Property market

To buy cheap art, buy architecture

15 July 2017 9:00 am

Of the 375,000 listed buildings in England only 2.5 per cent are Grade I. Half are churches; many are otherwise…

House-hunting in Cobham has driven me to the verge of insanity

4 July 2015 9:00 am

This much I know, I never want to live in an ‘executive home’, and neither do I want to live…

I salute the wisdom of young Scots on independence (they’re voting No, by the way)

7 June 2014 9:00 am

It’s a constant theme of this column that today’s young need to stop whingeing about their prospects and get on…

Why are we turning London into Dubai?

8 March 2014 9:00 am

If you’ve ever wondered what it will look like when we colonise Mars, the answer is ‘Dubai’. I was there…

A dying estate agent helped me see the light

4 January 2014 9:00 am

A dying estate agent helped me to see the light

A windfall tax on monster basements could solve London’s housing problem

31 August 2013 9:00 am

The mega-rich are best housed behind high fences, on wooded estates patrolled by dogs; that way, they don’t have to…