Fighting Fit

Homes under the hammer

How auctions work and what’s on offer

Empty homes hit highest level for nine years

The Empty Homes Action Week will emphasise the growing need to fill these vacant properties with tenants

Focus on property in Swansea

Swansea is getting a makeover with the redevelopment of the docks and this year's £1billion regeneration of the city cente

Now reluctant landlords have to let by the room

Rents have fallen for the first time in five years due to unsold properties flooded the market

Wreck of the week: farmhouse in Somerset

The property has been empty for a long period of time and need extensive modernisation

Winners in the housing downturn

Although we’re in a housing slump, there are opportunities out there. Meet the twins who have capitalised on house price falls

Wreck of the week: a barn in Norfolk

A cathedral-shaped tithe barn with planning consent

Auction home of the week: Fulham semi-detached

This Victorian semi would make a huge family home - or maybe convert it into flats?

Eurozone property investors love homes near our top museums

The strength of the euro means that Continental buyers are snapping up elegant London properties

The trap of shared ownership

Wreck of the week; two cottages in Cheshire

Credit crunch: Can you still flip a property?

Britons who bought off plan in the boom are racing to sell, even before builders move out

A makeover for caravan parks

A quest to turn caravnning into a chic but cheap alternative to buy-to-let holiday homes

Wreck of the week

A Grade II listed property with views of Salisbury cathedral in Wiltshire

HIgh-end London rents are falling

Cadogan Square in Belgravia currently have 31 flats available. As the bankers cut back, the rest of us could get a look-in

Is East London's property boom over?

Property investors panic as the Olympic village shrinks and Docklands becomes a ghost town

Top ten ways to earn money from your home

Need some extra cash to pay the mortgage? Turn your home into a nice litte earner with the following advice

Wreck of the week

A Grade II listed cottage in need of thatch repairs and interior renovation

Is this the end for the amateur buy-to-let investor?

The Government's Rugg Report, released today, recommends licences for landlords and a business plan to get a mortgage

Renting on Britain's finest estates

Owners of some of the prestigious estates are upgrading gardeners and gamekeepers cottages to let out to the likes of Pete Docherty and Amy Winehouse