Will Mailbox Reit, a new property fund with a single investment, deliver?
Will Mailbox Reit, a new property fund with a single investment, deliver?
Mailbox Reit, a new real-estate investment trust set to float on a new property exchange, contains just one building. David Stevenson assesses its pro…
20 Oct 2020
Properties for sale with unusual outbuildings
Properties for sale with unusual outbuildings
From a Victorian house in Northumberland with a double-turreted tree house in the gardens, to a Georgian-style house in Surrey, with a Palladian-pilla…
16 Oct 2020
Why the world is going through a property price boom
Why the world is going through a property price boom
Massive monetary stimulus from central banks and governments stepping in with fiscal support have driven house prices higher around the world.
9 Oct 2020
V-shaped bounce in UK housing
V-shaped bounce in UK housing
UK house prices rose 5% in the year to September, the biggest gain in four years.
9 Oct 2020
Properties for sale with stables
Properties for sale with stables
From a Grade II-listed house in Worcestershire with equestrian centre, to a timber-framed house in Essex with Loddon stables and a manège, eight of th…
9 Oct 2020
House prices are rising across the globe, not just in the UK
House prices are rising across the globe, not just in the UK
Despite everything, UK house prices are still rising. It’s tempting to think this is a uniquely British phenomenon, but it’s a global trend. John Step…
6 Oct 2020
Properties for sale for around £400,000
Properties for sale for around £400,000
From a one-bedroom flat in London’s East End, to a Grade II-listed cottage in the Cotswolds, and an award-winning clifftop development in Devon, eight…
2 Oct 2020
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How the stamp duty holiday is pushing up house prices
How the stamp duty holiday is pushing up house prices
Stamp duty is an awful tax and should be replaced by something better. But its temporary removal is driving up house prices, says Merryn Somerset Webb…
25 Sep 2020
Properties for sale in national parks
Properties for sale in national parks
With a Grade II-listed former castle in Northumberland, a 16th-century manor house in Dartmoor and a farm estate with 292 acres in the Lake District, …
25 Sep 2020
Commercial property: a bet on going back to normal
Commercial property: a bet on going back to normal
Markets are saying that where we work has changed – and that makes an attractive contrarian investment. Cris Heaton picks the best bets in the commerc…
22 Sep 2020
Two funds that will help ensure a brighter outlook for care homes
Two funds that will help ensure a brighter outlook for care homes
Two listed real-estate investment trusts in the care-home sector look attractively valued and offer a decent income too, says Max King.
15 Sep 2020
The stamp-duty stampede
The stamp-duty stampede
There has been a surge in people wanting to move house before the stamp duty holiday ends next year.
11 Sep 2020
Properties with workshops
Properties with workshops
From a Victorian house in Northumberland with a converted stable block, to a Georgian house in Ross-on-Wye with a workshop on the ground floor of the …
11 Sep 2020
What happens to UK house prices once the urban exodus ends?
What happens to UK house prices once the urban exodus ends?
Cash-rich buyers are leaving cities to snap up homes with gardens in the country, driving up house prices across the UK. But, asks John Stepek, what h…
10 Sep 2020
Offices are empty – but they’re not doomed
Offices are empty – but they’re not doomed
The sudden shift to working from home has left some 75% of office buildings empty. But reports of the commercial property sector's death may be premat…
4 Sep 2020
Properties for around £600,000
Properties for around £600,000
From an 1890s former Methodist chapel in Burton-on-Trent to a restored farmhouse in the Tuscan countryside, eight of the best properties not he market…
4 Sep 2020
How on earth can UK house prices be at record highs right now?
How on earth can UK house prices be at record highs right now?
Despite the pandemic, a surge in unemployment and a collapse in business activity, UK house prices are higher than they’ve ever been. John Stepek expl…
3 Sep 2020
Four social housing investment trusts in the spotlight
Four social housing investment trusts in the spotlight
Affordable homes are a hot political topic. That bodes well for the sector’s investment trusts. David Stevenson picks four.
1 Sep 2020
Houses for sale near beaches
Houses for sale near beaches
From a beachfront resort on Mahoe Bay in the British Virgin Islands, to a cottage on the seafront in Truro, Cornwall, just a short walk from Tavern Be…
28 Aug 2020
Houses for sale for around £1m
Houses for sale for around £1m
From a Grade II-listed, 18th-century coach house and stable block in Richmond, North Yorkshire, to a property in a Gothic Revival-style terrace in the…
21 Aug 2020
Properties for sale with swimming pools
Properties for sale with swimming pools
From a 19th-century former rectory with a salt-water pool in Devon to a Georgian manor with a swimming pond in County Durham, eight of the best proper…
17 Aug 2020
Three real-estate investment trusts built on solid foundations
Three real-estate investment trusts built on solid foundations
With interest rates set to remain at rock bottom, investors will come to prize reliable income streams, particularly those backed by physical assets, …
17 Aug 2020