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The "most important regeneration project in 25 years" has moved a step closer after planning applications were made for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Family housing, transport links and open spaces are at the heart of the application lodged today by the Olympic Park Legacy Company for 64 hectares of the site that will be the centrepiece of next year's Games.

Greenwich Creekside is set to become London's new arts and cultural quarter according to developer Telford Homes.

With the Laban Centre - a building that has won awards for its design and is home to a dance school - next door and the promise of an artists' village, theatre space, a jazz centre, cafes, bars and restaurants, this area could well turn into a new hub for creative arts in the town.

By Victoria Clayton

Homeowners could be earning more than £4,000 a year tax-free through a government backed rent-a-room scheme. A study by Big Yellow Self Storage, which is supporting the initiative, estimates UK residents could generate £38billion in income if they rented out all the spare space in their houses.

ARE we becoming too obsessed with a property as an investment, rather than as a home?

The credit crunch has heavily impacted the current market and estate agents fear it is also spreading doubt among “emotional� buyers closing in on their perfect home.

THE PROPERTY market might be a little uncertain at the moment but with the correct strategy it’s still possible to make a profit in 2008, according to industry experts.

Exhibitors at this year’s Homebuyer and Property Investor Show, which runs at ExCeL London from March
7-9, have revealed their top tips for investing in the current climate.