Ruth Bloomfield
'A room dedicated to hobbies is an impossible luxury in London'
A decade of renting in London was enough for Rich Watson who also wanted space to pursue his passions
'We couldn't afford anything like our £400k Edinburgh flat in London'
An impulsive party weekend in Edinburgh turned into love, a marriage proposal and moving country for this couple
'We miss London sometimes, but love our £460k home in leafy Bristol'
Siena Dexter and Kieran Katwala were paying £1,750 to rent in Muswell Hill before they moved cities
'A dog-friendly landlord helped us buy our £250k Margate home'
Lisa and Nathan Marley moved from Muswell Hill to Margate — via a minor blip in Bedfordshire
Commuter towns: your guide to the best places to buy a home in Suffolk
From Bungay to Bury St Edmunds, here are the places where you can live with big skies or the sea — all within commuting distance of London
Commuter towns: your guide to the best places to buy in Berkshire
Commuters looking to buy a home in Berkshire can pick between canalside villages and thriving towns with fast train services to London
'How Airbnb lets us live between Islington and the Cotswolds'
Tori Longdon and Jack Merrylees snagged their dream country cottage for £450k with a holiday let mortgage
Affordable housing scheme getting average London earners on the ladder
The homes at Citizen’s House in Lewisham cost from just £215,000 — no wonder 400 people applied. We meet the 11 lucky homeowners moving in
We sold a Help to Buy flat in London to buy a £700k Brighton house
Paul Tickner and David Lucas's Help to Buy home was bursting at the seems during lockdown, so they moved to find more space by the sea
'We left Primrose Hill to renovate a £231k cottage in Cornwall'
Anoushka Francis-Keeble and Matt Keeble survived cancer, IVF and renovations to buy their dream home on the Cornish coast
Moving to rural Wales helped me start a business and buy a £169k house
After struggling in London's underpaid fashion industry, Alexandra Wall set up her own business and bought a £169,000 home in Wales
Why London's super rich are slashing millions off their mansion prices
Super-luxury property owners are knocking millions off their house prices in the hopes of making a sale in a struggling market
Liverpool Street: plans reveal rooftop pool in the sky above station
Conservationists are up in arms over plans to transform and update the Victorian station
First look: central London's biggest housing development of the year
The plans are the biggest seen in central London this year but the affordable housing provision falls short of the Mayor's targets
'Our quality of life is so much better since we left London'
Thalia and Fabrice Temmerman swapped renting in Muswell Hill for a £660,000 house in Kent
'How we redecorated our first home with no idea what we were doing'
Priced out of Walthamstow, the couple decided to try their luck in Crossrail hotspot Forest Gate and finished renovations just three days before their daughter was born
London's first-time buyer hotspots with starter homes from £300k
Buying a first home somewhere you actually want to live in London is a challenge but there are neighbourhoods matching relative affordability with cool village vibes. Here's where to look
We swapped a Walthamstow rental for buying a period home in Cambridge
By buying and selling fixer-uppers, Sarah and Arthur Smart have managed to move into their dream home with a walled garden and woodland
How first-time buyers can live in central London with a £6,300 deposit
Here are some of the shared ownership schemes offering a way onto the property ladder in Zones 1 and 2 — just beware the pitfalls
Top 10 tips for buying your first home in London
As first-time buyers become the top shoppers in parts of London, here is a quick-start guide to buying your first home
‘We saved £500 a month moving our family from Edmonton to the seaside’
After spending lockdown in Essex, Hannah Porter decided to move her young family somewhere 15 minutes from the beach