Press
Jo Eccles, Director of Sourcing Property, is a widely respected property expert. Jo is the weekly property columnist for London’s morning paper, The Metro, and is frequently quoted in the national press and TV, commenting on all aspects of the property market. Jo has written property columns for Men’s Health, Coutts Woman and Property Square Magazine, as well as appearing as the property expert on various TV programmes, including ITV’s Homes and Property series, BBC1’s 6 O’clock news, ITV’s London Tonight, and BBC2’s Daily Politics.
For press enquiries please contact Emma Ward-Hunt on: 020 7580 2492.
Read Jo's weekly column as featured in The Metro.
| THE TIMES Ten marketing essentials |
May 2013 |
| FINANCIAL TIMES Estate agents measure and found wanting |
April 2013 | THE TIMES Warning over 'discounted' home sales |
March 2013 |
| FINANCIAL TIMES New-builds 'offer inferior returns' |
February 2013 |
| THE SUNDAY TIMES The rise of the bachelorette pad |
January 2013 |
| PROPERTY EXPERT Buying a property - what to do first |
January 2013 |
| THE TELEGRAPH The art of working from home |
January 2013 |
| SOURCING PROPERTY MARKET COMMENT Battersea Power Station |
January 2013 |
| EVENING STANDARD Fulham on the frontier of a fantastic future with new waterfront homes |
November 2012 |
| THE TELEGRAPH The top 20 places to make money from property |
November 2012 |
| FINANCIAL TIMES Families hit by cost of upsizing their home |
November 2012 |
| SUNDAY TIMES Two steps forward |
October 2012 |
| FINANCIAL TIMES Park life |
August 2012 |
| IPIN GLOBAL Battersea Power Station: A history and its development |
July 2012 |
| FINANCIAL TIMES Buy with care, landlords warned |
June 2012 |
| FINANCIAL TIMES UK Housebuilders tap into Asian demand |
June 2012 |
| THE TELEGRAPH Top 20 Olympic torch relay towns |
May 2012 |
| FINANCIAL TIMES Life in the circus |
May 2012 |
| FINANCIAL TIMES Fulham in flux |
April 2012 |
| FINANCIAL TIMES Buyers angry at HSBC mortgage delays |
March 2012 |
| THE GUARDIAN HSBC's conveyancing panel raises industry concerns |
March 2012 |
| FINANCIAL TIMES UK Property: schism among The Bishops |
March 2012 |
| DAILY EXPRESS Make the right moves to clinch a swift home sale |
January 2012 |
| HiFX NEWS London sees rise in Australian property investors |
January 2012 |
| COUNTRY & TOWNHOUSE MAGAZINE Village People |
December 2011 |
| CITY AM Next hotspots for price growth |
October 2011 |
| CITY AM London trends: Who's moving the prime market higher? |
August 2011 |
| PROPERTY REPORT Buying for the buyer |
July 2011 |
| PROPERTY TALK LIVE Cash isn't king for bonus recipients |
July 2011 |
| FINANCIAL TIMES Homeowners opting to improve rather than move |
July 2011 |
| SOURCING PROPERTY PRESS RELEASE Cash isn’t king for bonus recipients |
July 2011 |
| EVENING STANDARD Renting: A little bit of charm and compromise opens so many doors |
June 2011 |
| SATURDAY TELEGRAPH Getting Ready to Sell |
February 2011 |
| PRIMELOCATION.COM Do City paychecks prop up the prime property market? |
January 2011 |
| THE TELEGRAPH online About 1.8m leaseholders suffer £720m service charge rip off |
January 2011 |
| THE INDEPENDENT Trust me, I'm an estate agent: How underhand technology is being used to sell homes |
December 2010 |
| SOURCING PROPERTY 2011 London Property Market Predictions |
November 2010 |
| CITY AM Girl Power: what makes the perfect bachelorette pad |
September 2010 |
| THE SUNDAY TIMES Seek and they shall find |
August 2010 |
| ITV 3@3 Property Market Update |
August 2010 |
| BLOOMBERG London’s Rich Enlist New Breed of Broker |
August 2010 |
| THE SUNDAY TIMES What Women Want |
June 2010 |
| BUY ASSOCIATION Capital Gains Tax |
June 2010 |
| METRO End of HIPS shakes market |
June 2010 |
| FINDAPROPERTY.COM Britain’s real life SATC home owners |
June 2010 |
| DAILY MAIL Posh postcodes have kudos, but at a hefty price |
April 2010 |
| MEN'S HEALTH Should I buy before interest rates rise? |
April 2010 |
| CITY AM Going underground to extend your home |
March 2010 |
| CITY AM Living in central London to reduce your commute |
March 2010 |
