London property

The new UK head of CBRE says the advisory firm should do more with its clients and that the UK and Ireland are “right at an inflection point”

Organised gangs are scamming the owners of rental properties in London so they can more easily engage in activities such as fraud and prostitution

Plus, advice on claiming expenses for work carried out to prepare a rental home for a new tenant

The US private equity giant will become the landlord’s second-biggest shareholder after the deal, which includes nine ‘megasheds’ and 32 trading estates

Plus an old granary in Kent, a baronial castle near Gleneagles, a Tudor house in Suffolk, a French eco-house and a Bahamian beachfront estate

With her impeccable eye for colour, the ceramicist Christabel MacGreevy has transformed her north London flat on a shoestring

Freddie Tomlinson, heir to a £525 million fortune, acquired Mone’s Georgian-fronted home, unlocking the sale after frozen assets were partially released

Plus, a Norfolk annexe, a glamorous Lancashire mansion, a cutting-edge Borders smart home, a sun-soaked Spanish villa, a French chalet and an Italian tower

Fiona Ellis doesn’t do ‘normal’. She transformed her outside space into a tropical garden and her house into a dark and moody home inspired by Biba

The comedian reflects on life in his cherished north London, meeting his wife on QI and coming to terms with childhood trauma