Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer

Cookies on FT Sites

We use cookies for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.

Accept & continue
Manage cookies
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
myFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • Americas
    • Middle East and North Africa
    Most Read
    • Protests rock Minneapolis for second night after officer kills black man
    • How French companies are also being hit hard by Brexit
    • NHS England starts offering Moderna jabs
    • UK told to use new telecoms suppliers after Huawei’s 5G exit
    • Heathrow to treble taxi pick-up fee from July
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    Most Read
    • Johnson & Johnson delays vaccine rollout in Europe after US health agencies call for pause
    • Coronavirus: Pfizer expects to meet US supply target ahead of schedule as authorities halt use of J&J shot - as it happened
    • Protests rock Minneapolis for second night after officer kills black man
    • Leon Black attended Apollo Global meeting days after resignation
    • Taiwan dollar drops with US set to apply currency manipulator tag
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • Johnson & Johnson delays vaccine rollout in Europe after US health agencies call for pause
    • Toshiba chief to step down after $20bn CVC bid sparks board coup
    • Virgin Atlantic boss warns of long-term hit to business travel
    • Goldman Sachs to open Birmingham office in tech push
    • Leon Black attended Apollo Global meeting days after resignation
  • Tech
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    Most Read
    • Private lenders to emerging markets face threat
    • Tech stocks and Treasuries rise as investors look past inflation data
    • Bonds of China’s largest bad debt investor plunge to record low
    • United Airlines to repay some of its US government bailout
    • Further reading
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • Deutsche Bank dodges bullets and goes mainstream
    • Larry Summers: ‘I’m concerned that what is being done is substantially excessive’
    • Unilever’s ‘skin lightening’ cream tests its purpose
    • The secret force revealed by muons may be science’s oldest
    • It’s creepy that AI is teaching workers to be more human
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    Most Read
    • A reading list to prepare for a post-pandemic age
    • What a bleak AI future tells us about how to work now
    • The cross-border pitfalls of ‘working from anywhere’
    • FWD’s Huynh Thanh Phong: ‘You have to find the right way to connect’
    • FT launches its annual business book prize
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • A complete guide to the healthy home
    • Delighted of Tunbridge Wells: housing market thrives in the spa town
    • Back to business: how to create the perfect home office
    • Why you should bet on London
    • From snark to dark: how harassment took over the internet
  • How to Spend It
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • US
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • How to Spend It
Financial Times
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe

Francesca Steele

Add to myFT Digest

Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

  • Friday, 18 July, 2014
    Life & Arts
    Winnipeg, Canada: a good place to do business

    The vibrant, multicultural city has several major developments in the pipeline, helping fuel strong demand for homes

  • Friday, 11 July, 2014
    Life & Arts
    Hampstead: the heath is on for French buyers

    Bilingual school is helping to attract foreign influx to the north London area

  • Friday, 30 May, 2014
    Life & Arts
    Scale of three cities

    A new report suggests that high-end homes in the UK capital are still competitively priced in comparison with its two rivals

  • Friday, 2 May, 2014
    Life & Arts
    Venice: your palace or mine?

    As the country’s economy improves, Italians are picking up coveted investments such as palazzo conversions

  • Friday, 25 April, 2014
    House & Home
    Houston’s well-oiled property market

    Prices in the metropolitan area have risen 29 per cent since 2006, before the US housing crisis began

  • Friday, 18 April, 2014
    Life & Arts
    Aberdeen, the city outpacing London

    Average house prices are now over 5 per cent higher than just a year ago, according to Rettie & Co, a Scottish estate agent – and 120 per cent higher than 10 years ago – the biggest regional percentage rise in the UK

  • Friday, 11 April, 2014
    Life & Arts
    Resource rich: Australia

    An influx of interstate and foreign workers saw prices in the city rise 113 per cent between 2003 and 2013

  • Friday, 4 April, 2014
    UK property
    Check-in to home comforts

    Shrewd hoteliers have begun to sell up to property developers hoping to return the buildings to their former glory

  • Friday, 21 March, 2014
    Life & Arts
    Inspection gadgets

    Buyers are being wooed with new devices, from a floor-plan sunshine indicator to an app for viewing brochures in 3D

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 28 February, 2014
    House & Home
    London property: booming boroughs

    First-time buyers, home movers and buy-to-let investors advised to look at ‘mid-tier’ areas for the highest price growth

  • Friday, 7 February, 2014
    House & Home
    Canada property: Nova Scotia’s ship comes in
  • Friday, 31 January, 2014
    House & Home
    Dubai property: a new fear of heights

    Prices are booming again, prompting curbs to prevent a bubble

  • Friday, 10 January, 2014
    Life & Arts
    Russia property: rural idyll, Moscow style

    The Anglicised appearance of new-build developments in places like Razdory is no accident

  • Friday, 6 December, 2013
    Life & Arts
    Brazil property: The other Bardot beach

    Family-friendly and fashionable, the cosmopolitan resort was made popular by the French actress in the 1960s

  • Friday, 29 November, 2013
    Life & Arts
    New Zealand property: Waiheke Island

    The once sleepy backwater is increasingly popular with commuters and second-home buyers

  • Friday, 8 November, 2013
    House & Home
    UK property: Slope off to the Highlands
  • Friday, 1 November, 2013
    House & Home
    Brixton sets out its stall

    Regeneration schemes have transformed the south London suburb, with prices up 30 per cent in five years

Previous You are on page 1 Next

Useful links

Support

View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

FT LiveShare News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsGroup SubscriptionsRepublishingContracts & Tenders
Executive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on TwitterFT TransactSecondary Schools

Tools

PortfolioToday's Newspaper (ePaper)Alerts HubBusiness School Rankings
Enterprise ToolsNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter
More from the FT Group
Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2021. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Financial Times

International Edition

  • Switch to UK Edition
  • Top sections
  • Home
  • World
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • Americas
    • Middle East and North Africa
  • US
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
    • Next Act
  • How to Spend It
  • Special Reports
  • FT recommends
  • Graphics
  • Lex
  • Alphaville
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • FTfm
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • Today's Newspaper (ePaper)
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In