There is a class of homeowner in America that is neglected by our industry. They own a type of property that has a very particular benefit to a specific kind of buyer, but most of the practitioners in our business don’t know what to do with it. We were able to attract and capture these sellers’ listings under circumstances that break all the “rules” of what is supposed to be possible. To put it another way, the things that sellers typically consider important were not important to Read more [...]

A university campus in Glasgow has gone on sale, in what's likely to be Scotland's biggest property development deal this year. The 31-acre Jordanhill site is set in a mainly residential area in the heart of the city's West End. The University of Strathclyde moved out three years ago, leaving the three-storey David Stow building, built in 1922, empty. The agents, JLL, say that the Category B-listed building could be converted into 71 flats, which would have fantastic views over the city. Another Read more [...]

If Clayfields House secure children’s home had a head boy, it would be Mark, 17, who has been locked up here for two years and 11 months. When government officials visit, Mark talks to them about his experiences and his hopes for the future. When I first visited Clayfields in January, he was deputed to describe how his life had been transformed by his stay there. He listed GCSEs he has picked up and bad behaviours he has shaken off. He spoke with optimism about his imminent release in April, his Read more [...]