Editorial strands
The slots that run every issue
A magazine becomes recognisable when readers know what they are going to find. These are the franchises — named, recurring, and the reason a reader turns to page forty before page four.
Market Intelligence
Every issue
What is happening. What it means. What to consider next.
Prices, mortgages, rents, supply, development and investment — reported so that the reader ends the piece knowing what to do, not just what happened.
About this strandExpert Intelligence
Every issue
Authority from the people who understand the risks.
Mortgages, legal, surveys and investment. Each column answers the question readers actually ask, with the contributor's interests declared.
About this strandFirst-Time Buyer
Every issue
A practical route from deposit to front door.
Deposit, borrowing power, offer, survey, conveyancing and completion — with the costs beyond the purchase price named rather than discovered.
About this strandDream Homes
Every issue
The houses worth looking at, and what makes them work.
Photography and design with the reasoning attached, so it is a lesson in what to look for rather than an advertisement for what you cannot afford.
About this strandRenovate & Improve
Every issue
Transform your home and add value.
What adds value and what quietly does not, what to do in which order, and where the money goes when a project overruns.
About this strandInvestment
Every issue
Property investment with more intelligence and less hype.
Buy-to-let, HMOs, development, commercial, international, funds and REITs — each with the risk and the complexity stated plainly.
About this strandWhere to Live & Invest
Every issue
Location coverage built around decisions.
Places compared on affordability, prices, rents, transport, schools, employment, regeneration and lifestyle — because the same street is a different answer for a family and an investor.
About this strandAI & PropTech
Every issue
The technologies changing how property works.
Search, finance, conveyancing, the connected home and portfolio analytics — translated for people who are not buying the technology, only living with it.
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