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Renting

10 London postcodes with below average rents and most available homes

The average rent for a room in London is £982 per month, according to SpareRoom — but here’s where to look for potential offers

17 Apr 2025
"It's full of surprises," says agent Claire Carter
Property News

'Full of surprises': quirky East Sussex oast house for sale for £2.25m

Springhill was built in the early 1900s, converted to a home in the 1970s and has received a chic makeover under its current owners

26 Feb 2025
The Doll's House is in Porthleven, Cornwall
Property News

The UK's skinniest house? Cornish "Doll's House" for sale for £235k

The Doll’s House is less than a metre wide at its narrowest point, and just over three at its widest

21 Feb 2025
Property News

Clerkenwell's 8ft-wide 'Wee House' is for sale for the first time

Once a bookshop, the quirky space is now a five-storey home after a full remodelling which saw builders have to abseil into the narrow space

18 Feb 2025
Buying & Mortgages

Buying solo? London's cheapest areas for single homebuyers revealed

Mortgage payments for a one or two-bedroom property are more than £1,000 per month across the capital

13 Feb 2025
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Buying & Mortgages

Buying solo? London's cheapest areas for single homebuyers revealed

Mortgage payments for a one or two-bedroom property are more than £1,000 per month across the capital

13 Feb 2025
Luxury

Why Billionaires' Row remains London's most divisive street

With vacant buildings, for sale signs and the constant rumble of new development — what’s next for Billionaires’ Row?

13 Feb 2025
The shark sculpture caused controversy when it was first installed
Property News

Iconic Shark House listed to rent for £3,500 a month

Headington’s famous shark sculpture was made in 1986, and immediately proved controversial. Now, the property is looking for a new tenant

11 Feb 2025
Buying & Mortgages

Here's how much you need to earn to buy a home in your London area

Buyers need an annual income of £101,080 to buy the average London property — but this is 2.4 times more than most Londoners earn

4 Feb 2025
Costa del Sol beach
Buying & Mortgages

How Spain's proposed tax on foreign investment impacts British buyers

Last week, Spain’s Prime Minister announced plans to introduce a tax of up to 100 per cent on property purchases by non-EU residents. Experts give their advice on what this means for British buyers

31 Jan 2025
D.H. Lawrence's time at the flat is commemorated with a blue plaque, added in 1969
Property News

D.H. Lawrence's Hampstead home listed for sale for £850,000

The Sons and Lovers author lived at the flat in Byron Villas from June to December 1915

29 Jan 2025
The Holme in Regent's Park, London.
Luxury

UK’s ‘most expensive house’ sells after staggering £111m price cut

The Holme in Regent’s Park was listed for £250 million in March 2023, and sold for £138.9 million in December last year

29 Jan 2025
Buying & Mortgages

Right to Buy: London Councils push for greater control over the scheme

In response to the government’s consultation on Right to Buy, the cross-party group is pushing for local authorities to be given greater control over the scheme

28 Jan 2025
25 Craven Street is on the market for £9 million
Property News

Inside the £9m townhouse once home to Moby Dick author Herman Melville

The Moby Dick author stayed at the property at the end of 1849, and is commemorated with a blue plaque outside

27 Jan 2025
The property's cave measures 184 square feet
Property News

Grade II-listed Hastings house with garden cave for sale for £600k

The cave is advertised by agents as an area to “enjoy and create your own unique space within”

22 Jan 2025
Flats at Cadogan Court, Chelsea
Property News

January sale: 10 London homes with price cuts of up to £5 million

At the top end of the market, agents are reporting price drops of up to 50 per cent

22 Jan 2025
Celebrity homes

Property portfolio: here's what the US President owns in the UK

From his controversial Aberdeenshire golf course to the ruins of a 13th century castle, here’s a look at Trump’s UK property empire

21 Jan 2025
As well as bordering the North Circular and M1, the site backs onto Brent Reservoir, a SSSI
Property News

'World's largest living wall' gets the go-ahead in north-west London

The living wall will measure 7,400 square metres, trumping the current largest, in Qatar, at 7,000 square metres

21 Jan 2025
The Bank Robber House is on Lonsdale Road, near Westbourne Grove
Property News

Notting Hill's pink skinny house goes up for sale for £1.25 million

Known as the Bank Robber House, the property has been used to sell Banksys

15 Jan 2025
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Property News

Revealed: one London area saw average home values fall £44k last year

In London, the median property value rose by £1,400 last year, compared to an average of £2,400 across the UK

14 Jan 2025
The 9,000 square foot property is the first super prime sale of the year
Luxury

£38 million Belgravia mansion becomes first super prime sale of 2025

The Grade II-listed mansion was listed in May 2024 and sold to a young UK businessman

8 Jan 2025