Tips for buying and selling property

• Spruce up for sale
  Make your house more appealing to buyers
• Renovating for profit
  Tips on making your house easier to sell at the price you want
• How to avoid devaluing your home
  Check out our handy hints guide
• Making the most of original features
  You could increase the value of your home if you retain and look after period features
• Northern Ireland property guide
  A guide to the Northern Ireland property market
• Property matters
  Direct Line's Family Legal Protection can help with legal disputes involving your property
• De-clutter your home
  How to get your home in order and re-organised
• Second homes in the UK
  2005 report by Direct Line into the second homes property market in the UK
• Why buy a second home?
  Explains how you can make a sound investment when buying a second home
• Moving house
  How to transfer your Direct Line home insurance when you move
• Make the best of your windows
  Follow our guide to ensure you do not affect the value of your house
• Home - but not as we know it
  Victorian water towers, churches, cowsheds and railway carriages are just some of the unusual places people are converting into homes

Other useful information:

• Second homes
• Home improvements
• Buildings insurance
• Contents insurance
• Green living