Property

Demand for offices and retail space in London continued to fall during the first quarter of the year, according to the Q1 2019 RICS UK Commercial Property Market Survey. Alongside this, anecdotal evidence suggests uncertainty over Brexit continues to deter investors and occupiers across the board. London’s retail sector continued to struggle during the first quarter of the year, with 65% more commercial surveyors in the region reporting a decline rather than rise in demand from occupiers for retail space....

Cleaning and renovating any property is a long and arduous process. It can be hard to lower the costs while increasing your return on investment. Thankfully, it doesn't have to consume all of your money or time. Here are six efficient tips that can help you improve your property while increasing its income potential. Turn it Into a Fixer Upper The average renovation costs less than $40,000 (£30,649). That doesn't mean all renovations cost the same though. Some renovations cost...

Croydon Hall in Somerset is being investigated after claims it is being used for swinger’s events where 20 to 55 year olds slip into body stockings at 10.30pm, venture to 'playrooms' and spill out into the gardens at 3am

Janet Marchant, 67, from Southend-on-Sea says her life has become a misery since a new taxi runway was opened at the bottom of her garden in 2017

Janine Renshaw-Beauchamp, from Cirencester, said the door had "always been colourful".

Just 25,000 landowners – typically members of the aristocracy and corporations – have control of half of the country, according to new data shared with the Guardian. The findings show that owners such as the Duke of Buccleuch, the Queen, several large grouse moor estates and the entrepreneur James Dyson own an “astonishingly unequal” proportion of the country. If land were distributed evenly across the entire population, each person would have almost an acre – an area roughly the size...

The US and the UK are two of the strongest economies in the world and this can be seen in all industries and market sectors. Real estate is no exception. Powered by the record rates of legal immigration, both countries are seeing a massive surge in the demand for quality housing. According to the latest estimates, 37 million people move into the US every year, while in the UK the foreign-born population nearly doubled from 2004 to 2017. But in...

Houses within walking distance of a Wetherspoons sell for 27% less than the local average. We've all heard of the Waitrose Effect, which sees property near one of the up-market stores boosted by as much as £36,000 - with this in mind, Mojo Mortgages wondered if there's any other similar effects that exist in the housing world. They compared the prices of houses sold in the last 12 months within walking distance of a Wetherspoon pub to the average in...

Boleskine House in Foyers on the banks of Loch Lomond, Highlands, used to be owned by Aleister Crowley, who is said to have practiced black magic at the property between 1899 and 1933.