Our man in town

Something must be done

Sept. 1, 2008

The less that is done, the quicker the market will recover

Hate mail

July 1, 2008

Estate agencies are closing at the rate of 150 a month – but they’re not squealing for a government cash handout to tide them over because they know that if they did, everyone would just laugh and hold them in even greater contempt

Prezza’s our man

May 1, 2008

There’s only one solution – to coax our former deputy prime minister away from his deckchair and doughnut mountain back into office

Honest agents

April 1, 2008

“Nobody is buying anything at all and the vendor is desperate to sell”

Flats go flat

Feb. 1, 2008

It was heart-warming to see the Centre for Policy Studies’ Ruth Lea, insist on Question Time that our housing market is quite different to America’s

Get quangoed

Dec. 1, 2007

Hook up with Yorkshire Forward, which managed to splurge £60,000 on a staff event at Center Parcs

Amnesia approach

Nov. 1, 2007

So universal has our collective head-in-thesand strategy been, that it’s actually worked

Downing Street downer

Oct. 1, 2007

Dear HB! A monthly missive from our man in town

A likely story

Aug. 1, 2007

Now is the happy time, when we all go forward, shoulder to shoulder, heads in the clouds

Passing the buck

July 1, 2007

Chancer Brown will get away with what he does best – dodging responsibility