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Fri 03 Jul	Friday lunchtime linkage - is it safe to come out now? Is it time Camden cleaned up its act? [Londonist] The new renters [Telegraph] Is the crash now over? [Independent] Cluttons: London prices up, but don't expect it to continue [FindAProperty] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 02 Jul	Thursday lunchtime linkage - hatchet-face threatens geriatrics over property development Kelly Brook and Danny Cipriani property shop in Wimbledon [Daily Mail] Hatchet-faced Dragons' Den star threatens pensioners [Telegraph] Historic London property, a photo tour [Country Life Picture Library, via House Historian] Three homes for tennis players [Telegraph] Christian Candy to marry [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 29 Jun	Monday afternoon linkage - miffed It's cheap to be a homeowner [Guardian] London's super-prime on a march [Bloomberg] Daily Mail miffed at Boveys [Daily Mail] But the house price crash is over [Daily Mail] Telegraphed miffed at £147,000 house benefit bill [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 26 Jun	A little closing linkage... Angry in Lambeth [Your Local Guardian] Hot in Acton [Time Out] The Rat and Mouse - chat with the Rat on Twitter Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 24 Jun	Wednesday afternoon linkage - the Royals hit Dalston Madonna plans Wiltshire mansion duplicate in NY... yeah, that'll work [The London News] The PM's Top Ten Financial Blunders [Times] Up-and-coming... Dalston [Independent] Thank God, it's business as usual in Prime London [Forbes] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 23 Jun	Tuesday lunchtime linkage - Lewisham v the Victorians One in five threatened by negative equity [ITN News] Buy the Stig's house... maybe [Daily Mail] Victorian Society v Lewisham Borough Council [Culture 24] Bargain hunting or profiteering? [UPAD blog] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 22 Jun	Monday lunchtime linkage - a bit of celebrity link-fun Incoming celebrity alert - Pixie Lott [ContactMusic] Beckhams to sell French property [LittleAbout] And house-hunt in London [Sun] Andy Murray buys Surrey mansion... no tennis court [PropertyTalkLive] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog since 2005 Technorati Tags: celebrity, London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 19 Jun	Friday morning linkage - loving garages Nestoria's Ed Freyfogle chats to Renthusiast on third b'day (Nestoria's, not Freyfogle's, or Renthusiast's) [Renthusiast] Disappointing lending figures [BBC] Yorkshire Tea box cottage for sale [Telegraph] Exclusion in the housing market [Times] Job done on London architecture, Prince turns to rural house prices [Google] Loving garages [Daily Mail] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog since 2005 Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 18 Jun	Thursday linkage - send the MPs to east London Call to house MPs in 2012 Olympic "barracks" [Times] PropertyHawk calls for register of tenants [PropertyHawk] Your guide to Blackheath [Primelocation blog] NAEA: four buyers to every vendor [Wall Street Journal] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 15 Jun	Monday morning linkage - a painful price-drop Sienna Miller's painful price-drop [ContactMusic] Prince Charles' blow against creative architecture [Guardian] Buy-to-let and the cannabis farmer tenants [Guardian] House prices and the north/south divide [Times] London flats on a (£175,000) shoestring [Telegraph] Vendors feel they have the whip hand [Times] The best ftb mortgages [Citywire] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 11 Jun	Thursday afternoon linkage - add a hooker Millionaire landlords now worth nothing [PropertyHawk] More on that murder (see below) story... now add a hooker [Independent] KFH report on the London property buzz [FT Advisor] How to buy an island [Telegraph] Decline easing, says Chesterton Poll of Polls [FindaProperty] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 10 Jun	Wednesday morning linkage - tweetlister Developer in hot water for bulldozing historic Wanstead building [This Is London] Glenda Jackson: Social housing policy can beat the Fascists [Independent] Tweetlister: tweets your property [Tweetlister] Footballers who lose on property [Realestateweb] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 1
Mon 08 Jun	Monday afternoon linkage - everyone's invited to the London house price party Nationwide and the 95% mortgage [Telegraph] Beware the lazy lettings agent [Scotsman] Neverland, UK [NME] Renting in London, a value prospect [Times] London house price party, you're all invited [Telegraph] Bricks and mortar, pros and cons [Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 04 Jun	Thursday linkage - women builders wanted Five building societies could go within the year [Telegraph] How to make your home a movie star [Telegraph] Time to get in a fix? [Mirror] This man will pay you £100,000 if you can find a buyer for his £2m home [BBC] The HSBC rate matcher mortgage [Telegraph] London agent shifts home for record £50m [PropertyTalk Live] Construction industry wants women [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 01 Jun	Monday lunchtime linkage - what a difference a sunny weekend makes Hah, so what now pesky profits of gloom? [Times] Hello gazumping [Express] House prices, consumer confidence, car sales, everything's up! [Reuters] House prices rises boost builders in London [Irish Times] Green shoots and sunshine [Express] Pound leads UK out of recession [Bloomberg] Shafts of light in housing market [Independent on Sunday] Builders work around wagtail... aaaah! [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 27 May	Wednesday afternoon linkage - my prediction's worse than yours, and London's worst landlord Jones Lang LaSalle: London house prices could drop another 18% [FT Adviser] Nationwide: UK house prices won't recover until 2010 [Bloomberg] Market Oracle: Hell, they won't recover until 2012 [Market Oracle] Rules to beat liar loans [BBC] London's worst landlord [Sun] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 26 May	Tuesday lunchtime linkage - a bullish case Paul McCartney's house pulled from StreetView [This Is London] CAB bashes letting agents [Guardian] Home Secretary in fraud challenge [BBC] Making the most of mortgage cuts [Independent on Sunday] A bullish case for property [FT] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 22 May	Friday afternoon linkage - how to flip like an MP How to flip like an MP [Property Tax Plus] Should we prepare for an upturn? [Times] It's still about the mortgage market [Reuters] A record asking price in Wimbledon [Times] Mortgage lending drops in April [BBC] Living on the edge [Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 21 May	Thursday linkage - some sub-prime's subber than others Return of the first-time buyer [Mortgage Strategy] UK sub-prime subber than US sub-prime [Bloomberg] Hidden HIPs profits for estate agents [Telegraph] Property investment scam shut down [Property Hawk] Vendors advised: aim lower, achieve higher [HotProperty] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 20 May	Wednesday linkage - it'll be over by Christmas Creative squatting in London [Londonist] Recession to be over by Christmas, says Darling [Times] Return of the 95% mortgage [Telegraph] Clapham regeneration likely to be refused [MoveChannel] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 19 May	Tuesday lunchtime linkage - sale now on New homes: sale now on [This is London] London prices: borough by borough guide [Times] The case of the phantom mortgages [Daily Mail] Tonight - or, rather, Last Night - on ITV... waiting for the recovery [ITV] London to be "greenest City on Earth" by 2012 [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 18 May	Monday lunchtime linkage - incentivised The viewers, on house prices [BBC] What buyers want [Primelocation blog] Stress testing a buy-to-let [Property Hawk] Jon Hunt's basement limited [Sunday Times] Watch James Hewitt property shop in Marbella [Sunday Times] About the incentives [Observer] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 15 May	Friday morning linkage - how to maintain your moat Hey, you're the proud new owner of a £1.1bn Olympic Village [Guardian] Damn... can't remember whether I paid off my mortgage or not [Daily Mash] US financial reporter: Even I cocked it up [NY Times] The ins and outs of maintaining a moat [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 14 May	Thursday linkage - a little buy-to-links Government's landlord licensing plans [Property Hawk] Robbie Fowlers to squeeze out the little men [Telegrpah] Big buy-to-let invester back [This Is Money] Where are the buy-to-let mortgages? [Residential Landlord] They're here [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 13 May	Wednesday linkage - simply tax avoidance Re-watch Property Watch [BBC iPlayer] And read the controversy [Guardian] Simply tax avoidance [PropertyHawk] Architects versus Prince Charles news roundup [Building Design online] Does £13,332 restore a reputation? I hope not... [Guardian] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 11 May	Monday morning linkage - trapped with the ex Countrywide tipped for buying spree [Estate Agent Today] Countryside exodus to start soon [BBC] Another 6%, then house prices to start rising [Express] Trapped with the ex... yowza [BBC] An A to Z of expenses claims [Mirror] Buy-to-let lives in in student land [Independent on Sunday] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 07 May	Thursday lunchtime linkage - order a tree from Boris Interest rates... no movement [BBC] Rise in problem tenants [Property Hawk] Order a tree from Boris [This Is London] Guardian's complicated relationship with the agents [Estate Agent Today] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 05 May	Tuesday morning linkage - KIrstie's neighbour's homemade dungeon Kirstie's neighbour's homemade dungeon [News Of The World] Homes most affordable in six years [Mortgage Introducer] Vendors turn to Ebay [Observer] Terrace houses and the single girl [Telegraph] Lady Uddin shuddin have been claiming expenses [apparently] [Sunday Times] Tight vendors take fittings and fixtures [Sunday Times] Lily Allen looking to buy-to-let [Celebrity Gossip] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 30 Apr	Thursday afternoon linkage - crowdsourcing property prices Crowdsourcing property prices to 80s levels? But lenders have obligations... [Economic Times] Find me a country house, said Fred [Telegraph] Gold. No, property. No, gold. No, property [Goldseek.com] Some ftbs [Independent] At home with Thomas Neurath, in north London [Telegraph] The landladies have it [PropertyWire] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 28 Apr	Tuesday afternoon linkage - remember the smug old days? Remember the smug old days? [FT] The luck of the Irish [Times] Property price disaster in Dubai [BBC] Everybody's obsessed with Hunt's basement[s] [This Is Money] What's the consensus on the new Kirstie show? [Primelocation blog] Foxtons v landlords: it's decision week [RLA News Service] Kensington Palace Gardens - less expensive, not cheap [Economic Times] Luxury homes price rise [Bloomberg] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 1
Mon 27 Apr	Monday linkage - meet the market Meet the buyers [Sunday Times] Meet the landlords [Sunday Times] Meet the estate agent [Telegraph blogs] Meet the tenants [Observer] Meet the vendors [Guardian] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 24 Apr	Friday linkage - why bother? Estate agents fear effect of tax hike [PropertyWeek] Northern Rock still crippled by bad debt [Telegraph] And yet they keep on coming [BBC] Getting your first mortgage [Times] Why bother? [Economist] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 22 Apr	Wednesday morning linkage - Bank: let the crash happen Squatters in toppers [Another NIckel In The Machine] Bank warns Govt against trying to stop housing crash, according to Mail's illiterate headline [Daily Mail] MPs' expenses, some grim reading [Guardian] HMRC report 40% spring bounce [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - chat with the Rat on Twitter Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 17 Apr	Friday morning linkage - a landlord sells parking Green shoots? Not according to the IMF... [Telegraph] A landlord sells parking [PropertyHawk] The Economist on houses [Economist] The Investors' Chronicle on... er... houses [Investors' Chronicle] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 16 Apr	Thursday afternoon linkage - the first cement mixer of spring A Q&A with Kirstie [Guardian] 900,000 in negative equity [Guardian] South London mortgage broker fined £100,000, banned [BBC] Wandsworth, Richmond, Fulham and the traditional sound of spring... the cement mixer [Richmond & Twickenham Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 15 Apr	Wednesday afternoon linkage - strangers will rate your room Zoopla... fastest growing property portal [Estate Agent Today] Mortgage rejections quadruple [Telegraph] Have your room rated by strangers [4homes] Will a market turn this weekend? [Moneyweek] Madonna's new house [Guardian] "How do I get rid of my brother?" (As property co-owner) [Independent] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 14 Apr	Tuesday morning linkage - 65 MPs you needn't respect Hope you had a good Easter break. This is what happened while we were tanning. Landlord spots flat being trashed on Facebook [Telegraph] The middle-classes are abandoning their homes [Independent] Quarter of home for sale on market for six months or more [Sunday Telegraph] Living with a parent: tax implications therein, thereof... [Telegraph] Foxtons: help needed [Observer] When it's cheaper to live in a hotel [Daily Mail] Sixty-five MPs you needn't respect [Daily Mail] Another year before the market's back on track [Times] Halifax in under-valued mortgages scandal [Sunday Times] The £100m home [Sunday Times] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 08 Apr	Wednesday afternoon linkage - the revolution will be televised Brown blamed for house boom/crash, decision to exclude housing from inflation index [Evening Standard blogs] Green housing now a fantasy [Telegraph blogs] Estate agents who tweet [Winging It] £1bn in first-time buyer mortgages [Citywire] The revolution will be televised [Politics.co.uk] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 07 Apr	Tuesday lunchtime linkage - Love Shack Richmond Council allows artist to rename home "Love Shack" [UPI.com] HIPs: more demanding, less welcome [HotProperty] Kirstie... she's lovely [Telegraph] House prices, unemployment, the economy [Observer] Where prices are still rising [Sunday Times] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 06 Apr	Monday morning linkage - surveyors kill deals, MPs expense their Stamp Duty, lenders target landlords Notting Hill Gate makeover, maybe [Londonist] Frightened surveyors offering low valuations, killing sales [BBC] Bag a bargain by claiming Stamp Duty on expenses... oh yeah, become MP first [Sunday Times] FindaProperty records highest traffic, ever [Winging It] Buy-to-let landlords targetted by lenders protecting agreed equity ratios [FT] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 03 Apr	Friday afternoon linkage - ten flyboarding facts Ten flyboarding facts [Times] Buy-to-let fraudster jailed [Times] Reasons to pay off your mortgage [Independent] The Bradford & Bingley buy-to-let balls-up [Guardian] The Rat and Mouse - London property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 02 Apr	Thursday lunchtime linkage - no sexual contact implied Win 3-course dinner with Kevin McCloud (prize includes companionship only, no post-dinner sexual contact implied) [4homes] They've strange ideas about urban decor in Berkshire [BBC] In Seattle, Hendrix's childhood home demolished [NME] The Rat and Mouse - property blogging since 2005 Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 01 Apr	Wednesday lunchtime linkage - action in south-west London, the Boomerang in Blackfriars Rightmove buys Property-Bee Firefox add-on [Property-Bee] The Boomerang [OffPlanPropertyExchange] $96.6bn globally waiting to buy distressed property on the cheap [Guardian] Sell your London house - now [Sunday Times] Lots of action in south-west London [YourLocalGuardian] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 30 Mar	Monday morning linkage - shitty neighbours, communist estate agents, a seductive living room Your shitty neighbours are costing you money [Metro] Commies turn estate agents [Reuters] Kelly Hoppen's seductive living room [FT] Parents buying London property [MortgageStragegy] The Rat and Mouse - better than porn on expenses Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 27 Mar	Friday morning linkage - buildings that tweet Tenants feel effect of repos [BBC] Buildings that tweet [Curbed] One and two-bedroom properties best London investments [Residential Landlord] Houseboats stay afloat [Daily Mail] The Rat and Mouse - tweets here. Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 23 Mar	Monday afternoon linkage - Pickfords in peril Peril for Pickfords [Sunday Times] Is Tony McNulty the final straw? [BBC] Tony Blair's house removed from Google Street View [Mail on Sunday] The 1p-a-month mortgage [Metro] 80s pop star nobody's heard of caught up in Tooting Sainsbury's carpark gang war [This Is Local London] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 18 Mar	Wednesday afternoon linkage - in love with their suits Please don't turn my garden into a quarry [Telegraph] Chester Square, Belgravia... crunch-proof [BBC] The new Candys... the Finchattons, in love with their suits [This Is London] Heathrow runway plan... and house prices [This Is London] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 17 Mar	Tuesday morning linkage - the ups and the downs of it The middle-classes are downsizing [Telegraph] Nationwide is upsizing [This Is Money] Carol Vorderman's property company: er, down-winding? [Daily Mail] Downtrodden vandalise upmarket homes [Telegraph] Bank of England talks down economy [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 16 Mar	Monday linkage - keep calm and carry on Your super sexy Sunday guide to buy-to-let [Sunday Express] The US repo-disaster [PropertyWire] Mortgage brokers fall by the wayside [Sunday Times] In negative equity? Keep calm and carry on [Sunday Mirror] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 12 Mar	Thursday morning linkage - in love with Hampsteasd In Love With Hampstead [The Greene Blog] Village for sale [Primelocation Blog] Those Savills Losses [Independent] Michael Jackson to stay at Rod Stewarts mansion during 02 shows [Hello Magazine] Buckingham Palace - poor EPC expected [Express] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 10 Mar	Tuesday afternoon linkage - signs of the times Signs of the time: the recession in photographs [Reuters] Mortgage fraud arrests [BBC] Brentford tops London's burglary hotspots [Times] When renting beats buying [Yahoo!] The Russians are coming [back] [PropertyWire] FTBs discover auctions [Daily Mail] London's buyers' market [this Is London] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 09 Mar	Monday lunchtime linkage - modern in Dulwich, boho in Chelsea The Sunday Times goes modern and semi in Dulwhch [Sunday Times] The Telegraph goes boho in Chelsea [Telegraph] American goes nuts at foreclosure sale [New York Times] Kirstie Allsopp for PM? [Primelocation blog] Anthea and Grant sell off ski chalet [Mail on Sunday] What does the bottom of the market look like? [Sunday Times] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 04 Mar	Wednesday afternoon linkage - diamonds aren't forever Polish shanty town in Lincolnshire [Daily Mail] Oink, oink [This Is London] Shrinking skyscrapers [This Is London] Hunt's great escape [Management Today] Sean Connery learns that diamonds aren't forever [Daily Record] How toxic is your home? [Primelocation.com] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 02 Mar	Monday afternoon linkage - celebrity edition Blairs investigated for running business from residential let [Mail on Sunday] You can take Clive Owen out of London... actually you can't [Press Association] Mail on Sunday apologises to Daniel Craig for identifying his London home [Guardian] NY Times "cheap skanks" sell photos of Lily Allen's London home to OK! [Independent] The Rat and Mouse - twittering here Technorati Tags: celebrity, London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 27 Feb	Friday morning linkage - cool to rent We do like to be beside the seaside [Times] Get council housing right [BBC] It's cool to rent [Times] Top 5 interiors websites [Telegraph] Sell without an agent [Telegraph] All about Zoopla [Renthusiast] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 26 Feb	Thursday linkage - defaulting landlords, psycho tenants, newbuild bargains Further changes to Battersea Power Station plan [PropertyWeek.com] Landlords needn't warn neighbours about psycho tenants [Times] Landlords default, tenants are evicted [BBC] Bag a newbuild bargain [Telegraph] House prices to recover in 2011 [FindaProperty] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 25 Feb	Wednesday morning linkage - a sneaky buy-to-let Mortgage lending highest in four months [PropertyWeek.com] But property slump worse in 50 years [PropertyWeek.com] No future for a sneaky buy-to-let [This Is Money] Shard: construction to start in March [Telegraph] Flood risk hampering housing market recovery [Bloomberg] Kirstie's home office [Telegraph] The Top 10 house price drops of 2009: a prediction [Times blogs] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 24 Feb	Tuesday morning linkage - just say no, world's worst landlord Architects feeling crunched [4homes blog] The battle of Camden Passage... lost? [Islington Gsette] Jones Lang Lasalle: 18% still to go [Crain's Manchester Business] The coping classes: barely coping [Telegraph] That house price drug... just say no [Guardian] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 23 Feb	Monday afternoon linkage - PM remains busy, bans 100% mortgages, Dodos, pink bananas Charlie & Lola author's kitchen [Observer] How to pack your second home with holiday-makers [Sunday Times] Thinking about a career in property? Good luck... [Sunday Times] Recession's good for design [Times] A London tower so tall it offers views of the Channel [Times] Scrap HIPs [Telegraph blog] PM will ban 100% mortgages... because they're a real problem at the moment [HotProperty] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 20 Feb	Friday afternoon linkage - auction action Social landlords not responsible for tenants' neighbours [24dash] Bank of England official calls for caps on mortgage lending [Telegraph] The Sloane Square slab protest [BBC] Auction action [Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 19 Feb	Thursday afternoon linkage - can you afford your own home? US home loans racket - an overview [FT blogs] Can you afford you own home? [MSN] Crisis in Mayfair [Wealth Bulletin] LibDems propose state mortgages for ftbs [Times] The Rat and Mouse - the finest in London property blogging, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 18 Feb	Wednesday afternoon linkage - repo-avoidance, the house of the future, our shameful PM Repo-avoidance tips [Times] Obama's housing plan [Reuters] Withnail farmhouse archive... a must-see [Telegraph] The Medieval house of the future [Telegraph] Super-prime may return to super first [The Move Channel] Bank of England looks to print more money [Telegraph] Recession worst since 1930s [Reuters] Meanwhile, our Prime Minister attempts to cash in on reality TV star's terminal cancer [BBC] The Rat and Mouse, disgusted, from London Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 17 Feb	Tuesday afternoon linkage - greed's to blame Nestoria interview with estatecreate's Henry Yates [Nestoria blog] 25%, it's the magic number [Daily Mail] Spectacular homes of London [Telegraph] Greed's to blame [Spectator] Countrywide sells stake to distressed debt specialist [Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 16 Feb	Monday morning linkage - in a bovver Boveys in a bovver [News of the World] Asking prices on the rise [Times] An Arab buying spree in London [ArabBusiness.com] Jacqui Smith's London neighbours: She only stays here four months a year [Daily Mail] Does the property market deserve some help? [Telegraph blogs] Should James buy? [Independent on Sunday] Happy renters [Observer] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 13 Feb	Friday linkage - painful removals, shocking profits warnings The pain of DIY removals [Primelocation] Savills get leaky [Telegraph] Seven money-saving mortgage tips [Telegraph] Peston on "shocking" Lloyds profits warning [Peston's Picks] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 11 Feb	Wednesday afternoon linkage - Jacqui Smith, no need to ask, she's a smooth operator Skipton... don't like to lend on one-bedroom flats? No, just a little mistake... [BBC] Stop the press... Pete Doherty's hearing things [Daily Mail] House price crash nostalgia [Prime] Jacqui Smith - not as dumb as she looks [Daily Mail] Primelocation data shows prices rises in London prime locations [Guardian] Abolish stamp duty [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - hook up on Twitter, here Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 09 Feb	Monday afternoon linkage - off with their heads Mmmmm [link to particulars] The zero per cent mortgage guide [Sunday Times] Vince Cable on bankers... off with their heads [This Is Money] Fleeced by a Lord: the Rat and Mouse says... off with his head [Sunday Times] Is it first-time buyer time? [Telegraph] Free property networking event... and how to make a killing in the next two years [The Move Channel] The most expensive apartments in the world [Sky] In Romford - house prices still 7.7xsalary [Romford Recorder] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 06 Feb	Friday and a little lunchtime linkage The Daily Mail likes stripes [Daily Mail] Kate Moss connected to Withnail shack [Telegraph] Robbie Williams buys in Wiltshire [Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house If these walls could talk... Uncle Monty edition [January 20, 2009] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 05 Feb	Thursday afternoon linkage - house of horrors The Olympics legacy... who'll be in charge [PropertyWeek.com] House price index rise... is it a blip? [Telegraph] The £5,000 three-bedroom house [Metro] The zero-interest mortgagees [Times] The automatically-lowering toilet seat [ApartmentTherapy] If these walls could talk... Fritzl house of horrors [Daily Star] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 02 Feb	Monday lunchtime linkage - If these walls could talks - Madoff's "man in London" edition [Sunday Times] Bankster [BBC] Some mortgages could drop to 8p a month [Daily Mail] Some lenders demand 50% deposit on new-builds [Observer] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 30 Jan	Friday lunchtime linkage - the big build Focus on Croydon [Times] Athletes' village with break