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How to build the perfect country house (part one): New possibilities
An extraordinary and little-noticed change has swept over the countryside in the past 10 years.
‘These houses cost an arm, leg & lung’: Air pollution tool encourages London house-hunters to cut property prices
Londoners are being urged to use air pollution data to drive down house prices and rents; "this is going to be industry standard", says the NAEA's chief
RIBA launches weekly ‘live magazine’ at 66 Portland Place
Held at the Institute's iconic Art Deco HQ each Wednesday evening, The Architects Underground is aimed at 'everyone who has a love of, an interest in or an opinion on architecture and design'
‘Coastal residents may need to systematically retreat’
The Global Commission on Adaptation - led by Ban Ki-Moon, Bill Gates and Kristalina Georgieva - has warned that "coastal residents may need to systematically retreat" as a result of climate change and…
Spectator competition winners: If Shakespeare had been an estate agent
How would The Bard have sold a house? Would Hemingway, Thoreau or Pinter have been able to stir up interest with syntax alone?
Ignore liveable cities rankings – they do citizens a disservice by trying to quantify urban life
Ranking different cities against each other according to specific criteria destroys the essence of that city as a whole, argues Oli Mould
Ranked: The world’s ‘most liveable’ cities in 2019
Vienna, Melbourne and Sydney have been named 2019's "most liveable cities" by The Economist's Intelligence Unit, after securing high scores for stability, healthcare, culture & environment, education and…
FT – Millennial movers: how young tech tycoons are shaking up the prime housing market
Buyers flush with tech fortunes are changing the face of high-end property, writes Judith Evans in the Financial Times
Bogus billionaire infiltrates London’s super-prime market
Artist and writer gained access to some of the most coveted addresses in the capital as part of a 'longitudinal study' into the high-end real estate sector for a socialist newspaper...
Energy efficiency charges up home-owners’ priorities
As the Government consults on mandatory EV chargepoints for new-build homes, Jackson-Stops asks home-owners about their energy priorities
PCL agency Aston Chase partners with luxury short-term rental firm
Tie-up with HNW vacation specialist Veeve provides the firm's clients with access to the lucrative short-let market;
Developer Yoo teams up with travel company for luxury holiday rental JV
John Hitchcox's design-led property firm Yoo has formed a joint venture with a travel company, opening up over 80 of its luxury residential developments around the world to holiday rentals.