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Third of all new homes being built on gardens
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

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Mortgage costs rise despite rate freeze
Mortgage costs will continue to climb today even though the Bank of England held interest rates steady at 5% yesterday

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How to get more for your endowment
With endowments still failing to deliver many homeowners may be considering surrendering policies in - but selling could get them more

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Property turmoil sees rents hit £1,000
Buy-to-let landlords taking a battering from the mortgage storm have received a ray of sunshine with the news that average rents have passed the £1,000 mark

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Man who got £1m of the price of his house
The effects of the credit crunch on the property market are providing opportunities for some buyers who are snapping up London homes for up to £1m less than the asking price.

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£1m homes are biggest bargains
The biggest casualties of the slump in the housing market are sellers of £1m homes, estate agents said yesterday

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Why you need a 5% deposit
There are decent mortgage deals for first-time buyers, but to qualify you must have at least a 5% deposit

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Gloomy spring for agents as prime London prices dip
Two London estate agents specialising in expensive property today gave a gloomy assessment of prices in the capital's most desirable areas

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New repossession crisis looms
A sharp increase in the number of repossession orders is expected to be highlighted this week

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Advice for Inside Track victims
Calls to have property clubs regulated were ignored. So what can members of the failed Inside Track do now?

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Mortgages 'to rise by £230 a month'
Homeowners face mortgage rises of up to £230 a month as lenders ratchet up the price of credit, the Bank of England has warned

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Fraud emerges as property prices fall
Analysis:Homeowners trying to sell properties in a falling market now have another problem to contend with, according to a City solicitor

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Bank cuts through the mortgage gloom
One of the Big Five banks is cutting interest rates on some new home loans in a dramatic reversal of the mortgage squeeze

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Buy-to-let giant Inside Track goes bust
Inside Track, the company that promised to turn a generation of Britons into 'property millionaires', has gone into administration

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House prices now lower than a year ago
House prices are lower than they were a year ago for the first time since 1996, a property survey revealed today

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Squatters rights for East End 'estate agent'
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

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Nationwide increases size of deposit
One of the UK's biggest mortgage lenders has increased the size of the deposit it demands from new borrowers

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Farmland soars despite property blues
Homeowners may be suffering as house prices head south, but the cost of farmland has soared by a third over the past year

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Banks warn MPs mortgages may get pricier
Mortgages won't become cheaper and may even get more expensive in the coming months, banks have warned MPs

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Mortgages slump as banks run out of cash
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

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