• May 9 2026
  Property sector

  Retail investors turn away from commercial property holdings

  Rising interest rates and lower demand have hit returns in the past decade

  
• May 9 2026
  UK housebuilding

  Housebuilders scale back as Iran war and interest rates mute demand

  Cuts to earnings guidance and land purchases cast doubt on whether government will meet 1.5mn new homes target

  
• May 9 2026
  FT Series

  House & Home Wellbeing & Active Living Special 2026

  How do homes hold the secret to a long and healthy life? We head to Blue Zones in Sardinia, speak to longevity doctors ‘diagnosing’ houses, gardeners working with dementia patients and farmers installing padel courts — and more

  
• May 9 2026
  Interiors

  A new chapter for reading nooks

  The window seat is once again staking its claim as a cosseted place to retreat from the world

  
• May 9 2026
  House & Home Wellbeing & Active Living Special 2026

  ‘There is so much soul to this place’: a cardiovascular scientist’s Maine lighthouse

  Martin Morad pioneered pacemaker technology, and his eclectic home on Bear Island, in the Atlantic, is a colourful tribute to his lust for life

  
• May 8 2026
  House & Home Wellbeing & Active Living Special 2026

  Sardinia has a longevity conundrum — can foreign residents help?

  The island has the world’s first Blue Zone, but its formula for a long life cannot keep its young from leaving. And an influx of newcomers is complicating the landscape

  
• May 8 2026
  HTSI

  Jonathan Anderson’s guide to London Craft Week

  The designer shares his must-sees, from pewter displays to pottery tours

  
• May 8 2026
  House & Home

  Tulip mania at Longwood Gardens is filled with tips to take home

  Despite wild temperature swings, the Pennsylvania heartland of horticulture puts on a riotous spring display, with many a trick worth imitating

  Robin Lane Fox

  
• May 7 2026
  House & Home Wellbeing & Active Living Special 2026

  Why the cool kids have fridges in their bathrooms . . . 

  . . . and bedrooms and gyms. Storing supplements, skincare and ginger shots has given rise to a burgeoning interiors trend among the worried well

  
• May 7 2026
  House & Home Wellbeing & Active Living Special 2026

  How gardening is helping those with dementia

  As the number of people with dementia crests 1mn in the UK, gardening projects to help reduce stress, improve mood and stave off cognitive decline are blossoming

  
• May 7 2026
  The HTSI guest edit: filmmaker Celine Song’s ‘beautiful inconveniences’

  Robby Hoffman: ‘I have the world’s worst Rolex’

  The writer and comedian loves her wife, her Porsche and multiples of 18

  
• May 6 2026
  Property sector

  Duke of Westminster’s real estate group to sell properties after losses in US

  Grosvenor takes writedowns on North American sites and pledges to reinvest sale proceeds in joint ventures

  
• May 6 2026
  Property sector

  Landlords and second-home buyers squeezed by stamp duty surcharge

  Buyers of additional properties now pay the lion’s share of SDLT in most English local authorities

  
• May 6 2026
  House & Home Wellbeing & Active Living Special 2026

  Hot property: five homes for sale in the Basque country

  Homes in the cycling and walking hotspot — from a refurbished 17th-century villa to a modern house overlooking the bay of Txingudi

  
• May 6 2026
  House & Home Wellbeing & Active Living Special 2026

  ‘It’s quite womblike’ — how psychotherapists design their consulting rooms

  As more consultations take place in private homes, professionals share the secrets of their decor decisions

  
• May 5 2026
  House & Home Wellbeing & Active Living Special 2026

  Padel is a new cash cow for farmers

  Repurposing agricultural barns as courts for the UK’s fastest growing sport is becoming a popular revenue stream

  
• May 5 2026
  House & Home Wellbeing & Active Living Special 2026

  Does your home need a doctor?

  Architects, designers and homeowners are turning to medical consultants to help ‘diagnose’ health issues in the home, and weave longevity into its fabric

  
• May 5 2026
  US economy

  ‘An existential crisis’: residents pay for Nashville boom

  Tennessee policy attracts corporations and high earners but locals are being priced out of Music City

  
• May 4 2026
  Gardens

  Can gardens really save the world?

  The climate zeitgeist is turning to backyards, but better ratings and rewards are needed to convince us all of their true power

  Sarah Langford

  
• May 3 2026
  Artificial intelligence

  Banks seek to offload risk to avoid ‘choking’ on data centre debt

  Global lenders explore private deals and risk transfers to cut exposure to AI boom

  
• May 2 2026
  UK housebuilding

  English councils to trial Google AI tool to speed up planning decisions

  Artificial intelligence will make recommendations on whether to grant or refuse projects

  
• May 2 2026
  House & Home

  Striped awnings and the city

  South of France chic is being embraced by global urbanites keen to bring the holiday vibe home

  
• May 2 2026
  UK property

  ‘Blue urbanism’ — a key to England’s housing undersupply?

  Canal-side developments in east London, Bristol, Liverpool and elsewhere are helping to meet building targets — but it’s not all smooth waters

  
• May 2 2026
  HTSI

  HTSI editor’s letter: what signals summer for you?

  For the editor, the season begins with cloudless skies, the seaside and a favourite denim shirt 

  
• May 1 2026
  Environment

  The best ways to future-proof your home from energy shocks

  As war in the Middle East sends household bills soaring, more people are considering defensive tactics to mitigate volatile fossil fuel prices in the long term