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Railway Properties

Railways still equal romance, so homes on the right side of the tracks sell or let at a premium

Is it worth it? No 14, Portnalong, Isle of Skye £70,000

Auction buy: West Yorkshire

A £4.5m country house in Lincolnshire

Harmston Hall is owned by 2008 Historic Formula One champion, Peter Sowerby. It comes with a huge centrally-heated garage

Upwardly mobile: David Beckham

The reluctant downsizers

Economic troubles are forcing even younger owners to sell up for somewhere cheaper

Downsizing in good time

After 44 years in the same property, the Moughtons realised they would have to reduce their belongings

The idiosynchratic properties on Bishop's Avenue

Flats are beginning to make an appearance on London's billionaire row

Gordon House: communion with the dead

The eerie mansion was an apt place for a doomed seance

Are house prices really falling at a record rate?

The hobbit homes of Pembrokeshire

We’re all striving to be more eco-minded these days, but our writer finds life at a hardcore Welsh commune several shades too green for him

Is it worth it?

Moyness Church, Auldearn, Highland, £145,000

A former monastery in Regent's Park

The secluded St Katherine's Precinct is on the market for £17.5m. It is in the heart of London, but feels a world away

This house is not for turning

It may be in smartest Belgravia, but the tacky decor of Mark Thatcher’s former home is beyond repair

If you can’t sell your home, then swap it

Resourceful agents are matchmaking buyers and sellers in a bid to get the house-buying market moving again

Buy Lord Tennyson's home for £10m

The Poet Laureate's South Downs retreat offers wonderful views - and a helipad

Brief encounter: cleaning up our scruffy neighbours

Our neighbours house is making it impossible to sell our property

Where to buy that riverside home

Towns on a river provide some of the country's most charming properties

Is it worth it? River Cottage, Crieff, Perthshire, £195,000 o/o

Will the rate cut help the housing market?

Lending rates may have been slashed, but estate agents are still waiting for buyers to appear