The Observer index, January-December 2001 ... - Microform

* A scheme offering expert advice from architects for very little
24/06/01 C 13 1>2
* A law that took effect today means homeowners around
Britain could soon find themselves suddenly ordered to pay
repairs bills around £3,000 to drains under their houses 01/07/01
C 6 1>6 Photograph
* Rises in house prices are expected to splutter to a halt later this
year as homeowners face the consequences of economic
slowdown 08/07/01 N 2 8
* Property is set to follow shares and job vacancies into
economic slowdown 08/07/01 N 4 1>8 Graphs
* Property for sale on flight paths are being discounted 08/07/01
C 8>9 1>4 Photographs
* Properties with a sea view are always the first to be sold and
are up to 50 per cent more expensive 15/07/01 C 8 1>8
Photograph
* Action on the 'seller's pack' is the key to judging Labour's
performance on housing 15/07/01 C 9 1>6
* The new Notting Hill - in south London 22/07/01 C 14 1>6
Photograph
* Guide to searching out and surviving the traps that wreck
property purchases and sales 29/07/01 C 16>17 1>4
Photographs
* A holiday home in Florida can almost pay for itself in rent
from Disney fans 05/08/01 C 8>9 1>3 Photographs
* Natalie Sutton continues her diary of restoring a hamlet in the
south of France 12/08/01 C 8>9 2>5 Photographs
* Prices have doubled in the celebrity territory of Beaconsfield
12/08/01 C 8>9 1>3 Photographs
* Loft conversions 19/08/01 C 8>9 1>5
* The first signs of a property crash in the commercial sector are
now evident 26/08/01 N 4 6
* Changing a listed building can be a nightmare, but most
succeed and the payoff is great 26/08/01 C 6 1>5 Photographs
* Leading mortgage lenders are raising their forecasts for
increases in house prices following another buoyant month
02/09/01 N 1 1>2
* Urban decay will be swept away by safe, green communities if
co-housing enthusiasts have their way 02/09/01 C 8>9 1>5
Photograph
* Rising house prices have also meant rising rents as first-time
buyers, forced off the property ladder by fears of a slump, stay
with their landlords 09/09/01 C 8>9 1>4 Photographs
* The single biggest culprit in the high cost of moving is stamp
duty 16/09/01 R 9 1>6 Photograph
* Future houses 23/09/01 C 9 1>4 Photograph
* House prices are showing early signs of slowdown in the wake
of the international political and economic crisis 30/09/01 N 1
5>8
* Terrorism has cast a shadow over a highly attractive sector, the
buy-to-let market 30/09/01 C 8>9 1>6 Photograph
* The shares shakedown may push people towards property, but
it is not a one-way bet - see Personal Finance 07/10/01
* Palatial piles are now a dime a dozen - almost - report on
sagging prices in the shires 07/10/01 C 4>5 1>5 Photographs
* Up to 5 million people in 2 million homes are at risk of
flooding over the next few weeks 14/10/01 C 10 1>6
Photograph
* Property Ladder - see Television 21/10/01
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* Landlords can let universities take the strain of finding tenants
and collecting money 21/10/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph
* Property can earn £750 a day as a film location 28/10/01 C
10>11 1>4 Photographs
* House prices in some parts of London are set to fall sharply,
according to a new service that reflects what property owners
think will happen to the value of their homes 28/10/01 N 2 4>7
Photograph
* Clear evidence of a slow-down in the housing market will
come from the country's biggest lender, Halifax, this week
04/11/01 N 2 3>6
* Don't expect house prices to fall if Britain joins the single
currency 25/11/01 C 10>11 1>3 Photographs
* The abolition of Stamp Duty on cheap properties in
disadvantaged areas is unlikely to boost the flagging housing
market - see Personal Finance 02/12/01
* Prices of upmarket houses in London have plunged by up to 20
per cent in the past three months 02/12/01 N 1 1
* Plan to bring valuations in line with house price rises will hit
the poor worst 02/12/01 C 8>9 1>5 Photograph
* Lenders are moving to speed up sales 09/12/01 R 8>9 1>6
Photograph
* Another instalment of the British property owners in France
09/12/01 R 9 3>6 Photograph
* Buying a home before it's built can pay off - even in a falling
market 16/12/01 C 8>9 1>4 Photograph
* Investors seeking solid returns from a turbulent stock market
are returning to property funds 16/12/01 C 8>9 1>4
PROSTITUTION
* Completion of a three-part investigation into child prostitution
14/01/01 B 12 1>8 Photographs
* Israeli brothel keepers have the right to buy and sell prostitutes
in the same way that football clubs transfer players - see
International Affairs: Middle East 10/06/01
* The numbers of boys being forced into prostitution is an untold
scandal 09/12/01 B 14 1>7 Photograph
PROVINCE OF NIGHT
* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 29/07/01
PSYCHIATRY
* Profile on Anthony Clare, Radio 4's resident psychiatrist - see
Clare, Anthony 13/05/01
PSYCHOLOGY
* Freud resisted the call of the movies, but an Observer-backed
film festival devoted to reading the subconscious mind shows
how his work has influenced directors - see Film 17/06/01
PUBERTY
* Pre-teen puberty is a myth, claim doctors 04/03/01 B 3 1>4
Photograph
PUBLIC HOUSES
* The people of a Pennine village are raising a float to buy and
reopen their local pub, The Robin Hood 29/07/01 C 7 1>4
Photographs
PUBLIC PLACES
* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 12/08/01
PUBLIC RELATIONS
* Julia Hobsbawm comments on Public Relations 07/10/01 N 6
5>8 Photograph