Ruth Bloomfield
Inside London’s great affordable homes betrayal
At new developments, targets are routinely being slashed for property Londoners can actually afford, reports Ruth Bloomfield
'We let our house in Wimbledon for same as period house in Holland'
A winter ski trip convinced this family to leave hectic London for a more peaceful and less expensive life in Holland
Five of the best Oxfordshire towns and villages for London commuters
From Wantage to Watlington, here are all the best places to house hunt in Oxfordshire for country living within commuting distance of London
'We left Dulwich for the Isle of Wight after the 2022 mini Budget'
Mortgage rate hikes were the final push for Helena and Hamish Nicklin to sell up and buy a home in Cowes
The jaw-dropping homes — and price tags — in 2023's top property deals
Interest rates and energy bills weren’t a worry for the ultra-wealthy buyers who snapped up some of London’s most lavish homes this year
'We swapped dismal London renting for a 1,700pcm Cotswolds house'
A passion for smoked salmon prompted Vincenzo Gentile to ditch renting in London for a £1,700 a month home in Moreton-in-Marsh
'We couldn't afford anything like our £400k Edinburgh flat in London'
An impulsive party weekend in Edinburgh turned into love, a marriage proposal and moving country for this couple
'We miss London sometimes, but love our £460k home in leafy Bristol'
Siena Dexter and Kieran Katwala were paying £1,750 to rent in Muswell Hill before they moved cities
'A dog-friendly landlord helped us buy our £250k Margate home'
Lisa and Nathan Marley moved from Muswell Hill to Margate — via a minor blip in Bedfordshire
Commuter towns: your guide to the best places to buy a home in Suffolk
From Bungay to Bury St Edmunds, here are the places where you can live with big skies or the sea — all within commuting distance of London
Commuter towns: your guide to the best places to buy in Berkshire
Commuters looking to buy a home in Berkshire can pick between canalside villages and thriving towns with fast train services to London
'How Airbnb lets us live between Islington and the Cotswolds'
Tori Longdon and Jack Merrylees snagged their dream country cottage for £450k with a holiday let mortgage
Affordable housing scheme getting average London earners on the ladder
The homes at Citizen’s House in Lewisham cost from just £215,000 — no wonder 400 people applied. We meet the 11 lucky homeowners moving in
We sold a Help to Buy flat in London to buy a £700k Brighton house
Paul Tickner and David Lucas's Help to Buy home was bursting at the seems during lockdown, so they moved to find more space by the sea
'We left Primrose Hill to renovate a £231k cottage in Cornwall'
Anoushka Francis-Keeble and Matt Keeble survived cancer, IVF and renovations to buy their dream home on the Cornish coast
Moving to rural Wales helped me start a business and buy a £169k house
After struggling in London's underpaid fashion industry, Alexandra Wall set up her own business and bought a £169,000 home in Wales
Why London's super rich are slashing millions off their mansion prices
Super-luxury property owners are knocking millions off their house prices in the hopes of making a sale in a struggling market
Liverpool Street: plans reveal rooftop pool in the sky above station
Conservationists are up in arms over plans to transform and update the Victorian station
First look: central London's biggest housing development of the year
The plans are the biggest seen in central London this year but the affordable housing provision falls short of the Mayor's targets
'Our quality of life is so much better since we left London'
Thalia and Fabrice Temmerman swapped renting in Muswell Hill for a £660,000 house in Kent
'How we redecorated our first home with no idea what we were doing'
Priced out of Walthamstow, the couple decided to try their luck in Crossrail hotspot Forest Gate and finished renovations just three days before their daughter was born