Hugo Cox

A surge of residents, many of them mainlanders, have settled in the city since 2023, driving rents to record levels. Hopes are riding high for a sales market bounceback

Mycelium is making sustainable strides in the carbon-intensive construction sector, but other industries offer some sobering reality checks

Two recent recruits to the ‘home energy revolution’ had very different experiences — both share their insights

The rural super-prime market is in a deep freeze. But could bargain hunters, hard-balling buyers and fed-up sellers trigger a thaw?

As urban housebuilding strategies around the world increasingly push families out, the ‘sidewalk ballet’ — and heart — of community life is under threat

The government wants five million more homes to have solar panels by 2030, but many homeowners are being kept in the dark

Some called it ‘a hobbit house’, but it replanted an architectural seed that is now blooming beautifully

Households are facing long delays for panel installations to be approved, which is proving costly as many are gifting free electricity to the grid

The secrets to creating the most attractive corner of ecological real estate

New York’s new tax on second homes is prompting owners to rethink. Are these city pads still worth it? It’s a question that those in London have long been asking