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Is it worth it? The Old Smiddy, Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, £335, 000

The superiority of houses in Bath

With its gorgeous Regency townhouses, Bath is a beautiful city – but doesn’t it just know it?

Caught in the crunch

Without mortgages, the market is deprived of the oxygen it needs and stamp duty will be only a sideshow.

Buying a property from the small ads

Could a classified ad find you the house of your dreams? Canny buyers are starting to check out the small print

Is it worth it?

The Pimple, Whitchurch Down, Devon, £10,000

Homebuyers flock to the Isle of Wight

Our correspondent takes a ferry across the Solent to discover the attraction of Queen Victoria’s favourite holiday isle

At home with Louis de Bernières

Although he lives in an idyllic Suffolk rectory, the author of Captain Corelli's Madonlin prefers to write in his shed

Brief encounter: Am I to blame for rainwater flooding next door?

Apartment prices in Belfast continue to boom

The average cost of a flat in the city centre is up 25 per cent in a year

Historic homes for sale: Crowcombe Court in Somerset

This cut-price Georgian jewel is £2.5 million but has only four acres of land

Think big but pay small when downsizing your home

Swap your period house for a large modern property and pocket the change

The late Tory MP Sir Ian Gilmour's London home is for sale

The family home of the late Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar, a Conservative rebel who fought Mrs Thatcher in the Commons, is on the market for...

Glass house joins Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery

This cutting-edge glass-and-concrete home is for sale inside the walls of London's most famous graveyard

For sale: Art Deco luxury apartments at Charters, Berkshire

House prices rise in good state school catchment areas

Rocketing tuition fees at private schools are driving housing demand near high-ranking comprehensives

How to avoid buying the wrong property

These warning signs, from avoiding flight paths to checking the lease, should help you to spot homes from hell

Treasury fury at No 10 over stamp duty

Alistair Darling rejects call for a meeting with estate agents after rumours of a suspension of the tax gathers pace

Is it worth it? Former church near Brodie, Nairnshire, £145,000

How to sell your house

As sales plummet, Cherry Maslen and Lucy Denyer advise on the best ways to get your property moving

Low housing turnover is here to stay

The director of research at Hometrack cannot see market activity improving - at least in the short term