London [Guardian] Johnny Foreigner goes bargain-hunting in prime London [This Is London] Buying good, renting bad; no, no, it's the other way round [Guardian] Amy Winehouse burgled [NME] Brown plans big build [Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 28 Jan	Wednesday lunchtime linkage - my dream water tower, the greenest housing estate in the west The greenest housing estate in the west [London] [Evening Standard] Crazy landlords [Times] Schedenfreude, Sandbanks-style [Sun] My dream water tower [Prime] House prices: the regional view [4homes] An ftb revival? [Press Association] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 26 Jan	Monday lunchtime linkage - sell your house, don't bother working Ftb opportunities in Hounslow [Telegraph] Don't wait for prices to rise [Assetz] Brits lose more on their homes than earn from their jobs [News of the World] Sir Ian Blair sits pretty [Sunday Times] Rhianna property shopping in K&C [ShowbizSpy] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 22 Jan	Thursday lunchtime linkage - squatting, letting, committing, admitting Buy-to-let lending, better than the rest [Citywire] Repos double in a year [Guardian] Squatting [Telegraph] Irish property investor commits suicide [IHT] AOL now powered by Nestoria [Renthusiast] Brown should admit ignorance [Independent] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 20 Jan	Tuesday afternoon linkage - can we buy an Obama wall decal? Yes we can [Behind The Curtains] Brothels facilities on schedule for London Olympics [Guardian] Tough terms on buy-to-let deals [The Move Channel] Lenders profit from rate cuts [Times] More good news for HBOS and Barcalays, as borrowers prepare to sue [Citywire] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 19 Jan	Monday morning linkage - Beckett says buy, we say... are you nuts? Woman launches estate agency [BBC] Mmm... Caledonian Road [Guardian] Beckett: Buy property! [Sunday Times] Sunday Times reporter and ftb celebrates falling prices [Sunday Times] The squatters are back [Washington Post] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 16 Jan	Friday lunchtime linkage - size matters Police crack multi-million pound buy-to-let fraud scheme [Citywire] Beat the Bailiff TV presenter goes bankrupt [Sun] The top (and bottom) UK towns affected by the slump [Times] Foxtons - hounded [Investors Chronicle] The end of property porn? [Counterpunch] Size matters [Times] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 14 Jan	Wednesday linkage - how long are your fingers? Long-fingered people better with money [Telegraph] Being a landlord costs [This Is London] Equipping the bailiffs [Telegraph] Boomtime for pawnshops [Times] The big affordable homes gamble [Guardian] Home wind turbines might use more power than they create [TechRadar] Can a house doctor help you sell your home? [Independent] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 13 Jan	Tuesday afternoon linkage - Mandelson under scrutiny, The Home Show wants YOU! Equity release... less equity, less release [Channel 4] Peter Mandelson's property under scrutiny again [Mail] If these walls could talk... Catherine Cookson's house in Hastings [Telegraph] The Home Show wants YOU! [4Homes forum] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 12 Jan	Monday afternoon linkage - what Sarah Beeny says What Sarah Beeny says [Observer] The Russians are retreating [Sunday Times] Luxury London in free-fall [Bloomberg] Homes for Heroes, help needed [Mirror] Squatter "steals" back repossessed house [Mail] Propert crash fallout includes tax "black hole" [Observer] The music in the Rightmove ad [Zoomf blog] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 1
Tue 06 Jan	Tuesday afternoon linkage - Scottish landlords' vibrator-mountain In Scotland, vibrators frequently left behind by tenants [PropertyHawk] London - down 15% in 12 months [This Is London] It's official - London's colder than Antarctica [Telegraph] Clapham house four month price drop [This Is London] 25% of loans need 40% deposit [Daily Mail] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 05 Jan	Kicking off with some linkage - while we were away... Yorkshire estate agent expands into work-from-home franchise [Estate Agent Today] Kirstie: Redecoration, redecoration, redecoration [Mail on Sunday] Reasons to be cheerful [Independent] Reasons to not be cheerful [Observer] 3,000 new negative equity cases a day [Telegraph] 16.2% down... those Halifax figures [Reuters] The search for a bargain [Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: property, real estate agents Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 31 Dec	New Year's Eve linkage - learning from London's Victorian builders Almost half of middle class people fear they won't be able to pay the mortgage [Daily Mail] London house prices suffer most [BBC] In 2009... why not invest in property? [FT] How to live [Telegraph] Learn from London's Victorian builders [This Is London] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 29 Dec	Monday morning linkage - less agents, those left are "defiant' "Bounce back could be as dramatic as the fall" [Express] The agents' predictions [Telegraph] 32,000 less estate agents and counting [Telegraph] And yet... Chesterton Humberts remain defiant [Times] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 [photo by Synesthésia] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 23 Dec	Tuesday morning linkage - Bank recognised but failed to act on "crazy borrowing" Bank spotted "crazy borrowing", failed to act [This Is Money] Slump in Prime London rents [Wealth Bulletin] Mother-of-four bullied out of expensive council house [Daily Mail] Homeless risk for 2009 [BBC] It's Paris's time [Times] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 22 Dec	Monday morning linkage - outlook so bad, lenders ditch predictions Houses... now free! [Daily Star] Homeless housed in Kensington & Chelsea mansion [Sunday Times] Hackney Homes residents awards [Clapton Pond Blog] Top banker found dead in Knightsbridge hotel room [MSN News] Outlook so bad, lenders ditch predictions [Telegraph] Investigators probe giant buy-to-let fraud [Sunday Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 18 Dec	Thursday linkage - the big auction give-away Nestoholic... the new property price tool [via Renthusiast] Westminster's new affordable homes offer [HotProperty.co.uk] North London tycoon wanted by US for alleged Internet loans scam [Telegraph] 2009 - good year for btl landlords... no, really.... [Rentman] The big auction give-away [This Is London] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 16 Dec	Tuesday linkage - slipping from the rich list Buy-to-let landlords: low interest rates v high rent arrears [Independent] Scrabble is 60 [Telegraph] Commercial property tycoon, slipping down the rich list [This Is London] Cluttons call the bottom... early 2009 [Mortgage Introducer] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 15 Dec	Monday afternoon linkage - Anthea's secret hell Anthea Turner: We may lose our mansion [News of the World] Inside Track's Jim Moore - he's back, and he's feeling carnivorous [PropertyHawk] Jean-Christophe Novelli loves ze Luton [Times] Army officer moves into Diana's old gaff at taxpayers' expense [Mail on Sunday] The Guardian's new home [Guardian] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 10 Dec	Wednesday linkage - how to buy a repo Congratulations Greene & Co [FindaProperty] Cut interest rates and suspend stamp duty, demand agents [Estate Agency News] How to buy a repo [Telegraph] So how're we going to pay for 2012? [BBC] More bad news for btl landlords [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, Olympics, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 08 Dec	Monday linkage - unbuttoning the collar, the British brick mountain Triple credit crunch blow to Lord Foster [PropertyWire] Halifax removes collar [Observer] Credit crunch to spark squat rock revival? [Guardian] Outlook for 2009, not so great [PropertyWire] The British brick mountain [Times] Rock accused of selling off repos at bargain prices [Daily Mail] Help for buy-to-let repo tenant victims [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, daily since 2005 Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 05 Dec	Friday morning linkage - are you feeling down-valued? Hmmm... save, or pay off that mortgage? [Fool] Are you feeling down-valued? [Times] Banks v Brown, here we go again [Telegraph] Man found at bottom of lift shaft in Kingston apartments [London News] Bovis Homes still has some staff... duh! [Contract Journal] The Rat and Mouse, London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 03 Dec	Wednesday afternoon linkage - repos to hit 75,000 Expensive typo icing on sell-to-rent-back disaster cake [BBC] Repos to hit 75,000 [Peston's Picks] Government to "hit banks where it hurts" [Independent] FSA orders Halifax to follow rates [Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 02 Dec	Tuesday lunchtime linkage - landlords show a leg Met to buy their own home [PropertyWeek.com] New property show to Channel 4 [4homes blog] Another bank down the drain [Times] In NY: landlords show a leg [Curbed] Tony Woodley, likes his home comforts [Daily Mail] The only entirely Guy Ritchie-less house in London... it's Guy Ritchie's! [Fametastic.co.uk] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 28 Nov	Friday lunchtime linkage - congratulations, you own a new bank Congratulations! You own a new bank... [BBC] Hey... estate agents have started selling houses again [Telegraph] King of tenants promises trouble [Times] New homes for Tower Hamlets [London.gov.uk] The UK property conundrum [International Herald Tribune] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 27 Nov	Thursday afternoon linkage - not as mad as he looks Mr Blatherskite thinks we're near the bottom of the bust [Blatherskite] Capital Economics disagree [Telegraph] In depth economics [4homes forum] Faith in Darling and Brown? Nobody wants to bet on it [Telegraph] MPC's David Blanchflower: See? I'm not as mad as I look... [Guardian] The Thames Estuary might be lovely [Times] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 25 Nov	Tuesday afternoon linkage - save Dollis Hill House Dollis Hill House back on danger list [Londonist] US house prices down in September [FT] Darling's plan fails to impress [Metro] Paragon's profits: down but not out [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 24 Nov	Monday afternoon linkage - can Mark move out, should Patrick turn poacher? 100,000 empty homes in London [This Is London] Why not build a house... somebody's got to [Sunday Mirror] London's councils need £350m to rescue building plans [This Is London] Secret diary of an estate agent [Observer] Can Mark afford to move out of his parents' home? [Independent] Living in a folly [Sunday Times] FTBs discover the auctions [Sunday Times] Should this blogger turn lender? [Patrick.net] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 21 Nov	Friday morning linkage - upsizing, downsizing and Foxtons New York as bad as London, for volume [The Real Deal] Family upsizers hit hard by system [Telegraph] FT blogger: "Hopefully Foxtons will go bust" [Londonist] The young are downsizing [Times] 130 famiilies losing homes each day [Daily Mail] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: Foxton's, Foxtons, London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 20 Nov	Thursday morning linkage - the streets of west London Rough Luxe - a truly original London hotel [Wallpaper] Credit crunch forces Wembley back into Olympic venue contention [Guardian] Sales are up [Telegraph] The expensive streets of west London [WhatMortgage] The Rat and Mouse - the best of London property news, since 2005 Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 17 Nov	Monday afternoon linkage - ftbs, btl-ers and Spencer's foxy twins In Glasgow, ftbs queue for one-day-only bargains {Estate Agent Today] Hamptons pull out of flotation [Estate Agent Today] Kirstie & Phil a hit on R1 [BBC blogs] Up to 40% of btl-ers face negative equity (... by 2009... maybe) [Telegraph] Globrix forced to pay for listings [Renthusiast] Phil Spencer uncovers foxy property twins [Sunday Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 13 Nov	Thursday linkage linkage - somewhere, interest rates hit 12% House prices still rising in Edinburgh [Scotsman] In Russia, interest rates reach 12% [Telegraph] Now Paulson won't buy up the dodgy mortgages [Guardian] Dubai hit by property price crash [FT] The latest lottery that's not a lottery: buy a gizmo, win an apartment [Daily Mail] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 11 Nov	Tuesday afternoon linkage - the Mayfair crunch, Ferraris go cheap Lloyds trackers hiked [Metro] Wave of negative equity in US [Channel 4] Tower Hamlets: "healthy town"? [BBC] Chic to share [Telegraph] Crunch hits Mayfair... now's the time to buy that used Ferrari [Wealth Bulletin] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: Kathy Sierra, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 1
