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How to find affordable seaside homes

Properties on the coast need no longer break the bank, just choose wisely and steer clear of the most fashionable areas

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Ibiza versus Mallorca in the battle of the Balearics

The choice is yours, one is an icon for the clubbing classes; the other a more elegant year-round retreat

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The Old Bakehouse
A bakehouse, a new Range Rover and a boat for sale

Jonathan Blain is so desperate to sell his home that he's offering potential buyer's more than the usual fixtures and fittings

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St Saviours House

Alain Boubil's home, a converted church, is on the market

Co-writer of musicals Les Misérables and Miss Saigon has put his house up for sale for £15m

The Punchbowl, Farm Street, Mayfair

Make mine a pub - A guide to how you can become a landlord

Ignore the recession and smoking ban - now could be time to consider going into the pub business

How the Victorians pioneered idea of the new town

The desire to build quality housing with good amenities and transport links started in the 19th century

London villages: explore Stoke Newington

Our series on London villages continues with a look at this alternative and arty location

Overseas  

At the Palheiro Estate, on Madeira, property starts at £278,500

Paradise costs

Many resort hotels offer villas for sale on site, with all the facilities on tap - but are they a good deal?

Chateau Les Carrasses, France

Holiday homes that make a difference

Overseas homes can open doors into a new lifestyle, whether making wine in France or helping wildlife in Africa

The Caribbean dream is alive and well

Buy a property on the unspoilt islands of St Kitts and Nevis and as an ‘economic citizen’, you could live income-tax-free

Chris Stewart: I wrote the book on Spain

The author Chris Stewart’s life in the wilds of Andalusia was tough — until the royalties started coming in, he tells Mark Stucklin

For Sale

Top tips for selling your home

Investment  

Quay Point

The property market continues with its mini rally

Buyers may be looking for quality family homes, but a cut-price bargin can be even better

Paul Roshan

Paul Roshan: Everything must go

A buy-to-let portfolio of luxury flats once valued at £80m is being sold for a mere £6m — although there is a catch

Student digs where everybody's quids in

Get the initial sums and the small print right, and sharing student accommodation owned by your parents can be a winner

Go for a fixed-rate mortgage now - before it’s too late

Buyers who take a ‘wait and see’ approach to home loans may find that delaying proves costly, experts say

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Focus on Huddersfield

Accessible with affordable homes

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Brief encounter

Must I pay to improve my flat?

Gardens  

Garden with scent & colour

Flowers that smell as good as they look

Transform your garden into a heady summer haven with beautiful, fragrant plants. Then sit back, close your eyes and enjoy

Will Alsop's home

Finding Will Alsop's traditional side

The architect known for his cutting-edge designs lets nature takes its course at his Norfolk home and garden

The rose stages a comeback

The symbol of love is sloughing off its dated, conservative image, and winning the hearts of contemporary gardeners again

Wormald's week

New homes  

Kenwood Place

Kenwood Place luxury flats may show the direction of the market

The top end of the London property market may be the first to show signs of recovery, agents say

Exterior of No 1, Gunwharf Quays. A Development by Berkeley Homes.

Is No 1 Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, just too far for Londoners?

It’s billed as the ideal home for City workers, but is this new waterside development simply too far to commute?

Must I declare the incentives on my new-build home?

The developer is offering to pay our legal fees and stamp duty — do we have to let the bank know?

£90,000 “surf pods” go on sale in Boscombe, Bournemouth

These Sixties-style beach huts have been transformed into new-wave hideaways by Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway

Upton Towans beach near St Ives, in Cornwall

Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse bay sold

Anonymous buyer pays £80,000 at auction for 17 acres of Cornish seascape that inspired one of the 20th century's key novels

The Dalguise Fishings

Beatrix Potter's childhood retreat for sale

The author of Peter Rabbit is said to have developed her love of nature while visiting Dalguise Fishings, on the River Tay

Is it worth it? Co Durham, £135,000

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Inner Vision

Looking for the best summer sale bargains for your home

Garden Cuttings: Cumbria and Somerset

Wormald's Week

Highland Heartbeat's Fiona Kennedy at home

Singer's Aberdeenshire house is filled with a mix of furniture and styles reflecting her varied and colourful career

Surpass the Jones's with a second kitchen

Have you got all the ensuite bathrooms you need? Why not indulge in another kitchen to impress your friends?

Upwardly mobile

The humble caravan has been given a designer makeover and is now a 21st-century, multifunctional living space

Is it worth it? Perthshire £195,000

The property is a stone steading that fronts onto the River Turret.

Time and place: Ann Cleeves

The crime writer recalls working as a cook at the bird observatory on Fair Isle, where she found material for her novels

Designer home in Pollokshields

Sandstone villa Athole Lodge bristles with modern designer comforts but still manages to retain its Victorian charm

The joy of sheds

National Shed Week puts the spotlight on a national obsession, says Kate Muir

Roll out the turf carpet and wildlife will star in your garden again

James and Claire Hewetson-Brown cultivate and sell wildflower turf to gardeners who want to bring the insects back

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David Smith, Sunday Times Economics Editor
 

The future may lie with joint public-private developments, although the public sector is also strapped for cash  

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How to get your first mortgage

Lenders continue to use tight criteria to decide who will — and will not — qualify for a home loan, so follow these tips

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Home Information Packs (HIPs)

Ten tips on Hips

The top tips to make life easier for buyers and sellers

DAISY WAUGH at home in Hammersmith

Beyond the Brochure: Bartholomew House

A golden oldie standing in the shadow of an 11th-century castle awaits discovery in Lewes, East Sussex,

Missoni

Time and place: Luca Missoni

The designer recalls his teenage years in a village near Milan, where he learnt the ropes of the family traditions

Interiors: Eco furnishings: Green Interiors

Eco furnishings now have syle as well as substance, thanks to a new breed of designers who recycle materials

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