A new generation of wealthy house hunters are ditching the traditional London townhouse for the ultra modern, multi-million pound, luxury apartment. Max Davidson examines the rise of lateral living To fans of Downton Abbey, and other period dramas set in stately piles, the idea of ‘lateral living’ is anathema. What […]

Network Rail has appointed the investment bank Rothschild to assess its £1bn commercial property portfolio, which could be sold or redeveloped. The debt-laden organisation that runs the UK rail network has land around railway lines and also owns commercial property that brought in £266m in rent last year, making it […]