| FINANCIAL TIMES Stamp duty relief seen as open to abuse |
March 2010 |
| SUNDAY TIMES A waiting game |
February 2010 |
| THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY If sellers have agents, why can't buyers? |
February 2010 |
| THE TIMES A guide to winning sealed bids |
February 2010 |
| BUY ASSOCIATION Getting the most out of estate agents |
February 2010 |
| THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Legal guide to buying a house |
January 2010 |
| THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 10 big property mistakes |
January 2010 |
| CANARY WHARF, City Life Property market conversations at the dinner table |
December 2009 |
| METRO Get moving to make savings |
December 2009 |
| DAILY MAIL How to be in your new home by Christmas |
November 2009 |
| LONDON LITE We never dreamed we could buy here |
October 2009 |
| THE SUNDAY TIMES Sealed bids |
October 2009 |
| METRO Ask Jo: My sellers are refusing to exchange until they've found a new home. What should I do? |
September 2009 |
| BBC1 - LONDON NEWS House Prices |
September 2009 |
| MATCHBOX MAGAZINE How to negotiate on price |
September 2009 |
| METRO Expert advice for first time buyers |
September 2009 |
| COUTTS WOMAN Make yourself a preferred buyer |
August 2009 |
| PROPERTY REVIEW Keep an eye on your service charge |
July 2009 |
| LONDON LITE Know the tricks of negotiating a tenancy |
July 2009 |
| THE SUNDAY TIMES Tenants' extra: buying out your landlord |
June 2009 |
| BBC1, The Six O'Clock News Sealed Bids |
June 2009 |
| PROPERTY REVIEW HIPs are not hip |
June 2009 |
| THE OBSERVER Shelve those grand schemes and give your home a little TLC instead |
May 2009 |
| THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Renting Property: How much would you pay to rent this home? |
February 2009 |
| THE OBSERVER Climbing off the property ladder was the wisest move we ever made |
February 2009 |
| LONDON LITE Westminster |
February 2009 |
| BBC1, The Six O'Clock News Property market round up of 2008 |
December 2008 |
| PROPERTY SQUARE Finding an area that fits you |
November 2008 |
| THE TIMES The balance of power in the rental market |
October 2008 |
| ITV, HOMES & PROPERTY Weekly area focus and useful tips |
October - December 2008 |
| BBC2, THE DAILY POLITICS Relocating the House of Commons |
October 2008 |
| HOMES INTERNATIONAL Property finders |
October 2008 |
| THE INDEPENDENT Stamp duty changes |
September 2008 |
| PROPERTY SQUARE Market update |
September 2008 |
| THE INDEPENDENT How to gain a room |
August 2008 |
| THE TIMES Top 10 tips on how to avoid buying the wrong property |
August 2008 |
| LONDON LITE Sell to rent! |
August 2008 |
| THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH To lease or not to lease? |
July 2008 |
| THE OBSERVER 'A conservatory, a Porsche, free flights - how can I tempt you to buy my house?' |
June 2008 |
| THE TIMES Top 10 tips on bagging a bargain |
June 2008 |
| THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Bayswater: Notting Hill's poor relation? |
June 2008 |
| THE DAILY MAIL Lofty Ambitions |
May 2008 |
| PROPERTY SQUARE Find me a property...to rent |
May 2008 |
| LONDON LITE The great indoors |
April 2008 |
| ITV, LONDON TONIGHT London Rental Market |
April 2008 |
| PROPERTY SQUARE Find me a property with...a beautiful kitchen |
April 2008 |
| PROPERTY SQUARE Find me a property with...storage |
March 2008 |
| LONDON LITE Get on a cycle path to profit |
February 2008 |
| THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Property in London: Bonus boys bloody but unbowed |
January 2008 |
| PROPERTY SQUARE Ask the Experts: Choosing a solicitor |
January 2008 |
| LONDON LITE No commute? It needn’t be a dream |
December 2007 |
| PROPERTY SQUARE Ask the Experts: Sealed Bids |
November 2007 |
| THE LONDON PAPER Parsons Green |
October 2007 |
| EVENING STANDARD Life is Good on the Green |
September 2007 |
| THE INDEPENDENT Buy-To-Let |
September 2007 |
| PROPERTY SQUARE Ask the Experts: Stress Free Property Search |
September 2007 |
| LONDON LITE The Coffee Shop Index |
June 2007 |
| LONDON LITE Why I Hired a House Hunter |
April 2007 |





