May 26, 2012

In a race to nowhere

Illustration of cars racing towards a finish line ©Chris Rice

Estate agents have devised crafty ways of keeping eager buyers on their toes

illustration of property and a clock ©Chris Rice May 12, 2012

Monopoly and the real property game

The 100-year-old diversion has almost no resonance with today’s housing market

©Chris Rice May 5, 2012

Keep your house above water

It is impressive how some coastal communities threatened with erosion have been taking matters into their own hands

Illustration of division of wealth ©Tim Marrs Apr 28, 2012

Divide and concur

The fear that the next generation will fail to protect their inheritance is on the rise among the world’s wealthy

An illustration by Chris Rice ©Chris Rice Apr 21, 2012

Counting down the seconds

The US’s attraction is taken as a given, however burdensome the tax policies

Illustration showing a man raising his hat to a house ©Nishant Choski Apr 14, 2012

Buyers behaving badly

Whipping out a tape measure on a first viewing can be a source of irritation for sellers

An illustration by Chris Rice ©Chris Rice Apr 7, 2012

In a hole? It’s time to stop digging

In London’s smartest areas the cost of excavating basement space is only £500 per sq ft

Illustration for 'Tax the frivolities, not the properties' ©Chris Rice Mar 30, 2012

Tax the frivolities, not the properties

If you can afford a Rococo-style copper roof on your dog’s kennel, then you should be able to pay a top-rate tax for it

heat loss illustration ©Chris Rice/Private View Mar 23, 2012

A window on energy efficiency

Properly maintained traditional windows can be efficient for hundreds of years

Place naming illustration ©Thomas Phillips Mar 16, 2012

The town formerly known as Toad Suck

Town planners have long figured out that if you made an area sound like something, it becomes it

Mar 10, 2012

Mansion tax and other easy targets

Non-dom/non-res buyers are perceived to be driving up property prices and not paying their fair share of taxes

Mar 3, 2012

Property sex wars

Getting a purchase right requires a delicate balance between the ambitions of heart and head

Feb 24, 2012

Piles of gold

The self-flagellating/self-serving paradox has become a staple of executive speak during the financial crisis

Nov 25, 2011

Speculative bubble or Olympian squib?

The estate agent in all of us has sniffed the chance of turning a quick buck during the Games

Nov 11, 2011

Perspective: drip-feed or bloodbath?

Neither a guillotine approach nor a slow strangulation of lending is a solution when dealing with a borrower who can’t play ball

Oct 28, 2011

Unpleasant fight over a green and pleasant land

The country needs more homes and, just as cities cannot grow indefinitely larger, rural villages cannot remain indefinitely small

Oct 7, 2011

Measuring the pay gap in square feet

The days when the boss’s manor house served as an imposing reminder of the power structure are gone, writes Ed Hammond

Perspective

The Perspective column gives a tangential view of the property world. It is written, mostly, by the FT’s Property Correspondent Ed Hammond.

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