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Affording Your Life

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Affording Your Life

Berlin’s radical plan to stop rent rise

By Emily Schultheis

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Affording Your Life

The man who built his own floating home

By Daniel Loher
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Affording Your Life

The unusual origins of Monopoly

By Kate Raworth
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Affording Your Life

Why do we buy things?

By Katie Beck
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Affording Your Life

The rise of the Instagram wedding

By Jessica Holland
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Affording Your Life

The avocado toast index

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Affording Your Life

The world’s most expensive city?

By Tim McDonald
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Affording Your Life

Where a six-hour commute is the norm

By Danny Vincent
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Affording Your Life

A new solution for lonely renters?

By Kieran Nash
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Affording Your Life

Where is it cheapest to ride to work?

By Miriam Quick / Illustrations by Hiewon Sohn
Cycling is often cheaper than public transport - but not always
Affording Your Life

Cycle to work? It's not worth it here

By Nick Busca
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Affording Your Life

How badly do you want to buy a home?

By Kate Ashford
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Affording Your Life

Why young Londoners are living on boats

By Tim Smedley
Copenhagen wants to earmark 9,000 new residences for lower and middle class workers. (Credit: Alamy)
Affording Your Life

Three months to find a flat?

By Melanie Haynes
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Affording Your Life

Is Airbnb why you can't find a house?

By Lauren Comiteau
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Affording Your Life

This space: Worth more than your house

By Renuka Rayasam

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