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Buy of the week: Camden Town
This two-bedroom flat has a pretty park on its doorstep, while buzzing Camden Town is only 10 minutes’ walk away. Big sash windows and high ceilings give a spacious feel and there’s a private garden with a studio/home office (£525,000).
Swap of the week: Willersey, Glouc
This little Cotswolds beauty is just across the road from the village green and duck pond. For £530,000 you get beams, exposed stone walls and an open fireplace, plus four bedrooms, a useful attic room and lush gardens to enjoy.
Life-changer: Trescowe, Cornwall
For a project brimming with potential, what about this coastal home, yours for £545,000? The family space includes six bedrooms, while its collection of outbuildings overlooking an acre of gardens could become income-generating holiday lets.
Spotlight on Camden Town
The shops and markets clustered around the high street and canal make Camden one of the most colourful of London's neighbourhoods. The area's period homes and loft-style apartments attract a mix of homebuyers.

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Only 639 new homes are for sale in Greater London

The scarcity of land is changing the face of London as offices become homes and commercial centres go residential.

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Diary of an estate agent

This week's agent gets the silent treatment while being shown round a minimalist loft apartment in Camden by… a mime artist.

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Kilburn: a central postcode with the lowest prices

Knocked off the property map by Notting Hill — but now Kilburn's time has come.

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There is such a thing as a VAT-free lunch

Shop savvily and you can still avoid VAT in some areas — when buying clothes, holidays and presents, for example. But start with a VAT-free lunch — by making it yourself.

At my weekend house we have a right of way over a private road owned by a local farmer. The farmer has asked me to contribute half the cost of resurfacing the road, however farm traffic use it far more regularly. What can I do?

Events & getaways

Five things to do in May

The capital's diary is action packed during May, with selling exhibitions showcasing Indian-inspired design, British designer-makers inspired by London's landmarks and the city's street markets get a sophisticated new image.

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Property insider: Canary Wharf

Canary Wharf offers high-rise homes, smart dockside bars and restaurants and handy transport links - including river taxis - to central London. We get a tour of E14's towering homes and hidden property gems.

Property insider: Westminster

Westminster has many prized homes that command premium prices, but as there is still value available in this central London location, a growing number of home buyers are discovering SW1 and its superb transport links.

Buying abroad

Holiday homes

Multi-generational breaks - where the extended family comes too - are on the rise. Big family holidays need a versatile venue that will satisfy sun worshipping teenagers, keen sporting parents and grandparents looking for leisurely lunches and scenic walks.

London’s epidemic of discounting

A combination of greedy sellers, nervous buyers and unscrupulous estate agents who promise sky-high prices in order to tempt clients, is being blamed for an epidemic of discounting in the London property market, where a third of all homes for sale have had their original asking price slashed.
As the BBC move out, Shepherd's Bush switches to a new programme

As Aunty leaves the Bush the borough seizes the opportunity to create a proper neighbourhood.
Only 639 new homes are for sale in Greater London

The scarcity of land is changing the face of London as offices become homes and commercial centres go residential.
Property insider: Paddington

Paddington is one of the fastest growing residential hotspots in the capital. With a new Crossrail station on the way and the West End within strolling distance, this well-connected suburb is attracting homebuyers from across the globe.
Kilburn: a central postcode with the lowest prices

Knocked off the property map by Notting Hill — but now Kilburn's time has come.

Not even the best tenants come with a guarantee

The accidental landlord discovers that things can go badly wrong no matter how thoroughly you vet your renters.
Farmer is milking me for road repairs

At my weekend house we have a right of way over a private road owned by a local farmer. The farmer has asked me to contribute half the cost of resurfacing the road, however farm traffic use it far more regularly. What can I do?
Diary of an estate agent

This week's agent gets the silent treatment while being shown round a minimalist loft apartment in Camden by… a mime artist.
London’s epidemic of discounting

A combination of greedy sellers, nervous buyers and unscrupulous estate agents who promise sky-high prices in order to tempt clients, is being blamed for an epidemic of discounting in the London property market, where a third of all homes for sale have had their original asking price slashed.
There is such a thing as a VAT-free lunch

Shop savvily and you can still avoid VAT in some areas — when buying clothes, holidays and presents, for example. But start with a VAT-free lunch — by making it yourself.