London is the wild west of the global property market – and it needs a sheriff
We must legislate to curb the overseas tycoons buying up apartments and leaving them empty
Communities
‘This is the Everest of zero carbon’ – inside York’s green home revolution
The city plans to build Britain’s biggest zero-carbon housing project, boasting 600 homes in car-free cycling paradises full of fruit trees and allotments. When will the rest of the UK catch up?
Accessible and social distanced: London Mural Festival takes street art mainstream
More than 100 muralists, including Camille Walala, to transform more than 50 sites across the capital
Private rents in England hit record high during coronavirus lockdown
Median rent was highest in London – at £1,425 a month – according to ONS data
A cinema, a pool, a bar: inside the post-apocalyptic underground future
A missile silo converted into a 15-storey luxury subterranean apartment complex could be a taste of what lies in store in cities around the world
Welcome to Manc-hattan: how the city sold its soul for luxury skyscrapers
Giant towers are sprouting up all over Manchester. But how will sky lounges and penthouse olive groves help the city’s rocketing homelessness problem?