• November 23 2023
  The downsizer’s dilemma

  Rising cost pressures on bigger houses and a dearth of suitable smaller properties have trapped many would-be movers

  
• November 9 2023
  Hot property: five homes for sale in Yorkshire

  From a refurbished castle said to have hosted Mary Queen of Scots to a country house with a Unesco-recognised water garden

  
• November 2 2023
  ‘It’s really flourishing’: Glasgow draws graduates back to the city

  Revivals in both industry and the arts — and relatively low prices for good-quality homes — entice buyers to the Scottish city

  
• October 20 2023
  High schools and the High Weald: the appeal of south-west Kent

  Families and downsizers are drawn to Tunbridge Wells and its surrounding villages, but higher interest rates are taking a toll

  
• October 13 2023
  House & Home

  Why homes near top state schools are attracting fee-paying parents

  Labour’s pledge to add VAT to private school fees if elected is causing some families to reassess their finances — and helping drive demand in good state catchment areas

  
• October 11 2023
  Hot property: five homes for sale in Suffolk

  From a farmhouse immortalised in literature to a town house by the sea in Southwold

  
• September 27 2023
  New homes are part of Camden Town’s revamp

  A raft of housing developments is being built in London’s former epicentre of hip — but sales are slowing

  
• September 22 2023
  FT Series

  City Living Special

  In our celebration of city life, we follow in the footsteps of Ian Nairn on a tour of London’s Modernist masterpieces; get an FT reporter’s take on the real profits of an urban allotment; meet the homebuyers who chose the authentic Parisian vibes of Le Marais; look past Oxford’s dreaming spires to its eastern areas; and ask, can a city ever really die?

  
• September 22 2023
  FT SeriesCity Living Special

  Homebuyers look beyond the ‘dreaming spires’ to Oxford’s east

  With lower prices than in the centre, neighbourhoods such as Cowley and Iffley draw young families and professionals

  
• September 1 2023
  Prime property

  Cash buyers wield a new level of power in the property market

  The ability to pay upfront earns preference and price cuts, while those with mortgages go to the back of the queue

  
• August 30 2023
  Joy Lo Dico

  Who gets to keep the castle?

  A Scottish redevelopment of a spendthrift’s seat raises the question of what to do with the stranded trappings of privilege

  
• August 22 2023
  House & Home

  ‘Modestly beautiful’ Rutland hit by rising interest rates

  The county’s schools make it popular with families and the reservoir is a water sport haven — but property sales are slowing

  
• August 10 2023
  Hot property: five Scottish estates for sale

  From a clifftop castle overlooking the sea to a mansion with salmon fishing rights

  
• August 3 2023
  House & Home

  Are Scotland’s rent controls working?

  Neither tenants nor landlords are happy as the country’s rental crisis deepens

  
• July 27 2023
  Hot property: five homes for sale in Hampshire’s New Forest

  From a former milking parlour to an 18th-century barn conversion

  
• July 19 2023
  Surging prices hit a sticky wicket in St John’s Wood

  From catching the cricket to securing a school place, the north London area remains popular despite rising mortgage rates — for those who can afford it

  
• July 12 2023
  House & Home

  The Five Valleys offer buyers an arty alternative to the north Cotswolds

  Prices were rising fast in the countryside around Stroud but interest rate rises have hit the market hard

  
• July 6 2023
  Hot property: five homes for sale in Northern Ireland

  From a Grade II-listed house with views over a lough to a home with a full-size grass tennis court

  
• June 21 2023
  Hampshire havens in the Test Valley

  Thatched cottages, fly fishing and good schools are key to the area’s appeal but finding a home is not always easy — especially as mortgage rates rise

  
• June 3 2023
  FT SeriesSunshine Living Special

  Not so far from the madding crowd: Dorset’s homebuying allure

  Less remote than Cornwall, the English coastal area appeals to those in search of nature and quiet, to some locals’ chagrin

  
• May 25 2023
  Bloom or bust: homebuyers are still chuffed with Chelsea

  Sales have slowed in the enclave that hosts the Flower Show but prices are attractive compared with other high-end London areas

  
• May 18 2023
  As the river flows, Henley’s housing market slows

  Home sales sink in the Thameside regatta town but clubs and businesses are benefiting from the rise of homeworkers

  
• April 18 2023
  UK house prices

  Central London house prices suffer biggest annual fall since 2019

  Property values in prime areas of the UK capital declined 5% in March on a year earlier

  
• April 14 2023
  London stalling: inside the prime property stalemate

  Many sellers refuse to cut prices and buyers wait it out as concerns over inflation, interest rates and the banking sector mount

  
• March 16 2023
  House & Home

  Hot property: five homes for sale in Kent

  From a Georgian town house in Deal with views of the sea to an estate near Dover with its own vineyard