Watch the signs for property crash

GOSLING'S GROUSE

Kick over the statues, the walls are tumbling down. In other words, this is a column about property....

Kick over the statues, the walls are tumbling down. In other words, this is a column about property. Many readers will have been fascinated, as I was, to read the front page story in Investment Week at the end of June about Peter Hargreaves and property. Those who know him will almost have been able to hear his blunt Northern tones ringing from the page as he explained his lack of enthusiasm for property investments. For those who missed the piece, a quick summary is that Hargreaves well remembers the pain the 1980s property crash caused to him and investors trying to get out of the mark...