You’ve just been to the office Christmas party. You snogged Ingrid from accounts, called your boss a fat fool, and set your face on fire with a badly aimed flaming Sambuca.
It hasn’t been your finest hour, and now you’re wandering the cold and frosty streets with a dead mobile, half a bottle of Pernod, tinsel [...]

Don’t know about you, but I can’t say I find the words “partially converted” very reassuring … not when it comes to a nuclear bunker.
It’s bad enough now, but how hard is it going to be to find a builder after a full scale nuclear attack? (”Sorry mate, can’t start this week, all my tools [...]

With every man and his blog listing Christmas gift ideas, who are we to ignore that particular bandwagon? So jump on board the Winging It Blog gift guide to …
10 Duck Themed Presents For The Anatidaephile In Your Life
(That’s ‘waterfowl lover’ to you and me - which is illegal in some countries so careful [...]

Roll up, roll up, ladeez and gen-tel-men …
It has oodles of history, fantastic sea views, plenty of privacy and no real neighbours to speak of. And if you live here you’re unlikely to be bothered by door-stopping salesmen.
Totland Pier on the Isle of Wight, a slightly dilapidated Victorian charmer that rolls up its trouser legs [...]

“First, I’d like to get the confession out of the way. I’m an estate agent. As the rain lashes against the office window and the phones remain mute I can almost feel the waves of antipathy rolling my way …”
So begins an amusingly downbeat piece in last Sunday’s Observer by an unnamed estate agent who [...]

Are you a financier who raked in a multi-million dollar fortune during the boom?
Bored with your world class art collection, your international portfolio of prime properties, your string of thoroughbred Polo ponies?
Looking for an interesting way to spend some of the $350m you amassed during the wonder years?
Well step forward, my much misunderstood Master of [...]

The housing market has had a torrid time of it this year, but how will it fare in 2009?
Will prices keep falling? And how long for? Will rate cuts boost transaction levels?
Click the link below to let us know your housing market predictions for 2009:
What Will Happen To The Housing Market In 2009?

Cats definitely have the marmite factor. Depending on your experience with them they’re either a) adorable bundles of fur or b) hairy evil monsters.
I tend to sway towards b), especially following I’m going to climb up your legs even though I can see you’re wearing shorts and I’m going to bat [...]

The Bank of England has cut interest rates by an unprecedented 1.5 per cent.
The reaction from housing market professionals to the interest rate cut has been both surprise and delight - though there is concern that lenders will not pass the cut onto consumers.
Will the rate cut be enough to encourage buyers back to the [...]

I know, you’re all probably sick of the whole US Presidential election. But rejoice readers; it’s all over now! And we couldn’t let it pass without some tenuous property-related blog now could we?
So even as Barack Obama is chasing George Bush around the grounds of the White House shouting “get orf moi laaaaand”, here are [...]