Mon 10 Nov	Monday morning linkage - "no new stadium" say Chelsea Prescott suffers after buying luxury London flat at market peak [Daily Mail] Bank of England has "lost its marbles" [Telegraph] Toprak Mansion "secretly" owned by president of Kazakhstan [Sunday Times] Chelsea deny new south-of-the-river stadium plans [Sunday Times] Soho porn'n'property mogul writes son out of inheritance [Mail] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 07 Nov	Friday afternoon linkage - the five craziest mortgage deals Lenders cut rates, but not before pulling trackers [Metro] Buy property... now [Evening Standard] HousingPANIC blog says goodbye [HousingPANIC] Mail wins trust of south London estate agents, then calls them smug, pushy in headline [Daily Mail] The five craziest mortgage deals [Times] Learning from the past [BBC] Is a 0% bass rate a possibility? [Money Week] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 04 Nov	Tuesday afternoon linkage - Chesterton sets up camp in Lake Como, Rat and Mouse awaits invite Affordable housing wait... up [Channel 4] Chesterton heads for Lake Como [The Move Channel] Blow the expense... the £100,000 kitchen [Telegraph] Second homeowners remain a blight on seaside towns [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 03 Nov	Monday lunchtime linkage - estate agents fall like leaves London lettings market "fragile" in 2009 [Property Wire] At home with Cath Kidston [Sunday Times] Estate agents falling like leaves [Estate Agent Today] 250,000 empty homes [Introducer Today] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 29 Oct	Wednesday lunchtime linkage - Madonna, Sinitta, crapper Lloyds TSB underfire for blocking interest-only mortgage switches [Times] A week in online property [Zoomf] What crunch? London's £403,000 crapper... [Times] Sinitta can't sell Putney house... who's Sinitta? [TheMoveChannel] Madonna's divorce... the property angle [International Herald Tribune] Slump hits London's rich [FT] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 28 Oct	Tuesday morning linkage - the big walkaway Buyers walk away from 40% of new home deals [Scotsman] 1.2m face negative equity [Telegraph] The great fixtures and fittings swindle [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - with a little morning linkage Technorati Tags: property, real estate agents Other posts in the same month Comments: 1
Mon 27 Oct	Monday lunchtime linkage - let's Russian it up A consonant, a vowel, a cononant, another consonant... Voderman's forced to slash price of London flat [Daily Mail] Fire at actor's Hampton Court Road home [BBC] Want to sell to an oligarch... how to Russian it up [Sunday Times] High end rents heading less high end [Sunday Times] Another year of house price falls [Times] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 24 Oct	Friday afternoon linkage - how safe is your bank? how safe is your house? It's Capital Economics again [Daily Mail] How safe is your bank? [Yahoo!] Burglars Top Twenty Fave Postcodes [FindaProperty.com] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 23 Oct	Thursday afternoon linkage - tough love, negative equity, London squalor, alright for Arsenal Deripaska's £50m Belgravia crash pad [Daily Mail] Arsenal's residential property developments still on target for profit [Bloomberg] How to dump your partner without injuring your assets [Telegraph] Expect tough love from the agents [Sky] Negative equity needn't be stressful [This Is Money] London squalor [24 Dash] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 21 Oct	Tuesday afternoon linkage - meeting the neighbours, online Meet the neighbours... online [Telegraph] Nationwide tracker deals... feel the pain [Times] The Fool defends mortgage fees [Fool] Somebody's predicting a giant 35% house price crash... guess who? It's the CE bunch... [Daily Mail] Now the bankers are selling [Monsters & Critics] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 20 Oct	Monday lunchtime linkage - how are the estate agents surviving? Advice for struggling mortgage payers [Independent] Brokers broken by lenders [FT] Shared equity... confusing [Mortgage Strategy] Aga, not so hot [Telegraph] The Telegraph finds happy property people [Telegraph] How are the estate agents surviving? [BBC] Actor Nat Parker - at home in Acton [Sunday Times] Madonna to remain in London [ShowbizSpy.com] London - the state of the market [Bloomberg] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 16 Oct	Thursday linkage - 104 repos a day Let's be realistic [Telegraph] Beckham can't sell, but thieves help themselves [Goal.com] They're still spending seven figures on flats in Swansea [WalesOnline] A bankruptcy an house, 104 repos a day [OneStopView.com] Highest restaurant in London planned for Pinnacle tower [Colliers Cre] Just hang on... until 2023 [Guardian] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 13 Oct	Monday morning linkage - weekend links that matter Vauxhall Sky Gardens - tall eco tower [Skyscraper News] Halifax responds to rate cuts by removing tracker mortgages [Telegraph] How to cope with negative equity [Telegraph] Cool prefabs [Telegraph] London's commercial deals falling through as fast as residential deals [PropertyWire] Economics finally catch up with baby boomers [Sunday Times] Not all homes suffer equally [Independent on Sunday] Barnet fatties costing a fortune [This is Local London] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday lunchtime linkage - at home with the Pooters; don't even think about raffling your home [October 10, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 10 Oct	Friday lunchtime linkage - at home with the Pooters; don't even think about raffling your home The Pooters' Holloway house... found! [Spectator] Andrew Gilligan looks on the bright side and waves an early goodbye to Foxtons [This Is London] The big 2012 shortfall [Guardian] Don't even think about raffling your home. More here [Reuters and Citywire] Reasons to remortgage your equity release [Fool] Russian interior design demands [Times] Candy Brothers swoop on Kaupthing property stakes [FT] There's a storm coming [Time] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 08 Oct	Wednesday afternoon linkage - Crystal Palace rebuild good for south London Crystal Palace rebuild good for south London [HotProperty.co.uk] Another developers goes bust [Director of Finance online] Could rates drop to 3.5%? [MortgageStrategy] Miracle... rate cuts passed on to borrowers [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 07 Oct	Tuesday afternoon linkage - a little late linkage In the north... rent dodgers shamed publically by agents [Daily Mail] Crazy home sale tactics [BBC] More family sharing [MSN] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 06 Oct	Monday morning linkage - is Rosie Millard bovvered? Does she sound bovvered? [Sunday Times] Meanwhile, Instant Access Properties - buy-to-let boomers - look very bovvered [Mail on Sunday] So what exactly is a house price crash? [This Is Money] Ooh, nice find... one-bedroom mini-penthouse in Stokey [Mirror] Tips for crunched landlords [Sunday Times] 2012... an expensive year for the taxpayer [Observer] Gazundering tips from the Fool [Fool] In the north, pub landlords claim squatters' rights [Northern Echo] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 02 Oct	Thursday afternoon linkage - from the world's joint 93rd most powerful property person Tesco to launch mortgage products? [Economist] Locals kick up stink about Colney Hatch Lane "eyesore" [Muswell Hill Journal] The World's Most Powerful Property People - Top 100 [GlobalEdge] A homeowner struggles to sell [BBC] McCain urges Bush to spend a trillion dollars on buying up mortgages [Huffington Post] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 01 Oct	Wednesday afternoon linkage - free car with that, sir? Northern Rock's new mortgage range [Housefund.co.uk] Home improvement craze sparks rogue trader boom [Channel 4] In Cheltenham, developers sell remaining houses for social housing, private residents angry [Western Daily Press] Can Mervyn survive? [Telegraph] How bad could it really get? [Citywire] Free car; buy now, pay fees later... desperate estate agents [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 29 Sep	Monday lunchtime linkage - paint that grass green Nine per cent between asking prices and offers [BBC] Pop songs and house prices [Telegraph] A day in the life of an agent... KFH in Streatham [Independent] And in the US... company sprays dead grass with green dye to attract bids for repos [boingboing] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 26 Sep	Friday morning linkage - Church accused of short-selling, Queen needs more cash Church of England accused of short-selling [MSN] Queen picks ideal time to ask for more money for home [Telegraph] Broken & Busted slashes jobs... not looking good [Times] Buy-to-let flats hit auctions, bad news or good opportunities? [Citywire] Bungalows UK's most popular homes [HotProperty.co.uk] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 25 Sep	Thursday morning linkage - a thousand agents Irish house price decline worst in developed world [Yahoo!] A thousand agents still not registered with Ombudsman scheme [PropertyWire] British banks shorter unmasked [Guardian] Why the British banks look set to come out of this stronger than ever [Bloomberg] Why houses cost more in the summer (most summers) [FT] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 22 Sep	Monday linkage - Notting Hill's new leisure class; ghosts drive millionaire from mansion Notting Hill's new leisure class [Sunday Times] Fewest UK bricks made since war, no news on mortar [BBC] The world's most expensive streets [Fortune] Ghosts drive millionaire from mansion [BBC] Lehman collapse to stultify top-end rentals [Observer] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 19 Sep	Friday linkage - poor Jonty National Housing Federation demands Govt action to meet building target [Guardian] Pressure on mortgages [Times] In Dulwich, Jonty may face unemployment [Telegraph] Giant Finnish property portal goes bust [Future of Real Estate Marketing] And traffic's down in the UK [Estate Agent Today] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 17 Sep	Wednesday afternoon linkage - new logo for HBOS/Lloyds? What does Lehman mean for mortgage rates? [Telegraph] (Possible... still) HBOS/Lloyds merger could put 40,000 jobs at risk [Times] The Express takes on the spivs [Express] Don't go to Canary Wharf for a laugh [Irish Times] How it looked in 1929 [HousingPANIC] HBOS/Lloyds reveal possible new logo [FT.com] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 1
Tue 16 Sep	Tuesday morning linkage - students in cubes HBOS and RBS under the spotlight [Seeking Alpha] Lib Dems go anti-eco town [HotProperty,co.uk] In the eye of the storm, Woolwich cut rates [Channel 4] Escape property market risk, head to Baghdad [Reuters] Students in cubes [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 11 Sep	Thursday afternoon linkage - it's nuts, it's here Twenty recession-proof British towns [Times] Amy Winehouse to buy Suffolk farmhouse [Telegraph] It's nuts, it's here, it's remortgaging your foriegn property [MoneyWeek] In the States... giant New York State hotel for sale [pictured, link to particulars] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 10 Sep	Wednesday lunchtime linkage - will the crime map devalue your property? A freebie with that home [Edinburgh Evening News] Germans take advantage of falling proud to launch City of London commercial property invasion [Thjs Is London] How to get the best mortgage [Times] Spreadfair punters gradually less bearish [FindaProperty] Lenders continue to cut rates [24Dash] Will the crime map devalue your property? [Zoomf blog] Auction prices down 23% [Guardian] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 08 Sep	Monday morning linkage - in America, mortgages went public this weekend Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac saved by US taxpayer for the ake of the world economy [Observer] Stamp Duty changes good for buy-to-let [PropertyWeek.com] Map rewritten when Derbishire, Cheshire merge with Nationwide [MoneyAM] Welsh father's suicide over mortgage repayments [Telegraph] How to buy a stately home [Sunday Telegraph] The estate agent massacre [Sunday Times] Everybody's gazundering [Sunday Times] Make your house pay... open a B&B [Independent on Sunday] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 05 Sep	Friday afternoon linkage - feeling the pain Manchester's agents feel the pain [Management Today] Eversheds shed property lawyers [Property Week] Super-rich keep London's super-property market super [Reuters] Nestoria talks to the man who watches property portals [Nestoria blog] War outside Julie Christie's home... weird story [Daily Mail] Rents up in London by as much as 8% [Thrifty Scot] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Thursday morning linkage - viewers don't like your house [September 4, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 04 Sep	Thursday morning linkage - viewers don't like your house Slump hits Docklands [East London Advertiser] On private sales [Metro] London's crime map... now you know [Met] It's MPC day, but don't expect any interest rate excitement [Reuters] Viewers don't like your house, and here's why [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday afternoon linkage - duck and cover, Darling and Flint have another "plan" [August 29, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 2
