Property
How to increase your home’s value – with a sandwich
It is a tenet of neo-liberal economics that there is no such thing as a free lunch. This is obvious…
Home truths: the crushing reality of the mortgage crisis
Can the Tories survive a mortgage crisis?
Flat broke: my Help to Buy disaster
Help to Buy has been a disaster for me
How far will house prices fall?
‘Forecasting is a mug’s game’ is a truism attributed to everyone from fantasy author Douglas Adams to former Bank of…
How controversial was Basic Instinct?
Stone me Boris Johnson threatened to unleash the ‘terrors of the Earth’ on an unidentified Tory MP who claimed that…
Which countries have ditched daylight savings time?
Time for a change A bill before the US Senate would abolish daylight saving time. Some countries which have previously…
I’m stuck in Surrey, get me outta here!
After most of Islington moved to Wales, it was foolish of me to think about following. But the need to…
The difficult decisions that come with downsizing
The difficulties of downsizing
The problem with online property searches
In 1966, the legendary adman David Ogilvy set out to buy a home in France. He boarded a transatlantic liner…
Letters: Let the housing market collapse
Treading the boards Sir: As a teacher, I was sorry Lloyd Evans did not include school productions in his excellent…
Letters: We can’t build our way out of the housing crisis
Excess demand Sir: Liam Halligan (‘The house mafia’, 26 June) treats us to an exposé of the shoddy products of…
The political baggage of moving house
We are currently house-hunting — please let me know if you have one going spare. We are looking for a…
The Nicola Sturgeon effect on house prices
Nicola Sturgeon depresses me and seems to be having the same effect on Scottish house prices. In a housing market…
Don’t pity me for living in London
Don’t pity me for living in London
How much longer can the Treasury rig the housing market?
The past 15 months have produced a bizarre economic paradox. In 2020, the economy shrank at the fastest rate recorded…
Why is modern architecture so ugly?
Why is modern architecture so ugly?
A second home in Cornwall is nothing to be proud of
A second home in Cornwall is nothing to be proud of
The insanity of Britain's housing market
On the day the Office for National Statistics announced a sharp rise in consumer price inflation, albeit to a still…
Selling the family home to pay for care is not an injustice
There’s nothing unjust about selling the family house to pay for care
Bricks and pieces: the blight of London’s fake facades
The problem with London’s fake facades
The fury and frustration of living in a listed building
The perils of living in a listed building
Is this a once-in-a-generation chance to invest in central London?
Is now the time to invest in commercial property?
