Property

Companies, such as Lloyds Bank and John Lewis, who are looking to muscle in on the residential lettings market should think twice, says Matthew Lynn

UK house prices dipped by 0.5% in June, according to Halifax. But prices are expected to remain buoyant.

From a Grade II-listed Arts & Crafts house in Winchester, to a Victorian house set in large grounds with a hard court and a pavilion, eight of the bes…

An 18-year cycle based on land and housing drives economies and markets, says Akhil Patel. We are coming out of a mid-cycle dip and entering the final…

From a village house dating from 1590 in Godalming, set in gardens with a waterfall, to an 18th-century house overlooking Loch Scridain on the Isle of…

From a cottageon the banks of the River Avon in Salisbury, to a cottage in Dunkeld with a blue plaque commemorating the fiddler Niel Gow, eight of the…

UK house prices are rising at their fastest rate since 2004. And there’s just one thing that can burst the bubble. John Stepek explains what it is.

These two investment trusts have earned investors’ confidence since their flotations and remain solid bets, says Max King.

From an 18th-century farmhouse in Reigate to a Modernist property in Amersham, with a circular pool, eight of the best houses with swimming pools on t…

House-buyers are rushing to complete on their properties by 30 June, the end of the stamp-duty holiday.

From an 1880s boathouse on the banks of the River Thames in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, to a penthouse apartment in a converted warehouse in Shad Thames,…

With many companies are planning to adopt a “hybrid” working model once the pandemic is over, the market for office property is facing a reckoning.

From a Grade II-listed Greek Revival-style house in Wiltshire to a Georgian terrace in the grounds of Richmond Palace, eight of the best Georgian prop…

As PM, Boris Johnson is pushing through reforms that should make it easier to build more houses. As a local MP, he opposes such plans. Which of these …

UK house prices are looking dangerously expensive. John Stepek breaks down why it is rising and how higher inflation can derail the growth.

From a house with Elizabethan origins situated in over 78 acres of grounds in West Sussex, to a contemporary conversion of two grain silos in Berkshir…

A host of figures out this week confirm double-digit house-price rises in almost every area of the country bar one – London. Nicole Garcia Merida runs…

UK house prices are in full-on boom mode again. And booms can last a lot longer than you might expect. John Stepek looks at what’s driving the current…

House prices continued to boom in April, with £20,000 being added to the price of the average home in the last 12 months.

From a timber-framed hall house dating back to 1542 in Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge, to an Elizabethan farmhouse in Norfolk, eight of the best Tudor pr…

When it comes to commercial property, these three real-estate investment trusts in promising niches look most appealing, says David Stevenson.

From an 18th-century former blacksmith’s cottage in Stoke-on-Trent with 180ft of moorings for narrow boats to a converted 19th-century water tower in …

UK house prices have risen at their fastest pace in 17 years.

Houses may look very expensive, but ultra-low interest rates mean that on a monthly payment basis, they cost an awful lot less than they used to. How …