Big-bling brand puts its name to super-rich homes, says David Spittles
... textile designer Celia Birtwell's new outdoor range; handmade home accessories, ceramics and basketware with an Oriental flavour; pretty glass water bottles; and astonishing rescued furniture repainted in high-gloss colours. By Katie Law
Another suitcase in another hall... Boris Johnson is perfectly equipped to move to City Hall. He has moved 32 times since he was 15, so he is used to packing his bags, says Compton Miller
Bespoke contemporary apartment blocks are crossing the river to give old Chelsea a cool feel and to cater for newcomers, says David Spittles
Butterflies are dazzling the design world and are top of the bill at a Natural History Museum show, says Barbara Chandler
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Mortgages for people buying a home have dived by 46% over the past year, as Britain's banks run out of cash to lend and borrowing rules
Bankers have urged the Government to give a 'safety net' to homeowners amid fears that repossessions could double and the existing scheme is outdated
Homeowners may be suffering as house prices head south, but the cost of farmland has soared by a third over the past year
An 'estate agent' in has started to offer empty homes with no chain in trendy East London, as long as tenants don't mind squatting
The number of first-time buyers in London has fallen to an all-time low
An explosion of 'garden grabbing' in London is revealed with a third of new homes are being built on land that used to be someone's garden
Analysis:Homeowners trying to sell properties in a falling market now have another problem to contend with, according to a City solicitor
Calls to have property clubs regulated were ignored. So what can members of the failed Inside Track do now?
Inside Track, the company that promised to turn a generation of Britons into 'property millionaires', has gone into administration
With endowments still failing to deliver many homeowners may be considering surrendering policies in - but selling could get them more
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