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Alex Johnson has been part of The Independent's online team since 2007. He has been writing about microarchitecture on his internationally-acclaimed Shedworking blog since 2006 and is the author of Shedworking: The Alternative Workplace Revolution. His latest book is Bookshelf, published by Thames & Hudson.

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Honest Buildings launches in UK, Property

Honest Buildings launches in UK

Social media network for buildings launches today

By | Property | Wednesday, 27 February 2013 at 10:39 am

Downsizer hotspots, Property

Downsizer hotspots

The best places if you’re moving from a 4-bedroom to a 2-bedroom

By | Property | Tuesday, 26 February 2013 at 10:52 am

30 year low in new home building figures, Property

30 year low in new home building figures

Government urged to provide boost in next budget

By | Property | Monday, 25 February 2013 at 10:31 am

Why do house price indexes vary so much?, Property

Why do house price indexes vary so much?

House price indexes come in all shapes and sizes, which can be perplexing for people uninitiated in the art of house price academia and methodology, writes David Newnes, director of LSL Property Services.

By | Property | Tuesday, 19 February 2013 at 12:49 pm

Lowest February increase in London prices since 2009, Property

Lowest February increase in London prices since 2009

“Buyer demand will ebb away from the most fashionable hotspots and flow into other boroughs”

By | Property | Monday, 18 February 2013 at 11:24 am

Year of the Snake: a good year for property?, Property

Year of the Snake: a good year for property?

Snake years are towards the bottom end of the scale but…

By | Property | Friday, 15 February 2013 at 10:11 am

Record rainfall will increase subsidence risk this year, Property

Record rainfall will increase subsidence risk this year

Since 2001 there have been more than 220,000 cases of subsidence in the UK

By | Property | Thursday, 14 February 2013 at 10:08 am

All you need to know about permitted development – part 2, Property

All you need to know about permitted development – part 2

Turning your castle into a fortress is complicated

By | Property | Wednesday, 13 February 2013 at 11:22 am

First-time buyer numbers at highest level for five years, Property

First-time buyer numbers at highest level for five years

216,200 first-time buyers became homeowners in 2012

By | Property | Tuesday, 12 February 2013 at 10:49 am

Decent broadband a major factor in choosing a home, Property

Decent broadband a major factor in choosing a home

One fifth of people prepared to pay more for the same home if it had good broadband

By | Property | Monday, 11 February 2013 at 10:22 am

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