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Anyone with a generous bank manager can build a house, but very few have the skills and intuition to build a home. A home with exquisite proportions, spaces for lively entertainment and spaces for private repose. With tasteful decoration, discreet home comforts and above all boundary-pushing qualities which ensure that its just-finished feel never fades. Thankfully, the mastermind behind Tranquilo is a home-maker of the highest order.

Emerging market specialists GEM Estates has several SIPP-able products in its portfolio. Property which is classified as a commercial, that is to say, no personal use allowed, can be purchased as part of a Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) and the tax benefits are considerable.

Research from Halifax Home Insurance shows how Britons are increasingly warming up to the idea of recreating the extended family, and living with relatives, rather than immediate next of kin. Currently just over two-thirds of households contain immediate family, such as spouses or partners and children, but Halifax found that 26% of the 2,000 people

Barratt Developments is less than optimistic about the future direction of UK property prices. According to reports in The Telegraph and Daily Mail, the housebuilder is offering a huge discount to property investors who are prepared to buy five or more flats or houses from its Yorkshire East division. This week, Nationwide reported that UK house prices

Nationwide has published its latest house price index, which shows a 1.7% decline in the cost of the average UK home, in September. The fall brings the year-on-year decline to 12.4% and puts the price of the average property at £161,797. According to the building society, prices have now fallen for 11 consecutive months, although there is