Lifestyle
The Great Escape: How to move to the country
As the much-vaunted 'value gap' finally starts to show signs of narrowing, fleeing the Big Smoke will be high on clients' agendas this year.
The Story of Mayfair: Wetherell writes the book
People sometimes say that self-proclaimed Mayfair Guru Peter Wetherell wrote the book on prime W1 property; well now he literally has.
Luxury holiday home-swap outfit gets into bed with Ritz-Carlton
'Reciprocal travel club' 3RD HOME, which facilities swapsies between owners of luxury holiday homes, has teamed up with The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club to up the ante on perks for members of both outfits.
Largest of Scotland’s Summer Isles comes up for sale
One of the finest private islands in the UK has just come up for sale, with a price tag of nearly £2m.
Local Heroes: Why estate agents are the heartbeat of a community
It probably takes more bottle to dress up as the Easter Bunny in Wimbledon than to climb Kilimanjaro for charity, says Peter Knight of Agents Giving, and it can reap greater rewards for a business in…
Winkworth renews music festival sponsorship deal
Winkworth is getting behind botanically-based boogie woogie Kew The Music for the fourth year running.
Anatomy of a Billionaire: Spending habits of the ultra-rich
The average billionaire - worth £1.79 billion, married with 2.1 children - spends just 3% of his/her wealth on residential property. That £53.
This Business is Personal: What buying agents can learn from matchmakers
Two Houses: Sometimes even the star cross'd need professional help
The best places to live in Britain are…
Skipton in North Yorkshire, Newnham in Cambridge, Monmouth in Wales and Falmouth in Cornwall have been named as "The Best Places to Live" in Britain by The Sunday Times.
The Doer-Upper goes bargain hunting in St Tropez
Buying a house in France is one thing, says Alan Page; owning it under Monsieur Hollande's regime is quite another. Which means that Riviera brokers' books are bulging with unsold second homes;
How much does it cost to run a large country house for a year?
Bible of rural existence Country Life has been totting up all the pesky bills that go along with owning a pastoral idyll. It's pretty scary.
Something in the Air: Shropshire heritage triumphs over the turbine
Double celebrations for William Cash as he celebrates both his recent nuptials and a big win for localism and the Shropshire landscape.