Village Idiots
Clive Aslet on cranky neighbours, simmering resentments, barely contained hostilities and all the other summery joys of life in the…
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The Hidden Home Market
For the super-rich, the choicest houses are not those just anyone can see: ‘off market’ is very much on the…
ByLow Interest Rate
Ignore the estate-agent guff about troops of foreign buyers beating a path to their doors — they’re not. The London…
ByPunxsutawney Will
The social and economic maladies decried in the 19th-century writings of William Cobbett deliver a true Groundhog Day moment, says…
ByHi-Ho, Hi-Ho! It’s Off the Cliff We Go!
Jeremy McGivern on the flawed logic and mindless herd instinct that led so many property investors over the edge and…
ByFreehold Willie
Property fund manager Willie Gething is keeping his head while all about him are losing their houses — and his…
ByBernie Madoff Syndrome
Jeremy McGivern wonders why property investors never stopped to consider that what comes up must go down Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi…
ByOwe Dear
Turns out most of London’s super-prime property owners are mortgaged to the hilt and the bailiffs are starting to lick…
ByOn Your Mark
Anthony Haden-Guest meets James Sherwin, general manager of the Mark — the latest in a line of grand hotels being…
ByBy Georges, They’ve Got It
At last the gorgeous west coast of Cyprus has the super-luxe report it deserves in the comely form of Cap…
BySurf ‘n’ Turf
Don’t let the big-city real-estate meltdown put you off: investing in beachfront property or farmland is still a good bet,…
ByBuy Me to the Moon
Space on the ground in Manhattan is in desperately short supply, but luckily for developers there’s plenty of prime air…
ByCrib Chic
Raheem Brennerman has a very clear idea about how the owners of the properties he builds and furnishes get to…
ByNot From These Parts, Are Ye?
Sales of English country houses are still fairly strong, but foreigners beware: life in the sticks is not without its…
ByBrokered Dreams
Tine Willumsen’s first meeting with Christian Volkers was some years ago. Völkers was, and is, the chairman and CEO of…
ByAll Quiet on the SW Front
It would be hard to conceive of an international financial crisis that did not result in somebody, somewhere celebrating their…
ByNo Stairway
London’s super-rich want their flats flat. None of that multi-storey malarkey, just oodles of sideways space and a spiffing view,…
ByPastures Old
Like flares and cloche hats, all the Isle of Wight had to do was sit around and wait to become…
ByCrash Pads
Lower City bonuses mean slower growth in prime London property prices. But what’s a few million between friends, asks Ross…
BySuisse As A Nut
Switzerland is so cute and clean and generally adorable that you could just about imagine living there, says Ross Clark.…
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