The Fortress Complex: How the West became obsessed with home security
Sarah Blandy and Rowland Atkinson examine why homeowners are increasingly feeling the need to “fort-up”, and how this trend is influencing domestic architecture…
The 12 Long Reads of Christmas
A rundown of 2017’s most popular and insightful features for your festive entertainment…
The top ten property books to buy this Christmas
Our favourite Mayfair bookshop, Heywood Hill, picks ten cracking reads for prime resi professionals…
Market Snapshot: Virginia Water & The Surrey Hills
Demand for homes is still strong in Surrey’s affluent enclaves, reports Knight Frank, but property price growth is limited.
New test to help creatures great and small
Developers rejoice as Natural England comes up with a simple way to identify the presence of great crested newts on sites earmarked for housing
London’s new tube map: Crossrail, one year out
Services on London’s new East-West Elizabeth Line are due to begin this time next year…
Ranked: ‘The best places to live in Britain’
Hart in Hampshire named as the location with the best quality of like in the UK, followed by the Orkney Islands.
The UK’s first Bitcoin property deals go through
Property Group Go Holdings has sold two houses in Bitcoin for a combined equivalent value of £945,000
Westminster investigating 1,500 properties in AirBnB crackdown
Borough launches four-strong task force after recording 126% rise in AirBnB lettings in two years
Commissioning Bespoke: What can possibly go wrong?
The practicalities to consider when sourcing artisan craft and truly bespoke fittings and finishes…
Prized Astor family collection goes under the hammer after Scottish estate sale
Tillypronie deal releases “the finest collection of sporting and ornithological art to come to the market in over 20 years”
Which are the UK’s most sustainable residential developers?
Big names recognised for doing the right things in annual NextGeneration rundown…