Economic growth: more must be done to encourage investment

Billions allocated to schemes such as Funding for Lending and Help to Buy have created a 'feelgood factor', but it is not enough

Direct Line blocked my claim after sewer issue

Direct Line refused to pay out – even thought the existing pipes had worked for more than 10 years

London’s exclusive rich pads are destroying the city’s communities

Daisy Buchanan: Nick House's plan for cool flats for cool, rich people will create homogenised, sanitised spaces where real homes once stood

Help to Buy scheme seems doomed by a rigid planning system

Chancellor's scheme sees Taylor Wimpey share price rise, but is the housing crisis being addressed in the long term?

George Osborne’s Help to Buy scheme ‘a moronic policy’

Leading analyst says chancellor's flagship scheme artificially inflates prices and drives the young into 'indentured servitude'

Housing market predicted to revive in 2013 with more than 1m to move home

Forecasters Item Club say chancellor's Help to Buy scheme will get people moving but broader economic outlook still gloomy

Help to Buy scheme: how it will work

George Osborne's budget contained a surprising announcement about homebuying, which could help revive the property market

Mansion tax debate: Politics live blog

Andrew Sparrow's rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen, including the opening of the debate on the mansion tax

Irish property tax penalises Dublin residents, warn critics

Dublin politicians fear bulk of taxes will be collected from its residents, who own most of Ireland's expensive homes

Why the Green Deal could make your home a hard sell

Cost of fuel-efficiency scheme may put off buyers when you come to sell

What the autumn statement means to you

Whether you're a first-time buyer, on benefits, a parent, a saver or a high earner, we run through what the chancellor's announcements will mean for you

We need to build houses on a third more land, says planning minister

A house with a garden is a moral right, argues Nick Boles, though modern homes are 'pig ugly'

Billionaires’ basements: the luxury bunkers making holes in London streets

Oliver Wainwright: A new billionaires' craze for building elaborate subterranean extensions is making swiss cheese of London's poshest streets – but at what cost?

What will the Barclays takeover mean for ING Direct customers?

Mortgage borrowers and savers with ING will see their accounts transferred to Barclays. Find out when, how and what it means

Building rules: what the changes mean for homeowners looking to extend

The government says it will relax the rules around domestic extensions. Here we take a look at what the changes are and how they might affect you