At Lurot Brand we often find ourselves laughing out loud when a clever political cartoon gets passed around the office. The portraits may be unflattering, and the situations are invariably ridiculous, but these brilliant satirists nevertheless manage to use their comic skills to make a serious point about UK politics.

The American president and lawyer Abraham Lincoln once stated that ‘a man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client.’ 

The delicate, diamond-paned windows are dirty, there is peeling paintwork everywhere and the faded whitewash on the brickwork gives it a ghostly pallor.

Here’s something to muse over: how do you identify a traditional mews house when so many properties these days might be described as a “mews”?

There was a time when owning a prime Central London property was the best tax free investment you could make. Not only could you live in it, it was an overdraft facility, a school/university fee vehicle for your children and it still took care of you into your retirement.

There’s a new Instagram trend taking over from diners taking pictures of their dinner plates

London’s commercial property and residential property sectors are very different beasts but their success is, to a degree, interlinked

Would you significantly improve the energy efficiency of your property in order to add value ahead of a house move? The

Estate agents may be asked to provide information on the air quality around each home they sell, suggests one of the most influential trade bodies in the property sector

Are drones set to play a bigger role in the property industry? Unmanned aerial vehicles, as they are formally known, are already being used to capture aerial images and videos of sprawling estates and farmland to give a sense of scale, and now property specialists have found a new use for the technology

Mews properties offer buyers a slice of London’s history in the most central of locations, usually complete with an interesting past use and unusual layout

It may not be time for champagne corks to pop just yet, but at Lurot Brand we are feeling cautiously optimistic. This renewed optimism follows a report which revealed that from next year, prime London property prices are projected to grow by more than 10% over five years.

The choice of mortgage products available to home buyers and property investors has reached a nine-year high, comments Moneyfacts

Located in quiet, cobbled streets, painted in soft pastel colours and adorned with colourful hanging baskets … It’s no wonder that we love London mews properties, but is that love simply skin deep?

The most successful CEOs and the world’s wealthiest people are prospering in Britain despite our vote to leave the EU, according to two influential reports released in May

An independent study from the International Longevity Centre and the Building Societies Association has revealed that many homeowners in the future will be paying off a mortgage well into their 60s and even 70s

There is a profusion of press articles circulating that detail the direction of house prices in Central London compared to other part of the capital and, indeed, elsewhere in the UK

Movers looking to buy a property using a mortgage have an unbelievable range of home loans to choose from, with the Yorkshire Building Society launching the lowest mortgage rate ever this month, available in the UK at 0

Kensington – a part of London known for its upscale restaurants, including the Michelin-starred Kitchen W8 – is set for a different kind of gastronomic experience this summer

If you’ve over-indulged on chocolate and hot cross buns this Easter, walking is a great way to reclaim your waistline. The Chief Medical Officer recommends that adults take 150 minutes of “moderate intensity, aerobic, physical activity” each week.

Residents living in pretty-as-a-picture period cottages located on quiet, cobbled streets enjoy the benefits of a fantastic community spirit rarely found in the capital these days.