Property news, and the part that lands on your doorstep

How I cover a story

I am a working agent, not a newsroom. I will not beat the wires on speed and I am not going to try. What I can do is the second half of the job, which most coverage skips.

• The facts, dated. What was announced, by whom, on which day, with the source named. If a figure came from a broker's estimate rather than the developer, I say so.
• The money. Who pays, who gains, and roughly how much. A redevelopment that needs a fourfold value uplift to make sense tells you more about the finished product than any press release will.
• The read. My opinion, labelled as opinion. Where I am guessing, I use the word guess.
• What to do about it. Buyer, seller, owner, tenant. Different people, different answers. Sometimes the answer is do nothing, and I will say that too.

If a story touches a place you own in, message me and I will tell you what I think it does to your number. That part is free and there is nothing to sign.

Want the next one before it is everywhere?

I do not run a mailing list. What I do is message the handful of owners whose block a story actually touches, on the day it breaks. Tell me where you own and I will put you on that short list.

I usually reply within the hour, 9am–9pm.