Wed 03 Sep	Brown's property market rescue package... the media verdict Stamp duty: Lukewarm welcome for Darling's £600m housing gamble [Guardian] Brown attacked for 'waste of time' stamp duty suspension [Metro] Measures unlikely to lure more buyers [FT] Critics rain on Government's parade of housing reforms [Independent] £1.6bn rescue package for home buyers will not work and may do harm, say industry chiefs [Times] 'A complete waste of time': Darling's 12-month stamp duty holiday dismissed as 'political sticking plaster' [Daily Mail] £175,000 STAMP DUTY HOLIDAY A 'WASTE OF TIME' [Daily Express] Critics says axed stamp duty will do little to boost the housing market [Daily Mirror] So... a job well done. But what could Brown and co. have expected? In the view of the Rat and Mouse, they've got of relatively lightly... little talk, yet, of the potential harm they've done to vendors in the £175,000 to £200,000 category, or the danger of drawing first-time buyers into negative equity. Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 29 Aug	Friday afternoon linkage - duck and cover, Darling and Flint have another "plan" Don't worry about house prices, enjoy your home [Citywire] Rightmove profits up [24Dash] Blanchflower urges rate cut [BBC] More agents feel pain after Govt bungles Stamp Duty leaks [FT Adviser] But don't worry, Darling and Flint will save the market [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 27 Aug	Wednesday morning linkage - agents criticised for lack of green awareness Agents criticised for lack of green awareness [myfinances.co.uk] Pensioners lose out most in house price slide [Yahoo!] US house prices fall 15% in second quarter [Guardian] Taylor Wimpey in 96% profit wipeout [Channel 4] In commercial property: buildings destroyed to avoid taxes [BBC] Middle-class debt [Daily Mail] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 22 Aug	Friday afternoon linkage - all of a sudden, everybody's a landlord Equity release on the rise... and at a time like this! [Citywire] Focussing on Chiswick [Times] Pensioners outnumber children in UK [Telegraph] All of a sudden everybody's a landlord [Times] Sienna Miller's flat "defaced" [ShowbizSpy] Halifax to close 25% of its estate agency offices [Yahoo!] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 21 Aug	Thursday afternoon linkage - big party for Poplar Govt house sales data faulty [Building.co.uk] Rightmove lose agents [Estate Agent Today] Are rate cuts on the menu? [HotProperty.co.uk] Big party for Poplar [East London Advertiser] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 19 Aug	Tuesday afternoon linkage - accept the offer Reuters video on rapidly expanding lettings sector [Reuters] East London - what'll happen when the Olympics are over? [Independent] How the courts are coping with repos [Times] Alliance & Leicester to shareholders: er, accept the offer [BBC] Renthusiast challenges Rightmove: fishy index, too many opinions [Renthusiast] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 18 Aug	Monday afternoon linkage - RIP OneMove, Londoners go leafy for the suburbs Two Hampstead estate agents banned by OFT [Mortgage Strategy] RIP OneMove UK [Renthusiast] Don't count out rate cut possibility, as analyist predicts 1% inflation [Sunday Telegraph] Property in the small ads [Sunday Times] Skandia UK estimates landlords will sell two-thirds of portfolios in response to falling prices... treat with extreme caution [Bloomberg] Londoners take advantage of falling prices in leafy areas [FT] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday afternoon linkage - you really wouldn't want to live there [August 15, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 15 Aug	Friday afternoon linkage - you really wouldn't want to live there Betters not so bearish [Times] Rightmove's controversial "re-joining" fees [Zoomf blog] Estate agent on Winehouse's current rental: "You really wouldn't want to live there" [Newstrack India] Repos up 24% [BBC] B&B rights issue deadline passes with shares a whisker above offer price [Yahoo] KFH shuts up Brompton Road office [This Is Money] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Thursday afternoon linkage - Cheesegrator returned to shelf [August 15, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 14 Aug	Thursday afternoon linkage - Cheesegrater returned to shelf Woolwich mortgage deals [FirstRung] Fire in Berwick Street [BBC] Welsh woman evicted for flushing toilet [The London News] Cheesegrater put back on shelf [Business Insurance] Why doesn't an estate agent look out the window in the morning? [Guardian] How bad the liar loan problem? [Citywire] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 11 Aug	Monday afternoon linkage - a Foxtons grievance A documentary-maker airs a Foxtons grievance [Observer] At last, Marylebone goes prime [Propertywire] P Diddy's looking local... again [PostChronicle.com] Another broker fined and banned [Guardian] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 1
Fri 25 Jul	Friday afternoon linkage - HBOS break-up on the table FindaProperty meets the buyers [FindaProperty] Market blues [Times] JP Morgan puts HBOS break-up on table [Telegraph] Olympics could still mean profits for property investors [London Stock Exchange] The Rat and Mouse - the London property blog Thursday lunchtime linkage - buyer ready... but nobody will take her cash [July 24, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 24 Jul	Thursday lunchtime linkage - buyer ready... but nobody will take her cash Adjustment, not meltdown [Accountancy Age] Being green costs [Telegraph] Candies embroiled in Stateside race row [The First Post] Four in ten drop out before exchange [Telegraph] A thousand a week, until it's sold [Metro] Buyer ready... but nobody will take her money [Guardian] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Tuesday afternoon linkage - Savills staff dress as chimneys [July 22, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 22 Jul	Tuesday afternoon linkage - Savills staff dress as chimneys Savills staff dress as chimneys [MykReeve on Flickr] Sub-prime lender offers discounts in return for redemptions [BBC] Bullish buy-to-letter [This Is Money] Home improvement? Home im-schmoovement... [Times] Foxtons workers to help make biggest Smarties mural, ever? [Building] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Monday morning linkage - Brits more bearish than Yanks or Euros [July 21, 2008] Technorati Tags: estate agents, Foxton's, Foxtons, London, property, real estate, real estate agents Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 21 Jul	Monday morning linkage - Brits more bearish than Yanks or Euros Rural house prices still too high [Sunday Telegraph] On house prices, Brits more bearish than Yanks or Euros [FT] Sunday Express recommends equity release [Sunday Express] Northern Rock employee "driven to brink of suicide" [Mail on Sunday] London most expensive city to park a car [AHN] Olympic property: what happened next? [Daily Mail] Market towns sell well [This Is Money] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house A call-out to our readers... send us your favourite London properties [July 11, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 18 Jul	Friday afternoon linkage - reasons to be cheerful Reasons to be cheerful [BBC] HBOS cuts mortgage rates [Citywire] Mortgage lending down 32% [Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Thursday morning linkage - man severs own head with chainsaw to avoid eviction [July 17, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 17 Jul	Thursday morning linkage - man severs own head with chainsaw to avoid eviction Rent-to-buy is go [Telegraph] When the UK system looks sensible [patrick.net] Man severs own head with chainsaw to avoid eviction [Renthusiast] Angus Deayton's loaded [Telegraph] Bank run video [housingPANIC] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Wednesday afternoon linkage - second-home owners save countryside [July 16, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 16 Jul	Wednesday afternoon linkage - second-home owners save countryside Nationwide cut some, hike others [Channel 4] Second-home owners save countryside [Times] Chiswick in tale of two towns [Sky] Millionaire criminal rues property prices [Daily Mail] Estate agency pimps celebrity client for PR... we say good luck to them [link to press release] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners continue to think about property every three seconds Monday morning linkage - is a stamp duty cut on the table? [July 14, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 14 Jul	Monday morning linkage - is a stamp duty cut on the table? "Let’s hope we’re all wealthy and retired by the time this house of cards falters" [PropertyWeek.com] Silver lining: end to terrible house-building [Sunday Telegraph] Is a stamp duty cut on the table? [Daily Mail] What does Martha Artha say to a flat screen over the mantelpiece? [Independent on Sunday] Lenders will remain alright, Jack [Sunday Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday linkage - we like big rooms [July 11, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 11 Jul	Friday linkage - we like big rooms 50,000 new and affordable London homes by 2011, says Boris [PropertyWeek.com] Sold: Chrysler Building [PropertyWeek.com] It'll all be over by 2010 [Times] London nabs No 2 spot in Forbes best real estate investments chart [Forbes] We like big rooms [Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Wednesday lunchtime linkage - the biggest bear [July 9, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 09 Jul	Wednesday lunchtime linkage - the biggest bear Broken & Busted: brokener and busteder [Telegraph] Fixed rates at 8-year high [ITN] The biggest bear [ThisIsLondon] Estate agents incentivise [Wall Street Journal] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Monday morning linkage - Kirstie's property portfolio [July 7, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 07 Jul	Monday morning linkage - Kirstie's property portfolio Bank distrust... savers strike [Telegraph] Ridulouser and ridiculouser... mortgage fees [Times] Repo-purchase pitfalls [Telegraph] Kirstie's property portfolio [Sunday Times] Property shortfall to pin up prices [FT] Are you cushioned? {Independent on Sunday] House price bonds: pain, the sequel [Mail on Sunday] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday afternoon linkage - Busted & Broken: rescued, still rotten [July 4, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 04 Jul	Friday afternoon linkage - Busted & Broken: rescued, still rotten Pimlico flat in 50% price drop... or did the owner just pay too much? [Daily Mail] Busted & Broken: rescued, still rotten [BBC] On MPs expenses: who said what... [Guardian] Expect lots of fires [MoneyWeek] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Thursday afternoon linkage - the Blairs' big negative equity problem [July 3, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 03 Jul	Thursday afternoon linkage - the Blairs' big negative equity problem Encouraged by Tesco's phenomenal success... is Asda to go agenting [Zoomf blog] Sport and shopping in east London [The Age] Property search engine Nestoria launch in Italy [Nestoria] House price crash would strip Darling of stamp duty haul... except by then we'd have a different government [First Rung] Mortgage insurance... probably the most expensive insurance in the world? [Guardian] The Blairs' big negative equity problem [Independent] GE Money: negative equity, negative shmequity [MoneyMarketing] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Wednesday afternoon linkage - afternoon round-up [June 2, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 02 Jul	Wednesday afternoon linkage - afternoon round-up Foxtons meets debt payments [Private Equity News] US homeowners shoots estate agent [Zoomf blog] Equity release falls (no shit) [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Tuesday lunchtime linkage - who torched Madonna's house? [July 1, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 01 Jul	Tuesday lunchtime linkage - who torched Madonna's house? John Charcol axes 25% of staff [Telegraph] FSA directors rewarded for... something [Citywire] Subprime lays waste to north [Bloomberg] Renting beats buying [Times] Property stocks stuck [Bloomberg] Who torched Madonna's house? [Wired] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Monday afternoon linkage - Amy Winehouse's messy flat [June 30, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 30 Jun	Monday afternoon linkage - Amy Winehouse's messy flat Haart: London property values down 14% in 2008 [aboutproperty.co.uk] HSBC may repossess it's own HQ [Mail on Sunday] Buy-to-let, therein, thereof... [Citywire] Amy Winehouse's flat in not-super-tidy shock [Fresh News] Fancy a Porsche with that property? [Observer] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Friday lunchtime linkage - new builds faulty, buying cheaper than renting [June 27, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 27 Jun	Friday lunchtime linkage - new builds faulty, buying cheaper than renting Abbey says it's now cheaper to buy than to rent, then laughs when you try to find a loan [Telegraph] MPC considered rate rise [FT.com] 70% of new builds "faulty" [BBC] Four rescued from Edgeware Road flats fire [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Thursday lunchtime linkage - Ball scrutinised [June 26, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 26 Jun	Thursday lunchtime linkage - Balls scrutinised Move or improve? [Reuters] Chill, buy property, this won't last long [Citywire] The ten worst property investments, ever [Times] Balls under the microscope [Times] Cluttons predicts energy-injection [MortgageStrategy] How the housing market effects the wider economy [Reuters] The Rat and Mouse - the London Property Blog Wednesday morning linkage - first-time buyers: trapped; a life: for sale [June 25, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 25 Jun	Wednesday morning linkage - first-time buyers: trapped; a life: for sale Mortgage approvals at ten-year low [Guardian] Property auction/wake [Mail Online] B&B investor take-over bid [Independent] Two-year fixed rates break 7% [Daily Mail] Rent