It’s one thing to lose sleep over the plunging value of your property but it’s quite another to worry about your home actually plunging into the sea.
I took the plunge to save my tower home
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Caribbean caper
Modish hotels and fine-tuned property prices are luring high-end buyers to the West Indies.
Home for Christmas
Should you buy a home in the run-up to Christmas?
Spotlight Nice
Clean air, soft light, and home to artists such as Matisse and Chagall. Get the lowdown on Nice.
Light fantastic
Since Matisse, artists have flocked to the French Riviera, magnetised by its pure light. Go beyond beaches and bagnats to behold Nice’s array of avant-garde art.
Converting your property for returning children
Britain has produced a ‘boomerang’ generation twice as likely as their counterparts in the rest of Europe to come back to live in the family home.
Fractional property ownership
In simple terms, fractional-ownership schemes are nothing new and mean that three or four friends can buy a home together. Legally, the property belongs to all the owners whose names are on the deeds, and time spent there is split accordingly.
Best thatched cottages
Thatched cottages are the marmite of the property world – you either love them or hate them, according to Charlie Comber from estate agency Hayman-Joyce in the Cotswolds.
Buying property and rights of way
Few things can split a rural community more sharply than footpaths and rights of way over land, as ardent fans of The Archers will know…
The best place to buy a house
Just what are the crucial ingredients for a perfect country house location?
Cheryl Markosky 