Q&A: Home information packs
Home information packs are compulsory on all property sales in England and Wales. So what does that mean for buyers and sellers?
BBC presenter: media to blame on house prices
Former economics editor Evan Davis claims that journalists could have averted the crash with prior warnings
From boom to frightening bust: where the UK housing market has been hit hardest
Housing pricewatch: Northern Ireland. Most property prices quoted in the popular media look only at England and Wales or sometimes all of Great Britain. But over in Northern Ireland the housing market is volatile to a far greater degree
£10.5m climate change grants left unclaimed
The government appears to have seriously undermined one of its key climate change initiatives by toughening up the rules under which householders can obtain financial assistance to erect wind turbines and install solar panels
Labour lagging behind in plan for zero-carbon homes, says report
· Current policies make EU 20% target unattainable · Capacity of renewables sector must be built up
Welcome to Ikeatown
Is this the future of British housing? As Ikea's readymade homes hit the UK, Steve Rose travels to Sweden to sample life in a 'flat-pack' village.
Home truths
Leader: The Abbey's decision this week to allow first-time homebuyers to borrow up to five times their salary risks turning the Abbey habit into a serious and dangerous addiction to debt.
Arabs in £500m property spree
Abu Dhabi's royal family has snapped up £500 million of prime London property in the past fortnight.
Q&A: equity loan scheme
On Wednesday, the chancellor will unveil plans to provide hundreds of thousands of struggling first-time buyers with cheap mortgages. Hilary Osborne explains how the scheme works and what it will mean for people trying to get on the property ladder.
Buying a house? Pick up a flatpack at Ikea
Young house-hunters trying to grab the first rung on the property ladder are about to face a new challenge to add to the headaches of finding a mortgage.