rises trap first-time buyers [Times] A life for sale [Zoomf blog] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Monday lunchtime linkage - and the good news is... [June 23, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 23 Jun	Monday lunchtime linkage - and the good news is... The Leeds flat that lost 70% in two years [Daily Mail] Property industry told to grit its teeth... not over yet [FT] MP's home allowances - gap between letter and spirit of law widens [Daily Mail] But MPs look for no-questions-asked salary top-up [Reuters] And the good news is... [Citywire] Don't trust estate agents... warns estate agent [GetReading] Vendors spend to shift [Times] Happy Birthday to Nestoria [Nestoria blog] The Rat and Mouse - London's Property Blog Friday afternoon linkage - don't assume you'll be safe if you just pull out [June 20, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 20 Jun	Friday afternoon linkage - don't assume you'll be safe if you just pull out Be wary of just pulling out, or you could end up paying for it [Times] 0.5% hike is Halifax's 20th mortgage change this year [Times] How low can they go? [Reuters] Someone's predicting 35% lower... but guess who? [Telegraph] HBOS's tricky £5bn [Times] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Thursday morning linkage - more than 4m families paying mortgage with credit card [June 19, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 19 Jun	Thursday morning linkage - more than 4m families paying mortgage with credit card HBOS predict 9% house price fall this year [BBC] More than 4m families paying mortgage with credit card [Daily Mail] It's Wimbledon. It's short-term lets. It's don't think you can hide from the tax man. [Telegraph] 36% of Brits don't think credit crunch can crunch them [This Is Money] But it could crunch the Olympics [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Wednesday morning linkage - US agents gets social [June 19, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 18 Jun	Wednesday morning linkage - US agents get social Five reasons why Web beats high street for agents [Zoomf blog] Dolllis Hill House saved [BBC] American agents gets social [USA Today] Shared ownership and the credit crunch [Independent] Ask the architects [Independent] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 17 Jun	Tuesday afternoon linkage - nothing handles quite like a Foxtons Mini (video) MPs want 21% pay rise [This Is London] The non-doms stay [Wealth-Bulletin] A jolly time to be a landlord [Sunday Times] And finally - below - a Foxtons Mini proving that nothing handles quite like a company car: The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Monday morning linkage - UK rich pawn fur coats for knickers [June 16, 2008] Technorati Tags: Foxton's, Foxtons, London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 16 Jun	Monday morning linkage - UK rich pawn fur coats for knickers Letting agents shake-up demanded [Independent on Sunday] UK rich pawn fur coats to pay for knickers [Telegraph] When will it be cheaper to dispose of Foxtons? [Sunday Telegraph] Why repo-victims need legal advice [Observer] Lavender Hill estate agents twiddle thumbs [Telegraph] High street home bargains [Guardian] Estate agents forced to work harder [Telegraph] A long way to go before house prices are affordable [Daily Mail] Should you drop your price? [Sunday Times] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Friday close-of-play linkage - Walthamstow police can seize your booze [June 13, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 13 Jun	Friday close of play linkage - Walthamstow police can seize your booze G&G to hike fixed rates [Citywire] Lenders hike first-time buyers' deposits [Guardian] Walthamstow police can seize your booze [This Is Local London] Estate agents - tough job in tough conditions [Times] NW8 - still on the up [Times] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Thursday afternoon linkage - gambling on an 18% fall [June 12, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 12 Jun	Thursday afternoon linkage - gambling on an 18% fall Fixed rate mortgages on the rise, now accounting for 59% [BBC] Go north, says the Telegraph, for bargains [Telegraph] Students and property [Independent] Spread betters predict 18% fall [MortgageSolutions] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Wednesday linkage - HBOS shares, negative equity, Boris underwhelmed [June 11, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 11 Jun	Wednesday linkage - HBOS shares, negative equity, Boris underwhelmed HBOS shares take another kicking [FT] Two mortgages on one property? [This Is Money] Brown's opportunity to restore social housing to the UK [Guardian] What??! [Fool] Some negative equity stories [BBC] Mayor Johnson underwhelmed by Olympics preparations [Google] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Tuesday afternoon linkage - no-one likes looking a schmuck [June 10, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 10 Jun	Tuesday afternoon linkage - no-one likes looking a schmuck Three London mortgage brokers banned [BBC] CML rubbish BBC's negative equity story [mortgagestrategy] No-one likes looking a schmuck [Curbed] Renting pros and cons [Fool] Rosie Millard breeds an estate agent [Sunday Times] Rental market booms [Independent] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday morning linkage - Bradford & Bingley: probed; the property market: shot [June 6, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 06 Jun	Friday morning linkage - Bradford & Bingley: probed; the property market: shot Analysts call for 0.75% interest rate cut [This Is Money] Bradford & Bingley in FSA insider trading probe [Telegraph] How kitchens sell houses [Times] The pros and cons of the studio [Times] London favoured for super-prison [Telegraph] Crash! [New Statesman] Buy-to-let rests on migration [Guardian] Ferrari house, Putney [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Wednesday afternoon linkage - Rats invade Muswell Hill [June 4, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 04 Jun	Wednesday afternoon linkage - rats invade Muswell Hill Some geographical data [Guardian] Do falling prices matter? Plus some sense on the importance of geography [Times] In the North East of England, builder offers free Ford Focus with new property [Sunderland Echo] Rats invade Muswell Hill [Londonist] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Monday afternoon linkage - the Arslabs [June 2, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 02 Jun	Monday afternoon linkage - the Arslabs In the US: over-supplied agents turn away clients [PropertyWire] Rosie Millard on the Arslabs [Sunday Times] How to rent a country pile [Sunday Times] Bradford & Bingley share the bad news... with reduced expectations for housing market [Reuters] Nationwide raises interest rates [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday morning linkage - debt management, the new growth industry [May 30, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 30 May	Friday morning linkage - debt management, the new growth industry High street prices rise fastest in 16 years [Times] And yet Nationwide's Fionnuala Earley predicts a rate cut [HotProperty.co.uk] Redundancy talk at Charcol [FT Adviser] They could always join Northern Rock's growing debt management team [BBC News] The ITV house price calculator [ITV News] Homes hit 2006 levels [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Tuesday lunchtime linkage - post-Bank Holiday catch-up [May 27, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 27 May	Tuesday lunchtime linkage - post-Bank Holiday catch-up A conversation with George Soros [PBS] Regional press short on estate agency advertising [Zoomf blog] Mortgage approvals continue to drag along bottom [Reuters] UK Government has no plan B [MSN] Overseas estate agent takes name of Telegraph in vain [Telegraph] A look at London house prices [Sunday Times] Tony Blair and the mortgage cash machine [Mail on Sunday] The missing link - it's Noam Gottesman's pad that's being bought by Mittal [Haaretz] Prince Andrew sells house, denies fiddle [Guardian] Market report - Hometrack, and a 0.5% fall [Bloomberg] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Thursday afternoon linkage - on sexy Camden, and nasty decades past [May 22, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 22 May	Thursday afternoon linkage - on sexy Camden, and nasty decades past On why estate agents should blog [Zoomf blog] Your guide to nasty decades [BBC] Robert Peston on Countrywide's "toggle" [BBC] Sexy Camden [AboutProperty] Nationwide... not so ill after all [Daily Mail] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Tuesday morning linkage - rocketing rents [May 20, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 20 May	Tuesday morning linkage - rocketing rents Channel Island for sale [Property Today] Rocketing rents [BBC] On the future of Walthamstow [Londonist] Cheltenham & Gloucester replaces entire mortgage offering with more expensive one [Guardian] 100,000 with endowment problems [Times] Citigroup closes specialist sub-prime branches [Times] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Monday morning linkage - David Cameron's Foxtons estate agent image [May 19, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 19 May	Monday morning linkage - David Cameron's Foxtons estate agent image RICS: house sales could fall by 40% in 2008 [ThisIsMoney] Homes Matter reports Rightmove to OFT [Mortgage Introducer] David Cameron's Foxtons estate agent image [Sunday Times] Mortgage/rent creates marriages of convenience [Scotsman] Why an HIP monkey's lot is not a happy one [Sunday Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 16 May	Friday afternoon linkage - pigs exposed Controversial Streatham street art [This Is Local London] Tips from the architects [Times] Inside Britain's "best home" [Independent] Pigs' second homes trough exposed [Reuters] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 15 May	Thursday afternoon linkage - footballers' homes Customers fear banks will go bust [firstrung] Footballers' homes [Telegraph] Meanwhile, in LA, 1,000 foreclosed homes auctioned off a day [LA Times blog] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Monday afternoon linkage - sympathy for the estate agents [May 12, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 12 May	Monday afternoon linkage - sympathy for estate agents Second homes of the stars [Forbes] Is Boris anti-skyscraper? [Times] Blairs kit out properties [Daily Mail] New trend... sympathy for estate agents [Observer] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Thursday afternoon linkage - £1m discount [May 8, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 08 May	Thursday afternoon linkage - £1m discount Conservatives announce homebuying review [HotProperty.co.uk] Derivatives trader derives £1m discount on home [This Is Money] London rents up 20% in nine months [aboutproperty.co.uk] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Tuesday morning linkage - nest eggs in danger [May 6, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 06 May	Tuesday morning linkage - nest eggs in danger Mittal makes offer Hunt can refuse [Sunday Times] Nest eggs in danger [Daily Mail] Blairs buy Gielgud's former home [Telegraph] Elle Macpherson to quit London, expect to see house for sale soon [Sydney Morning Herald] How low could they go? [Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday lunchtime linkage - around the world in a million Euros [May 2, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 02 May	Friday lunchtime linkage - around the world in a million Euros On turnkey living solutions [Times] London's rich priced out [Nubricks] A million Euros of property, around the world [Forbes] Going underground [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Wednesday linkage - somebody's lending [April 30, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 30 Apr	Wednesday linkage - somebody's lending Somebody's lending [MoneyWeek] Abbey tightens criteria on interest-only loans [Guardian] The truth about mortgage fraud [Evening Standard] Comedian Ben Miller leaves London, Islington house sells without aid of Independent [Independent] BofA's Blanchflower: cut rates or watch house prices fall 30% [IHT] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Tuesday morning linkage - the nouveau poor [April 29, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 29 Apr	Tuesday morning linkage - the nouveau poor England rugby team on bottom of property investment scrum [Times] On Guy Ritchie, Madonna and the nouveau poor [Observer] Benefits of a falling market [Times] Bought in the last four years? You're in negative equity territory [Reuters] Abbey's mortgage offer brings big business [Reuters] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Friday lunchtime linkage - "pretty rum affair" [April 25, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 25 Apr	Friday lunchtime linkage - "pretty rum affair" A glimpse behind the curtains at Nestoria [Nestoria blog] Half a market [Daily Mail] Bank of England's plan inadequate [IHT] House price furore "pretty rum affair" [Daily Mail] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Monday morning linkage - back through the looking glass [April 21, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 21 Apr	Monday morning linkage - back through the looking glass A solar success in south east London [Guardian] In case you haven't heard... the Bank of England's big bend [BBC] Buying... bad. Renting... bad. [Guardian] Rosie Millard steps