Format: Feature
Comedy of Manors: Why William Cash is banning the WI
Opening a historic home to the public is no tea party, discovers William Cash as he gets into hot water with the W.I. during a Wodehouse-worthy episode at Upton Cressett.
House Tales: Holdenby House, Northamptonshire
Whatever became of this extraordinary palace, once hailed as the country's largest private house? The National Archives' Nicholas Kingsley investigates..
Right to Supply: Why Help to Buy isn’t the answer
The Help to Buy Scheme may be a brave effort, says Trevor Abrahmsohn, but the Government needs to deal with the banks and the planners if it really wants to provoke a healthier property market...
Town or Country: Where is best for families?
While rural and semi-rural locations provide the most family-friendly locations, the highest concentrations of families are found in urban areas, says Sophie Chick in Savills' latest Residential Property…
Car Trouble: How London’s parking shortage is driving developers up the walls
As a single parking space hits the market with a record £300k price tag and a new report reveals how councils are raking in vast profits from parking fines, Sheila McCusker explains how developers are …
Isle of Wealth: London’s property market Vs the rest of the UK
London's wealth is yet to flow out into the regions, says Lucian Cook in the latest Savills Residential Property Focus
Lobby Talk: Why a stubborn Government breeds corruption
Amoral lobbying is just a symptom of a broken consultation system, says London Central Portfolio's Naomi Heaton after an eye-opening experience on the Ensuring the Fair Taxation of Residential Property Tr…
Fair Trade: Behind the scenes at Masterpiece London 2013
It's hard to believe that Masterpiece London is only four years old, such is the fair's presence in the social calendar
Where is Kensington’s One Hyde Park?
The lack of decent schemes in W8 has not gone unnoticed by the capital's army of canny developers. Camilla Dell investigates the new crop of prime projects vying to tempt the Knightsbridge crowd..
Prime central London property prices “vulnerable” to a 20% drop
Prime central London's property market is in a bubble, albeit a modest one, and is now vulnerable to a correction that could see prices tumble by up to 20%, according to a new research report by Development…
Succession planning up in the heir for most HNW families
With a remarkable sense of timing (you may have heard some whispers of a Royal baby recently) Coutts has done some in-depth research into the inheritance and succession plans of Britain's high net worth…
Vive Londres! French buyers head East
Did you know the French population in London has increased by 75% over the last ten years? The new Residential Research Director of Hamptons International, Fionnuala Earley, investigates French buying …