Property Week • 4th October 2019 Malta: the price of a passport How Malta’s cash-for-passports scheme is creating a property bubble in the EU's smallest country.
WIRED UK • 26th September 2019 Are Purplebricks' glowing Trustpilot reviews too good to be true? An investigation into reviews of online estate agent Purplebricks has found evidence that the firm selectively screens reviews in order to skew its online ratings to be more positive.
Property Week • 8th March 2019 Inside Egypt's New Capital I was the first journalist to gain full access to the site of the new capital of Egypt.
Property Week • 8th February 2019 George Shweiry interview: "Greed is Bad" George Shweiry thinks he knows the secret of eternal youth.
Property Week • 30th November 2018 Embassies: foreign matter An investigation into who owns the 303 diplomatic properties in the UK - and where they are.
Property Week • 2nd November 2018 Saudi investment: business as usual? Following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, I investigate if international outcry could stem the flow of Saudi money into UK property.
Property Week • 13th July 2018 Embassy Row An investigation into the new US embassy in London. Was it a bad deal?
Property Week • 13th April 2018 Welcome to Londongrad Despite worsening relations between Russia and the UK, Russians are still investing in London – and they are not all oligarchs splashing ‘dirty’ cash.
Property Week • 9th March 2018 Battle for the Soviet blocks I visited Moscow’s khrushchevkas to find out why residents are in revolt over plans to demolish them.
Property Week • 8th December 2017 Fracking: back frack or sack it? In 2011, fracking hit the headlines when it was blamed for two earthquakes. But recently there has been an increase in exploratory activity.
Property Week • 13th October 2017 Kleptocracy tour: dirty business A sightseeing tour of London properties bought with dirty money.
Property Week • 17th March 2017 Who owns London The first ever exhaustive list of London's biggest landowners.