Foreigners oust old county set

Wealthy Russians, Chinese and Indian buyers are increasingly displacing traditional owners of retreats in the home counties

A slice of paradise

When it comes to property investment, we just love to be beside a golf course. But where should you look to buy?

A Norfolk manor house fizzing with opportunity

Hautbois Hall, currently the home of a speciality champagne business, is on sale for £1.8m

Is it worth it? Cornwall, £200,000

Measuring about 2,400 sq ft, The Barn has planning permission to be converted into a six-bedroom home

Layar: Price on application

Matt Rudd tests the app that uses your phone’s compass, GPS and camera to tell you the value of any house you point it at

Exterior motives

You’ve found a house in a great location but it’s the ugliest on the street. Don't ignore it - buy it cheap, then give it a facelift

Kirkmichael House: Free spirits

Phantom guests apart, this restored 50-room, 17th-century Ayrshire mansion is the perfect place for parties

We’ve come a long way

One way of looking at where house prices are heading in 2010 is by taking the temperature of the futures markets

Foundations in the classics

Rules dating back to the ancients helped create a country house of understated beauty. Though Georgian, there’s nothing ‘mock’...

Is it worth it? Bruntsfield, Edinburgh, £1.295m o/o

Beyond the Brochure: Disraeli’s House, Torquay

The 19th Century British Prime Minister owned this Georgian villa in Torquay – but couldn’t bear to live there

Yours for £1m: a bridge to escape the taxman

Those wanting a tax haven need look no further than a toll bridge over the Thames, which is up for sale in Oxfordshire

'Estate agents not complying with laws’

Just under a quarter of agents were guilty of not meeting regulations that included altering photographs to remove eyesores

When breaking up is hard to do

When buying a place together, listen to your head, not your heart, and sign a formal contract

Slim pickings

At a little more than 7ft wide, Polly Paulusma's home in south London may be the thinnest house in the capital

Georgian houses: Britain’s most wanted

Lucy Denyer looks at our love affair with Georgian properties – and the significant premiums we’ll pay for them

Thanks for the memories

Gilbert & George are joining Michael Winner in leaving their home to the nation. Can you do the same?

Is it worth it? Devon, £150,000

This former Sunday school is in the grounds of the parish church in St Giles on the Heath, a hamlet five miles from Launceston