Phil Spencer: ‘Downsizing can make you rich. So don’t leave it too late’
Prioritise upsizing your lifestyle rather than holding on to your forever home
	Prioritise upsizing your lifestyle rather than holding on to your forever home
	
	
	Two fifths of older homeowners live in a home that is larger than they need
	Politicians should remember that building homes is where the growth is
	Private corporations bought up Berlin’s social housing – now the city is struggling to get it back
	
	
	Purchasing a dream house could turn into a nightmare – go in with your eyes wide open
	Reading is in decline across all classes. The issue is no longer just access, or upbringing
	Planners should be insisting that a certain proportion of new homes are single storey
	Optimistic property price forecasts may, sadly, be no more than an aberration
	Pent up property demand due to immigration will prop up prices for years to come
	The era of cheap money is over but hopefully our love of property isn’t
	Our new columnist explains how the wealthy get their hands on the best properties – and how to copy them
	Hell-bent on independence, the party rolls out one ill-conceived idea after another
	England is not short of homes – they are just unavailable, or unaffordable
	Balancing the desire to help our children with our own financial needs can be a challenge
	Property market delivers largest jump since March last year
	
	
	Those renting out property should hold firm and remember their reasons for investing
	Retailer accused of building ‘executive housing’ that will not benefit local families
	Creating new homes on the green belt is necessary, but the existing residents do not need to lose out
	A glut of desperate tenants is making the market intensively competitive
	It’s harmless but feels naughty, like trying on an expensive coat you have no intention of buying
	Appointment comes as the retail giant plans to diversify its business
	Leaders desperately incentivise parenthood to stall the country’s demographic decline
	It’s taking aim at unlovely parts of the greenbelt, and the polls suggest it will be surprisingly popular