Okay, Thurrock's beyond the M25 (actually, I had to look it up), but this kind of estate agency craziness can't go uncelebrated. Russell Quirk, of Quirk Deakin, is promising to pay the difference if any house he sells is worth less in five years. He's gambling on a regeneration of Thurrock (part of the Thames Gateway expansion) and that five years is enough time for values to pick up again. Brave? Misguided? Read more here.

[With thanks to the reader who sent this in]

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