Miscellanea
Venice had its own ‘Airbnb problem’ during the Renaissance – here’s how it coped
The week's revelation that London now has one Airbnb listing for every two hotel rooms, together with new analysis of the platform's extraordinary impact on Edinburgh (the city's 12,000 Airbnb listings…
Firefighters commandeer Richmond scheme’s luxury leisure complex to tackle nearby inferno
The London Fire Brigade found an unusual source of water to help douse a major hotel fire on Richmond Hill this week - the opulent pool at London Square's redevelopment of The Star and Garter...
Old rectories & manor houses ‘offer the best value for money’; barn conversions are the priciest ‘quintessentially English’ homes per square foot
Big manor houses and old rectories tend to be the most expensive "quintessentially English" homes in a village, but they're a fair bit cheaper per square foot than cottages or barn conversions, says Jackson-Stops.
How Luxury Developers Use a Loophole to Build Soaring Towers for the Ultrarich in NY
Matthew Haag reveals how high-rise property developers are exploiting a 'planning loophole' to add extra storeys to tall towers, for the New York Times
Resi performance bolsters Carter Jonas’ Model Estate
Property consultancy's notional agricultural estate saw its total value drop by 1.7% last year, despite positive performance from residential elements.
Why the UK property market needs to embrace the social media habits of its US counterparts
A trip to La La Land opens investor Bruce Burkett's eyes to the massive brand-building potential of social media...
What do UK homebuyers most regret compromising on?
Which? survey quizzed 1,200 homebuyers on the concessions they made when choosing a property - and those they later came to rue...
Heritage specialist launches new service for homeowners
Cliveden Conservation makes a move into the domestic market, launching a range of specialist survey packages for the owners of historic, listed and traditionally constructed buildings
The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It
Luxury is its own market, but who shops there? Who sells there? What's the best strategy?
Fraudster jailed over Fulham house sale scam
'Sophisticated' attack duped solicitor into sending purchase funds to a bogus account
London’s new charge on polluting vehicles – here’s everything you need to know
The new Ultra-Low Emissions Zone comes into force today, covering the same locations as the previous Congestion Charge - but it is set to expand to cover a much wider area of the capital in 2021.
Rent or Buy: Does the British obsession with home ownership pay off?
Professors Colin Jones and Abdulkader Mostafa of Heriot-Watt University and Edinburgh Business School have explored the bottom-line implications of buying a home rather than renting.