylisa's flashy £6 million mansion has the X Factor
X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos should have no problem settling into her new £6 million home. The Hertfordshire mansion, which has five bedrooms, a state-of-the-art gym and spa, is suitably bling. It also comes with plenty of funky spaces, including a cinema and party room, for the N-Dubz singer to entertain her friends.
But the 24-year-old star, who is in a relationship with Newcastle United footballer Danny Simpson, will have to make the most of her time there. She’ll be on the road again once her UK solo tour kicks off on March 6.
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Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster
Live next to Rod Stewart on the Riviera
If you love the French Riviera and Rod Stewart, you can have a seven- bedroom villa in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, with him as your neighbour. Only 50 metres from the Maggie May singer’s house, the property for sale is part of the same swish, gated domain.
Stewart and wife Penny Lancaster, right, are often spotted shopping in La Colle sur Loup village, and the rocker plays football with seven-year-old son Alastair on the local pitch. Your new home will have a gym and swimming pool, sea views and cutting-edge security, for £5.6 million through Chesterton Humberts International (chestertonhumberts.com).
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Joe Wright and Anoushka Shankar
Anna Karenina director and Ravi Shankar's daughter sell their Spitalfield's home
Anna Karenina director Joe Wright and his sitar-player wife Anoushka Shankar, right, have sold up in Spitalfields. Wright, who has branched into theatre for the current production of Pinero’s Trelawny of the Wells at the Donmar Warehouse, put their house on the market for £2.75 million. It has two bedrooms, two self-contained working studios and gorgeous rustic interiors.
The word on the web is that Welsh actor Jonathan Pryce has snapped up the Grade II-listed Georgian home.
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Ian Astbury of post-punk band The Cult
Ian Astbury's London flat is for sale
Ian Astbury of post-punk band The Cult is selling his London flat for £685,000. He has owned the Victorian apartment since the Eighties but now that he is based in America, he has put it on the market.
It’s listed with House Presso, who think the two-bedroom semi-detached flat would be a smart buy for young professionals. It needs a revamp but its handy location, close to Primrose Hill and Chalk Farm, is a big selling point.
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