‘I’ve spent millions on my 5,000-acre estate – and I don’t even own it’
In 2016, David Howden CBE, an insurance magnate, was in the market to buy an estate when he encountered Grade...
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‘I’d sell my house before my beach huts’: Britain’s seaside shed obsession
She describes the decision as life-changing: “I think the power of the sea is completely underestimated. It’s immensely therapeutic.”When she...
The truth behind house raffles enticing desperate buyers
In most cases, the excuse is written in the small print: not enough tickets sold to meet the threshold. A...
How influencers and tech billionaires are reshaping London’s super-prime property market
Ice rinks, nightclubs, infrared saunas and digital-detox zones: millennials have entered the super-prime London housing market.Properties worth £10m and more...
Desperate developers offer freebies to offload luxury flats
Housebuilders are offering to pay buyers’ estate agent fees in a desperate attempt to offload luxury new-builds.Oakley, a developer in...
House prices in biggest monthly fall since 2018
Buyer confidence has been undermined by high interest rates, inflation and speculation over what John Healey, the new Chancellor, might...
Multimillion-pound homes ‘risk £500k plunge in value’
Prices in London’s most expensive postcodes have dropped by more than a quarter since 2014, according to Savills.Aneisha Beveridge, Connells’...
The collapse of boomers’ million-pound property dream
Others are wary that the market could fall even further and want to sell so that they can put the...
The collapse of boomers’ million-pound property dream
Others are wary that the market could fall even further and want to sell so that they can put the...
Aspiring homeowners’ dreams are being exploited by social landlords
Parliament originally intended that shared ownership should provide a stepping stone to full home ownership for those starting out with...