back through the looking glass [Sunday Times] What's wrong with falling house prices? [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Thursday afternoon linkage - that's all we need... [April 17, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 17 Apr	Thursday afternoon linkage - that's all we need... Doncaster council accused of snoop attempt [Daily Mail] 15% house price fall would leave 10% with negative equity [Times] That's all we need... Brown's going to focus on housing [Guardian] Ikea's 21 [4homes blog] Rooftop Mortgages closes doors to... everybody [Renthusiast] Reasons to rent [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 16 Apr	Wednesday afternoon linkage - would you buy above a knocking shop? Dump your fixed rate for a tracker [Fool] A Blackpool hairdresser's £1m mortgage fraud [Blackpool Gazette] Is it "fine" to live above a knocking shop asks Kings Cross woman [4homes forum] Unemployment down [BBC] Ladbrokes offer evens on "up to 10%" house price fall in 2008... sounds like a good bet [Mirror] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 15 Apr	Tuesday afternoon linkage - £100,000 annual rent, paid by taxpayer, "not cost effective" Don't worry, Brown's had a meeting [Guardian] Dad, can I borrow £223bn? [This is Money] Milliband: a sacrifice offered up to distract us from the rest of them? [Daily Mail] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 09 Apr	Wednesday afternoon linkage - little luck for estate agents, Chancellor, councils BBC has little luck encouraging sympathy for estate agents [BBC] Chancellor has little luck calming house price fears [This Is Money] Councils have little luck collecting taxes [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - the London property blog Tuesday afternoon linkage - Halifax index hits stocks [April 8, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 08 Apr	Tuesday afternoon linkage - Halifax index hits stocks London's long history of hoodies [Telegraph] Landlords report "soaring" interest [ifaonline.co.uk] The negative equity crisis map [Telegraph] Today's Halifax index hits stocks [Press Association] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Monday morning linkage - positive about negative equity [April 7, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 07 Apr	Monday morning linkage - positive about negative equity Hopes for rate cut this week [Daily Mail] Lauren Booth isn't negative about negative equity [Mail on Sunday] Shared ownership schemes mired in confusion [Observer] How to profit from falling house prices [Sunday Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday linkage - Mum and Dad Henman, the IMF, and take John Charcol [April 4, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 04 Apr	Friday linkage - Mum and Dad Henman, the IMF, and take John Charcol IMF calls on banks to do more to control housing bubble [Telegraph] Mum and Dad Henman take exception to eco-town plans [Telegraph] What does the commercial property meltdown mean for the residential sector? [Times] Nobody wants John Charcol [Independent] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 02 Apr	Wednesday lunchtime linkage - it's posh in Peckham Actually, it's posh in Peckham [Guardian] Europe's worst property markets [Forbes] Eco audits... is it all bollocks? [Telegraph] Son... years ago there used to be this thing called a "mortgage" [Times] Our pick of the Fools' Day gags [Nestoria blog] US real estate agency kingpin arrested for fraud [HousingPANIC] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Monday afternoon linkage - when nutters attack [March 31, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 01 Apr	International property round-up - starring Rio Ferdinand, Donald Trump, Terri Seymour, Milla Jovovich, Mary J Blige, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson Rio Ferdinand invests in the Caribbean [Telegraph] Trump's $45m Park Avenue apartment, check the illustrations [link to particulars] Terri Seymour's new Hollywood Hills home [link to particulars] Milla Jovovich lived here... for sale, $2.4m [link to musical particulars] Mary J Blige's $5m markdown [NY Daily News] Frank Sinatra's hideaway, $4.995m [pictured, link to particulars] The latest on the Michael Jackson foreclosure auction [the Real Estalker] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: celebrity, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 31 Mar	Monday afternoon linkage - when nutters attack Would you live near dead people? [FindaProperty] Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen: bounces back from humiliating experiences [Independent] Nutters attack Phil in the Telegraph [Telegraph] Insurance most expensive in Islington [Reuters] Kids trash homes [Independent on Sunday] New builds mainly make a loss [Daily Mail] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday linkage - mean streets [March 28, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 28 Mar	Friday linkage - mean streets OFT push ahead with Foxtons lettings complaints [Citywire] Brent Hoberman talks about MyDeco [Guardian] Americans on the British mean streets [Time] South west - the new commuter belt [Times] Property prices and railway lines [Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Foxtons' bad news day part one: OFT [February 27, 2008] New interior design project from LastMinute.com team [May 29, 2007] Technorati Tags: design, Foxton's, Foxtons, interiors, London, property, real estate, Web, Web2, web2.0 Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 25 Mar	Tuesday lunchtime linkage - ghosts in the machine, Cameron carve-up In the US... surprise rise in home sales [BBC] House hard to sell? Think about letting.... [moneyhighstreet.com] Zoopla... ghosts in the machine [Telegraph] Sunday Mirror's Cameron/council flat gag carve-up [Sunday Mirror] YBAs say "FO" to Shoreditch developers [Sunday Times] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Wednesday afternoon linkage - wipe-out predicted [March 19, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 20 Mar	Media in nobody knows anything shock Like he said: London property prices are "exceptionally expensive" [AboutProperty] London property remains attractive [Introducer Today] London property on the way of crashing! [Press Release] Property still offers investment opportunities [Mortgage Warehouse] Commercial property prices could fall by a further 15% [Guardian] UK [Commercial] property values set to rebound in second half [Wall Street Journal] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 19 Mar	Wednesday afternoon linkage - wipe-out predicted Morgan Stanley's David Miles predicts 20% house price wipe-out, based on derivative trading [This Is Money] Pigs spotted at trough in east London [Local Guardian] Savills predict bonus shortage to hit house prices [Times] The lending environment... harsh [Citywire] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Tuesday morning linkage - Countrywide, Foxtons in trouble? [March 18, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 18 Mar	Tuesday morning linkage - Countrywide, Foxtons in trouble? London to map underground London - go and help them out [Londonist] Fears for Countrywide and Foxtons [Telegraph] Telegraph dares talk of spring recovery [Telegraph] Bear Stearns and you... a Q&A [This Is Money] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday morning linkage - when is a corridor just a cavity?... and the Jackson spotted house-hunting in Barnstaple [March 14, 2008] Technorati Tags: estate agents, London, property, real estate, real estate agents Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 14 Mar	Friday morning linkage - when is a corridor just a cavity?... and the Jackson spotted house-hunting in Barnstaple Weird question of the week... minimum width of a corridor [4homes forum] Tito Jackson spotted house-hunting in Barnstaple [Telegraph] How to green audit your home [Times] Prime market doing alright, Jack [IHT] How to sell in the bad times [Times] Time to hedge? [FT] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Thursday morning linkage - Sharia stamp duty loophole closed, capital gains and btl, non-doms and Foxtons [March 13, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 13 Mar	Thursday morning linkage - Sharia stamp duty loophole closed, capital gains and btl, non-doms and Foxtons Sharia stamp duty loophole closed... did you know there was a loophole? [Times] Merryn on capital gains implications for buy-to-let [MoneyWeek] Ed Mead on the OFT/Foxtons spat [Telegraph] Non-doms policy to "damage London" [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Tuesday lunchtime linkage - nobody's borrowing [March 11, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 11 Mar	Tuesday lunchtime linkage - nobody's borrowing Apparently, there's just not the interest in £2,500 plus buy-to-let investment courses these days [This Is Money] In Scotland, the £4,000 house. It's rubbish... literally [BBC] The Dorset home that grew from £8,000 to £8m [Telegraph] In the US, failed flippers live rent-free [HousingPANIC] Home loans: down, down, down [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Monday morning linkage - second home-owners, angels in disguise [March 10, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 10 Mar	Monday morning linkage - second home-owners, angels in disguise First-time buyers paying almost double stamp duty, compared to five years ago [BBC] The battle for Robin Hood Gardens [BBC] House price implosion good for the people [Patrick.net] Sell your home in a bear market [Telegraph] Second home-owners, angels in disguise [Sunday Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday afternoon linkage - Barnsley v Chelsea, in property [March 7, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate, real_estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 07 Mar	Friday afternoon linkage - Barnsley v Chelsea, in property Thirty-four of Forbes rich list live in London [This Is London] FT house price index, up, yes you heard it, up 0.5% in February [About Property] Poles: London's over, let go home [BBC] Brit buyer targets Homebuyer show to protest Cypriot developer - sorry tale of builders and beatings [Cyprus Mail] Barnsley v Chelsea - the property cup [Yahoo] Your front door, it matters if it's black or white [Zoomf blog] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Wednesday morning linkage - borrowers: fearful; Iain Lee: in Muswell Hill; tiny toilets: chic [March 7, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 05 Mar	Wednesday morning linkage - borrowers: fearful; Iain Lee: in Muswell Hill; tiny toilets: chic BBC TV Centre to remain BBC TV Centre [Guardian] Iain Lee in Muswell Hill [Independent] 4homes forum debates movement of sun [4homes forum] Saving the house [The Big Picture] One in five has mortgage fears [BBC] Darling to sweep Northern Rock catastrophe fund under rug in budget [Times] Tiny toilets... chic [Apartment Therapy] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Monday lunchtime linkage - £41 to get out of bed [March 3, 2008] Technorati Tags: interiors, London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 03 Mar	Monday lunchtime linkage - £41 to get out of bed Merryn: "It's a stinker" [Sunday Times] Property bling for the loaded [Times] Housing shortage to push up rents [Assetz] Brown considers rural second home laws [Sunday Time] It costs you £41 to get out of bed [Mail on Sunday] Auctions not so hot [About Property] London new-builds still pretty hot [About Property] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 29 Feb	Friday afternoon linkage - shorting it, house trashed, puppy stoned Property - a guide to shorting it [Reuters] West Norwood - hot-ish [Telegraph] Amy Winehouse leaves London home [Digital Spy] House trashed, puppy stoned... teenage sleepover in London home [This Is London] Ten things about renting [Times] Unorthodox interior design... two and a half feet of cat shit [CNN Video] Mortgage lending at 1995 level [Citywire] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Tuesday morning linkage - catching up [February 26, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 26 Feb	Tuesday morning linkage - catching up Coming soon to C4... Alain De Botton on the perfect home [4homes forum] Founder sells house on Gumtree, hedges bets with Chesterton [Sunday Times] Tony Parsons on London bedsits, punk and Burchill [Sunday Times] On private listings [Observer] Mortgage approvals pick up [Reuters] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday afternoon linkage - Madonna peace talks succeed [February 22, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 22 Feb	Friday afternoon linkage - Madonna peace talks succeed Humberts: For Sale [FT] Garden grabs continue [This Is Money] Does a swap require stamp duty? [Times] In NY: Madonna peace talks succeed [Herald Tribune] Luxury affordable homes in London [Times] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Thursday lunchtime linkage - got'ya! [February 21] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 21 Feb	Thursday lunchtime linkage - got'ya! Roof to collapse on lofts [Times] New property fraud avoidance guide [HotProperty] British Gas: price increases necessary to avoid loss... hah hah got'ya! [This Is Money] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Wednesday morning linkage - rate cuts, stamp duty and more Northern Rock clownishness [February 20, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 1
