Ok, look, I’m not completely mad – I do know that finance is a big issue at the moment, and that many people are concerned about job security. But it’s not all doom and gloom.
Lenders are beginning to loosen up just a smidgen – and if you have the money to hand, the market is [...]

Brookside Close – the whole thing – is going under the hammer today.  All 13 properties on Merseyside’s most famous cul-de-sac are being sold at auction with a guide price of £550,000- £600,000.
It seems quite fitting that the number of houses is an unlucky 13.
Previous residents have suffered an entire catalogue of disasters including a [...]

Actually, spend about 500,000 pennies and you could become the proud owner of this ex-public convenience in Parcllyn, Ceredigion.

The blurb states that it could be used as parking and/or storage, but come on, with a bit of imagination surely we can do better than that?
I’d rebrand it as ”LooLand – The Great British Public Convenience [...]

A recent photo-feature in the NY Daily News focused on 15 Central Park West, an extremely exclusive residential block overlooking the park.
It does look quite magnificent, in that ultra-swanky, elegant way that New York skyscrapers possess despite their magnitude.
But I’m more captivated by the residents of 15 CPW.  Well, one current resident, one wannabe, and [...]

Poor old Phil Spencer. It turns out that even he’s been a victim of the all-encompassing credit crunch, and has been forced to downscale his property business empire. Poor lamb.
Okay, that’s maybe a bit harsh.  And I actually really like Phil. There’s something very endearing about him, I think.

But is it cynical of me to [...]

During WWII the Ministry of Information printed bright red signs with this ‘chin up’ message.
Now a Tunbridge Wells estate agent has dusted one off and placed it in his front window.
Full marks, we say, to the folks at  Alexandre Boyes for their wry sense of humour … and well done, too, for a clever piece [...]

When markets fall people get nervous, sit on the sidelines and wait for things to bottom out.
Calling the low point of a market is, however, very tricky, which is why most experts will tell you that the best possible scenario is to buy close to the bottom – better to make a small short-term loss [...]

It was Miguel de Cervante’s birthday yesterday (happy birthday Mig, me old mucker) and so in honour of his most famous character Don Quixote, here are a few choice windmills for sale for him to tilt at.

Sadly they’re all lacking their sails, but I’m sure the Don would still have had a pop at them [...]

No, it’s not a regular blog posting (yet), but to be quite honest, with the amount of dubious data out there it easily could be.
The questionable claim that has caught my eye on this occasion comes courtesy of a survey into the saving habits of first-time buyers.
Finance site Fairinvestment.co.uk surveyed around 2,500 individuals and found [...]

Amy Winehouse is reportedly saying No, no, no to London life and upping sticks to a sedate village in the Suffolk countryside.
Tired of the temptations of the Capital, and in a bid to get her life back on track, the singer is supposedly just days away from completing on the purchase of a seven-bed period [...]