Why the property credit crunch favours cash buyers

Cash is king as a fortunate few benefit from falling prices

• Buy-to-let: professional investors cash in on the credit crunch

The housing market slump: visible from estate agents' sales boards

For those who, like me, use estate agents’ boards as an informal indicator of what is going on in the market, the downturn is visible on the streets

Buy-to-let: professional investors cash in on the credit crunch

Small landlords are feeling the pinch as banks tighten up - but the big players sense a buying opportunity

• Why the property credit crunch favours cash buyers

Stephen Anderton's guide to the Chelsea Flower Show 2008

It’s the show that makes any gardener feel like a child in a sweet shop. Here are some highlights

Rachel de Thame: Chelsea Flower Show 2008 - it’s crunch time

The season-defining moment arrives for Rachel de Thame: no, not the football, her flower-show garden

Frieda Hughes reflects on the aviary she built in her garden

An aviary, a treehouse, a walled garden – famous faces reflect on how they brought pet outdoor projects to fruition

• Kirsty Wark invites us into her walled garden in Glasgow

• Nathaniel Parker: the joys of building a treehouse for his daughters

Spanish property: why it's crunch time on the Costa del Sol

Falling prices, rising mortgage costs, lower rental yields – is it time to say hasta la vista to the holiday home in Spain?

• Costa del Sol property sales drop, but top of the market is strong

Gulf property: Abu Dhabi attracts discerning British investors

Dubai's big-money bling grabs the headlines, but the UAE's capital, Abu Dhabi, is attracting more discerning investors

Interior design: How a Knightsbridge house found room to breathe

Top designer Ou Baholyodhin has brought light and air to a limited space behind Harrods

Interior design: It's time to end our craze for open-plan living

Trying to make up for a lack of space, many of us end up with space of no conceivable use

Murrayfield villa that's a winner

When a surveyor joined forces with a forward-looking architect, the result was Scottish Home’s luxury house of the year

Sir Stirling Moss on his Mayfair gadget house and Florida eco-home

Sir Stirling Moss’s gadget-filled Mayfair man pad was state of the art in the 1960s. Now, he’s planning to build himself an eco-home in Florida

• Waugh home up for sale