Carol Lewis

Liverpool: home of the Liver birds, the Beatles and the Labour Party conference. After several years of scant housing debate on the fringe circuit at the Labour conference, this year the party made

Forget bitcoin or Faang stocks. The best investment I have made is my flat, which has increased in value tenfold since I bought it almost 30 years ago. It’s no

Joan from Michigan is going to be my inspiration from now on. I met the octogenarian last weekend on a walking holiday in the Peak District. She is a keen hiker

Of the Londoners who moved out of the city in the first half of this year, about a third were first-time buyers

With the rental sector at crisis point, it’s time for a bitter pill

I sit writing this huddled in a jumper with a cold nose and freezing feet. No, I’m not working from home in some sub-Arctic region. Outside, people are wearing

The government needs to tackle the root causes of inflation rather than use the housing market as a political football

The markets are in turmoil, lenders are withdrawing mortgage products and hiking rates amid talk of a property price crash. There is a sense of déjà vu: it all

There are plenty of hangovers from the pandemic: working from home; online exercise classes; a greater familiarity with facemasks; high house prices and slow c

One in 40 homeowners in Britain are property millionaires, according to research by Savills estate agency for The Sunday Times

At times I am a British cliché, saying “sorry” when someone bumps into me, feeling uncomfortable when someone compliments me, that kind of thing. And never more

As a thriller writer Martin Bodenham is used to plot twists although he hopes he can see what’s coming with property prices over the next year or two. Having

As forecasters sharpen their pencils in anticipation of 2023 it is worth looking back to see whether anyone got it right last year.This time last year Capital

Airbnb and other short-term letting platforms are divisive. While on the one hand most of us wouldn’t disagree with someone renting out their spare room from ti

Developers are offering thousands of pounds towards buyers’ mortgages and energy bills as they try to stem the decline in sales of new-build homes. As the pro

“Stop using HYPERBOLE!!!! Stick to facts,” was a Tweet that greeted me as I left the radio studio one day last week. My crime? I’d referred to “spiralling” mortgage rates

The property market is in turmoil, with price reductions, deals falling through and devaluations (for some)

Kevin Rickard is sitting pretty, in shorts, despite the cool temperatures and rain outside, after swapping his draughty three-bedroom Victorian semi-detached h

Will the energy bill freeze save the property market from a crash?

The great reckoning is beginning. This autumn a succession of big bills arrive — and when it comes to the property market we might expect a reduction in prices