UK house prices hit a new record high – can it last?
UK house prices hit a new record high – can it last?
Despite the pandemic, UK house prices have hit a new high. John Stepek looks at what’s driving the surge in prices, and what it means for house prices…
7 Aug 2020
Properties for sale for around £500,000
Properties for sale for around £500,000
From a 1920s timber house on a private island in Loch Lomond, to a two-bedroom Victorian cottage in Kingston upon Thames, eight of the best properties…
7 Aug 2020
There's still plenty of potential for investors in commercial property
There's still plenty of potential for investors in commercial property
Jitters over the outlook for the commercial property sector are overdone, says Max King. Investors should consider this Europe-focused real-estate inv…
4 Aug 2020
Houses for sale with attractive kitchens
Houses for sale with attractive kitchens
From a converted period property in Broomhall, Worcestershire, with an open-plan kitchen, to a Victorian Villa in Edinburgh with a contemporary kitche…
31 Jul 2020
Houses for around £800,000
Houses for around £800,000
From a Grade II-listed, 1820s townhouse in Worcester, to a lodge house in Aberdeenshire with interiors decorated by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Daniel C…
24 Jul 2020
OBR: UK house prices could fall by 12% next year
OBR: UK house prices could fall by 12% next year
The Office for Budget Responsibility says UK house prices could fall by as much as 12% next year. John Stepek looks at how likely that is.
14 Jul 2020
Commercial property: retail landlords are missing the madding crowd
Commercial property: retail landlords are missing the madding crowd
The outlook for shopping centres and offices is murky, but anxious investors seem to be expecting the worst
13 Jul 2020
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Properties for sale in remote locations
Properties for sale in remote locations
From a residential farm in the Great Glen, Inverness-shire, to a 17th-century house on the Mawddach Estuary with views towards Snowdonia’s Cadair Idri…
10 Jul 2020
UK house prices go into a gentle decline
UK house prices go into a gentle decline
Halifax’s house price index shows that UK house prices declined for the fourth month in a row in June.
9 Jul 2020
Properties for around £1m
Properties for around £1m
From a 17th-century house overlooking Hampton Court and the royal gardens in East Molesey, Surrey, to an apartment in a converted warehouse in Wapping…
3 Jul 2020
House price crash: UK property prices are falling – so where next?
House price crash: UK property prices are falling – so where next?
With UK property prices falling for the first time in eight years, are we about to see a house price crash? John Stepek looks at what’s behind the sli…
2 Jul 2020
Houses for sale with kitchen gardens
Houses for sale with kitchen gardens
From a 15th-century mill in Oxfordshire to a 17th-century farmhouse on a residential smallholding in Devon, eight of the best properties with producti…
26 Jun 2020
What’s a better bet right now: a house in the UK or gold?
What’s a better bet right now: a house in the UK or gold?
Measured in ounces of gold, UK house prices have been falling for some time. A home now costs the same as it did in 1986. Dominic Frisby looks at how …
24 Jun 2020
Houses with home entertainment rooms
Houses with home entertainment rooms
Fom an award-winning contemporary property with a 15-seat cinema in Warwickshire, to a neo-classical castle with a private bar in Longniddry, East Lot…
19 Jun 2020
UK house prices holding up as city folk flock to the country
UK house prices holding up as city folk flock to the country
The number of city-dwellers pursuing their dream of a rural idyll is on the rise. And despite the pandemic, house prices are holding up well, says Mer…
15 Jun 2020
Properties with annexes
Properties with annexes
From a Palladian house with a self-contained, top-floor flat in Inverness, to a house with a garden annexe close to London’s Richmond Park, eight of t…
12 Jun 2020
Britain's housing market may avoid a nasty crash
Britain's housing market may avoid a nasty crash
UK house prices were already weakening when the virus arrived; London in particular now looks good value, says Max King.
9 Jun 2020
Houses with separate home offices
Houses with separate home offices
From a renovated Georgian townhouse in Chelsea with an office in the landscaped garden, to a Grade II-listed, medieval hall house in Suffolk , eight o…
5 Jun 2020
Can the UK housing market escape a slump?
Can the UK housing market escape a slump?
The Bank of England is predicting a 16% slump in house prices.
29 May 2020
Properties with outdoor sports facilities
Properties with outdoor sports facilities
From an 18th-century Cumbrian farmhouse with a tennis court to a modern house with a croquet lawn and boules court in Dorset, eight of the best proper…
29 May 2020
The death of buy-to-let property is a useful cautionary tale for all investors
The death of buy-to-let property is a useful cautionary tale for all investors
Investing in buy-to-let property was once a perfectly valid thing to do. But the government killed the market. John Stepek explains what investors sho…
29 May 2020
Properties with gyms
Properties with gyms
This week: properties with gyms – from a Victorian house in the Surrey Hills with a leisure complex that includes a gym, a squash court and a sports h…
22 May 2020