Prudence Ivey

Editor, Homes & Property

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Prudence Ivey is the editor of the multi award-winning Homes & Property

Property News

Planning reform will take housebuilding to a '40-year high'

The Chancellor neglected any quick fixes for the UK’s broken housing market instead relying on planning reform to boost housebuilding over the next five years

26 Mar 2025
TV

Funny Woman on Sky Max review - implausible Sixties comic drama

There are joyous moments celebrating television comedy, which give a glimpse at what the series might have been

19 Jan 2023
Property News

‘Should we live in lorry-sized tiny homes to solve housing crisis?’

With little room for partners or future families, the trend for tiny homes could be a recipe for arrested development. Surely there’s a more sensible answer to the housing crisis

18 Jan 2023
Interiors

The Randolph Hotel reimagined as a vision of literary Oxford

The historic hotel is not afraid to reference its illustrious past, without resting on its laurels

12 Jan 2023
Renting

Comment: ‘Are we on the verge of a renters’ revolt?’

With private renting now the fastest-growing tenure in the country, politicians must listen to renters’ concerns or expect consequences

12 Jan 2023
Celebrity homes

Inside the juiciest London celeb home moves of the past year

Inside some of London’s most glamorous recent home sales

5 Jan 2023
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Property News

‘Traditional housing wisdom out the window in these uncertain times’

Should you rent, buy now, or hold off on a move next year? Search me, in 2023 all bets are off

22 Dec 2022
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Property News

Rightmove reveals most searched-for areas for home buyers in 2022

Several housing market trends have headed back towards where they were before the coronavirus pandemic, the website said.
21 Dec 2022
Property News

‘We may never build enough new homes, let’s reclaim the empty ones’

New homes are endlessly touted as the solution to the housing crisis, but while we’re waiting for the builders to arrive, let’s make sure the ones we’ve already got are occupied

7 Dec 2022
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Property News

‘Can we accommodate padel-playing schoolgirls and actor neighbours?’

It’s impossible to say whose claims are more worthy, those who enjoy noisy sports or those who need a lie-in, so the planning system needs to get better at compromise

30 Nov 2022
Celebrity homes

Is DJ Calvin Harris the latest music star to fall for Primrose Hill?

Calvin Harris is thought to be the buyer of a five-bedroom home in north-west London’s Primrose Hill.

30 Nov 2022
Interiors

H&M Home launches range with celeb-fave Berlin jewellery brand

Worn by the likes of Kylie Jenner and Priyanka Chopra, the Berlin jewellery brand already has a cult following — now it’s created a limited range of ‘jewellery for the home’ with H&M

30 Nov 2022
Luxury

Ski in winter, hike in summer and watch house prices rise year round

Aspen is a popular year-round investment for United States buyers, but the mountain town has global appeal thanks to beautiful scenery — and booming property sales

29 Nov 2022
Buying & Mortgages

How to get first-timers on the ladder? Get their parents to downsize

Fixing the property market will take more than first-time buyer schemes — we need older homeowners to create movement at the top of the market too

29 Nov 2022
Interiors

A Belle Epoque classic hotel still beloved of the fashion set

A classic hotel in the south of France whose style has endured for over a century

22 Nov 2022
Property News

Autumn Budget: stamp duty cuts to be in place until March 2025

The ‘permanent’ property tax break will now be a long holiday instead.

17 Nov 2022
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Celebrity homes

Former Arsenal co-owner’s Mayfair house for sale for £11.95m

The mews property features a cinema room where the football fanatic used to watch games

16 Nov 2022
Property News

‘A council tax rise (done right) might not be a terrible thing’

Council tax is one of the few tools the Treasury has to rebalance the housing market when so many homeowners are mortgage free. But will Jeremy Hunt choose to use it?

16 Nov 2022
Memorial Events Take Place To Remember The 72 People Killed In The Grenfell Tower Fire - Fifth Anniversary
Property News

Comment: ‘We’re all at risk if we ignore important Grenfell lessons’

A jaw-dropping new book details the failures at every level that culminated in the Grenfell tragedy. It also lays bare how little has been done to make the system safer

9 Nov 2022
Property News

Comment: ‘Why council housing is key to solving the housing crisis’

Buyers, renters and council tenants would all benefit from a revitalised state-led home building programme

2 Nov 2022