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  • A collection of 'for sale' signs seen in close-up

    Our flat’s rising ground rent is going to ruin our move

    Our buyer’s lender has pulled out because the charge rises with the property’s rising value. Now the delay risks collapsing the whole chain
  • Estate Agents To Let signs outside apartments in Dedworth, Windsor, Berkshire

    Leading UK estate agent cuts its longer-term house price growth forecast

  • A girl of about six sitting on a windowsill, smiling

    Readers reply: Why do windows in the UK open outwards?

  • Catherine Bennett

    How long will we stomach sermons from royals made rich by their own charities?

    Catherine Bennett
  • FHH beautiful renovations Yorkshire

    Beautifully renovated homes in England and Scotland – in pictures

  • Terrace homes in Crewe

    Does the Bank of England’s interest rate cut mean lower mortgages?

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Advice

  • Bungalows in a suburban UK neighbourhood in spring

    I plan to sell my rented-out property to buy a dream home. Will I have to pay capital gains tax?

  • Estate agent’s for sale sign in Edinburgh

    I want to buy my disabled mum a home in Scotland, but I can’t afford the property tax

    • a couple hold hands with wedding rings pictured

      Can we save £15,000 stamp duty on our home purchase if we get married sooner?

    • To let boards outside homes in Hulme, Manchester

      We are moving cities – should we get a mortgage if we rent out our home?

    • Cyclists near properties in the Netherlands

      Will I have to pay inheritance tax twice on a Netherlands property?

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In pictures

  • A pretty two-storey house set back from the road

    Village homes for commuters near a station – in pictures

  • Cosy Yew Tree Cottage in Potterne, Wiltshire

    Cosy cottages for autumn for sale – in pictures

    Picture postcard homes with a wealth of period features to warm to
  • Retreat to a cottage in popular holiday spot, Lesbury, Northumberland.

    Victorian homes for sale in England – in pictures

    From a flat in a converted London hospital to a coastal retreat in a popular holiday village
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Let's move to

  • Linlithgow Palace in the town of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

    Let’s move to Linlithgow, West Lothian: Silicon Glen capital with a regal past

  • Eltham Palace, Eltham, south-east London

    Let’s move to Eltham, south-east London: it gave birth to Kate Bush and Bob Hope

  • East Grinstead (Sussex, England): Clarendon House in Tudor Style<br>PGYBB6 East Grinstead (Sussex, England): Clarendon House in Tudor Style

    Let’s move to East Grinstead and Forest Row, West Sussex: mystically fruity

  • The historic Delfshaven in Rotterdam

    Let’s move to Rotterdam: Eurovision’s new home

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Home & garden

  • Multiple heated airers on a red, pink and yellow backdrop

    What do kittens and heated airers have in common? Our writer tells all …

  • Pile of fallen leaves is collected with a rake

    Leaf feud is mulch ado about nothing

  • Hemp Habitat, a project by Balanced Earth Building co-founder Luke Wrencher - an off-grid, natural home formed from reclaimed timbers and 65 tonnes of hempcrete

    Beautiful, eco-friendly and fire resistant: why architects are choosing walls made of hemp

  • Riccardo (sitting), Katie and Lupa behind him in their kitchen doorway.

    Hidden in plain sight: a converted stable in Italy

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Resources

  • Factsheet
    Mortgages

  • Buying a house

    Buying a home

  • Piggy bank

    More factsheets
    How to organise your finances

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