Wed 20 Feb	Wednesday morning linkage - rate cuts, stamp duty and more Northern Rock clownishness MPC member hints at rate cuts [Independent] Stamp Duty - Mr No Friends [HotProperty] Northern Rock's unorthodox approach to self-promotion [Telegraph] 125% borrowers face 125% pain [Times] The iniquities of the market [4homes blog] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Tuesday morning linkage - the taxman, the landlord, the lenders, Kate Moss and Ali G [February 19, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 19 Feb	Tuesday morning linkage - the taxman, the landlord, the lenders, Kate Moss and Ali G The taxman and the landlords [Scotsman] Northern Rock would like to thank you for your £3,500 [Telegraph] Demand, faltering; supply, way up [Daily Mail] Don't love your lender [Patrick.net] Australians seek Ali G's help [This Is Local London] Kate Moss's home vandalised [Adelaide Now] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Monday morning linkage - high heels and deposits [February 18, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 18 Feb	Monday morning linkage - high heels and deposits HIPS schmips - on shoddy work and photocopies [Independent on Sunday] In London, what's going up? What could come down? [Telegraph] Ouch... Britain's biggest builder in breach with banks [Observer] America on fire [CNN Money] Assetz' big bull-snort [Assetz] Homeowners take everything, including kitchen sink [Homemove.co.uk] Woman falls for "easy street" pitch and proves house prices can go up and down, idiots go in one direction only [Guardian] More on the MPs second-homes scam [Sunday Times] High heels and deposits [Observer] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday afternoon linkage - Lambeth gangs, the bankers are coming, the sexy suburbs [February 15, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 15 Feb	Friday afternoon linkage - Lambeth gangs, the bankers are coming, the sexy suburbs More Bank of England not your dad news [Telegraph] Lambeth, like South Central LA, except with funny walk [BBC] Not in our name [Telegraph] Look out, the bankers are coming [Times] Indo-Russki battle for prime London [Times of India] The lure of the sexy suburb [My Finances] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Thursday afternoon linkage - ill-gotten riches [February 14, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 14 Feb	Thursday afternoon linkage - ill-gotten riches Goldman Sachs predicts 7% house price fall over 24 months [Times] Build your own... save thousands [Reuters] Russians in London... and their "ill-gotten" riches [Times] City bonuses... £7bn [This Is London] On shared ownership [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Wednesday afternoon linkage - smash and grab [February 13, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 13 Feb	Wednesday afternoon linkage - smash and grab Police smash top London properties, grab drugs [Telegraph] Nondoms prop up prime market [London Stock Exchange] Sub-prime... greater proportion of repos than mortgages... but why's this a suprise? [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Monday morning linkage - open-plan living, new dining rooms, hip tours, greedy MPs [February 11, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 11 Feb	Monday morning linkage - open-plan living, new dining rooms, hip tours, greedy MPs Families and open-plan living [Sunday Times] Nondom tax threat to super-prime [Times] Hip tours by Urban Gentry [International Herald Tribune] Prince's Watfrod eco-home not as eco as he'd hoped [Guardian] MPs consider "cleaning up" politics by giving themselves £22,000 extra a year [Independent] New visions of the dining room [Sunday Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday morning linkage - Nondom crackdown bad for business, Debt Factor winner scoops £10,000 [February 8, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 08 Feb	Friday morning linkage - Nondom crackdown bad for business, Debt Factor winner scoops £10,000 30% less mortgage advice given in last quarter of 2007 [Channel 4] Nondom crackdown bad for business [Property Week] Debt Factor winner scoops £10,000 [Sun] Kate Moss takes in lodger [Times] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Thursday morning linkage - expecting a cut? [February 7, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 07 Feb	Thursday morning linkage - expecting a cut? Expecting a cut today? [Channel 4] It's all HIPs fault [The Business] In trouble? Tell your lender... [Mirror] Darling: UK housing market ballsier than US [Bloomberg] Bloodsucking lenders [Telegraph] Obnoxious student tenants [Telegraph] Dubai buys Metropole [Google] Return of the extended family [Telegraph] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog, since 2004 Wednesday morning linkage - unemployed must "work for homes", the rest of us must work for MPs' homes [February 6, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 06 Feb	Wednesday morning linkage - unemployed must "work for home", the rest of us must work for MPs' homes Poor Wendy Sloane and her £2m property conundrum [Sunday Times] UK homeowners worth £2 trillion [Guardian] Aylesbury Estate - coming or going? [icSouthLondon] Meanwhile, at the Commons, the trough is overflowing [This Is London] For and against... "work for home" plan [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds More MP pigs at property trough [February 5, 2008] Monday afternoon linkage - ftbs and upsizers [February 4, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 04 Feb	Monday afternoon linkage - ftbs and upsizers Will ftbs and up-sizers profit from slowdown? [Times] Recession-proof properties [Sunday Telegraph] And more on mortgage fraud [BBC] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday morning linkage - the battle for King Street, Daphne and Rocco, the Candys and the barracks [February 1, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 01 Feb	Friday morning linkage - the battle for King Street, Daphne and Rocco, the Candys and the barracks Waitrose, Tesco, and the battle for Hammersmith's King Street [PropertyWeek.com] Daphne and Rocco guard Frank Lampard's Chelsea gaff [Daily Star] Analysts predict rate cut [Introducer Today] Another commercial property fund padlocks the gates [Guardian] Kenny Logan and London property [Telegraph] The Candys and the barracks [Independent] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 30 Jan	Wednesday lunchtime linkage - Kensington pooches walked six to a lead, oh and nobody's getting a mortgage Lending - way, way down in December [Times] The future of property funds - way , way up [Reuters] Is Bishops Avenue back? [Telegraph] FBI called in to investigate sub-prime crisis [Guardian] Mervyn King... sticking around [BBC] Hurrah for posh dogs of Kensington and Chelsea [This Is London] The Rat and Mouse - London's property blog Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 28 Jan	Monday morning linkage - yes to Poland, yes to Scotland, yes to property stocks, no to sheeps' pee Fleeing London for Poland - one contrary Brit's story [Daily Mail] 20,000 City jobs in danger [Reuters] Londoners say "yes" to Scotland, no to sheeps' pee [Sunday Mirror] Madonna's £6m home gym [Gulf Times] FT picks property stocks [FT] One for cricket fans - Brian Johnston's home for sale [Telegraph] FTB case studies [Telegraph] The Independent - now powered by Nestoria property search [Nestoria] ActiveRain - a social network for American estate agents [Zoomf] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday morning linkage - totally urbacious [January 25, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 25 Jan	Friday morning linkage - totally urbacious We get a new housing minister [Property Week] Property tycoon asks: What's £560m between friends? [Guardian] In the US: Merrill Lynch warns, there's more to come [CNN] Rich eco-warriors' self-build push [Times] Totally urbacious [Times] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Thursday morning linkage - are you ready for your close-up? [January 24, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 24 Jan	Thursday morning linkage - are you ready for your close-up? Mirror gets touchy about National Homebuyers [Mirror] Spectator defends the non-doms [Spectator] Are you ready for your close-up? [Guardian] It's a bonus [Telegraph] Council Tax to rise by average of 4% [BBC] Incentives [Zoomf Blog] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Wed 23 Jan	Wednesday afternoon linkage - repo warning Speed Limits to be cut to 20mph in London residential areas [TransportBriefing.co.uk] One in five without home insurance [MyFinances.co.uk] Government to review private-rented sector [Guardian] Moneyweek issues repo warning [Moneyweek] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Tuesday morning linkage - defaulters, bargain-hunters, Wapping [January 22, 2007] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 22 Jan	Tuesday morning linkage - defaulters, bargain-hunters, Wapping Half a million miss mortgage repayments [Times] Are cheap deals kick-starting the market? [Times] Wapping to hit market [Londonist] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Monday morning linkage - Gentrification People, vendor stiffing, neighbour charming, the ghost of negative equity past [January 21, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 21 Jan	Monday morning linkage - Gentrification People, vendor stiffing, neighbour charming, the ghost of negative equity past Gentrification People [Curbed] Tips for stiffing the vendor [Telegraph] Tips for charming your neighbour [Telegraph] Commercial property fund panic likely to spread [Observer] In the US: sub-prime lender kills wife and jumps from bridge [SFGate.com] The ghost of negative equity past [Independent] So this btl fire-sale... when, exactly? [Times] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Friday morning linkage - barking in Barking; Forest Hill, what it says on the tin [January 18, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 18 Jan	Friday morning linkage - barking in Barking; Forest Hill, what it says on the tin Forest Hill - what is says on the tin [Telegraph] Property prices in Barking remain barking [Barking & Dagenham Post] London, NY, Moscow most expensive cities [Financial Mirror] Scottish Widows shut commercial property fund after panic selling [Guardian] Halabi to flee Shard [Times] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Thursday morning linkage - man goes house price cold turkey [January 17, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 17 Jan	Thursday morning - man goes house price cold turkey Norwich Union cuts endowment payouts [Times] Too late for buy-to-let? [This Is Money] Detached homes hit by falls [Daily Mail] A man goes house price cold turkey [Telegraph] Not just clipboard jockeys profit from HIPs [HotProperty] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 14 Jan	Monday morning linkage - equity, discounts, Fitzrovia and soul power UK housing equity worth record debt-free £2.8 trillion [Reuters] Fifth of 2007 mortgages sub-prime [Property Week] Price drop: £2m off stately home [Sunday Times] Southerners pay stamp duty... through the nose [Telegraph] Soul power [Observer] Bonuses down, but still spent on property [Times] On Fitzrovia [Times] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 1
Fri 11 Jan	Friday morning linkage - Sarah Beeny's leather index Halifax's empty homes proposal [HotProperty] MPC just cost us £105m a month [Mortgage Introducer] Sarah Beeny and the state of leather [4homes blogs] Private Eye on Globrix-Sunday Times handshake [Zoomf blog] Plans to transform Leicester Square [BBC] Property sector fury at rate decision [Citywire] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Thu 10 Jan	Thursday morning linkage - John Charcol... for sale, free Wi-Fi in Islington John Charcol... yours for £50m [FT] Homebuyers gamble on rate cuts [Citywire] Bloomberg predicts dull interest rate day [Bloomberg] The Times on those Halifax figures [video] [Times] Islington's council homes to get free Wi-Fi [Yahoo] Are we ready to tighten our belts? [Guardian] The answer... via our headline of the day [Independent] The Rat and Mouse - because Londoners think about property every three seconds Tuesday morning linkage - man sleeps in same bedroom for an entire century, Savills... doin' okay [January 8, 2008] Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Tue 08 Jan	Tuesday morning linkage - man sleeps in same bedroom for entire century, Savills... doin' okay Interest rates likely to stay put [Times] Are we heading toward an economic "perfect storm"? [Independent] Man sleeps in same bedroom for entire century [The London News] Savills... doin' okay [Property Week] The January sales [Telegraph] Anyone looking for a bargain in the North? [4homes forum] No solution for Stamp Duty [MoneyMarketing] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Monday morning linkage - brace yourselves [January 7, 2008] Technorati Tags: property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Mon 07 Jan	Monday morning linkage - brace yourselves Brace yourselves [Telegraph] Selling up to pursue dreams [Sunday Telegraph] Miliband and Smith live on the edge [Sunday Express] Property market fears thorn in Northern Rock's side [Sunday Telegraph] Government accuses people of talking UK into recession [Mirror] It's a Cunning Town [Londonist] Nestoria's top searches of 2007 [Nestoria blog] The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate Other posts in the same month Comments: 0
Fri 04 Jan	Friday morning linkage - Hackney, Southwark and Tower Hamlets score highly for something Economy? Morality? Whatever next? [Scotsman] Why buy-to-letters should fear new-builds [Citywire]