Anne Ashworth



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Full name: Anne Ashworth

Area of interest: Property, finance and retail subjects, fashion

Journals: The Times

Email: [mailto:anne.ashworth@thetimes.co.uk anne.ashworth@thetimes.co.uk]

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Career: Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday; The Times: personal finance editor, assistant editor

Current position/role: The Times' assistant editor and property editor


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TV/Radio: regularly appears on TV discussing property, financial and retail subjects

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Awards/Honours: Headline property awards: Best Property Supplement, Property Editor of the Year and overall Property Journalist of the Year, 2008 (see: Times' Anne Ashworth scoops hat-trick at headline property awards, Press Gazette, 16th June 2008)

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The Times: Property
Column name: Anne Ashworth

Column remit: Property market analysis and related issues

Section: Property (Bricks & Mortar)

Role: Property editor

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Email: [mailto:anne.ashworth@thetimes.co.uk anne.ashworth@thetimes.co.uk]

Website: Timesonline / Property

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Day published: Friday

Regularity: Weekly

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Articles:

 * buyers know that every little helps, but does Tesco?'' - The role of Tesco Bank could be crucial in the supermarket’s drive to cater for the nation’s every mortgage need - 28th April 2010
 * time for bank bailouts'' - Consumption of White Lightning is probably low in what estate agents call the ‘prime central London’ neighbourhoods - 25th March 2010
 * housing market still needs TLC from Darling'' - The Chancellor should remind the banks of their commitment to make better deals available to first-time buyers - 19th March 2010
 * East End is becoming the new West End'' - A new 36-storey block in London will allow high-flyers to live and play where they work - 13th March 2010
 * are allowed to want a handbag for Christmas'' - Sales are booming — but don’t sneer. They are good investments - 11th December 2009
 * everyone is enjoying a house price bounce'' - In towns such as Bath, house prices have rebounded at a cartoonish pace. Let’s hope some Teflon town magic spreads - 11th December 2009
 * Report: so little to sustain recovery'' - 9th December 2009
 * deadly grip on the market'' - Banks will only lend to well-off homeowners. That’s bad news for first-time buyers – and for us all - 19th August 2009
 * auction prices risk knocking back recovery'' - 4th April 2009
 * property market is improving - but not to the levels of old'' - The housing sector remains fragile, dependent on the state of the economy and also on easier access to finance - 3rd April 2009
 * the road to a Wigan semi'' - The blocks of empty, new-build apartments in city centres stand as evidence that the British tend to prefer a house - 14th March 2009
 * Home for the holidays but not safe from the storm - It is becoming evident that mortgage repayment difficulties are spreading through all levels of society - 12th December 2008
 * Better late than never - Proposals that would allow jobless homeowners with mortgages of less than £400,000 to defer their interest payments for up to two years should be welcomed - 5th December 2008
 * goes the high street (and the neighbourhood)'' - You may have thought your local Woolworths was a bit naff, but the fallout from its failure will spread to nearby areas - 28th November 2008
 * Is it time for the return of Miras? - Miras propelled a generation into home ownership. It is now being promoted as the way to keep the current generation's struggling owners in their homes - 21st November 2008
 * Time to lift the threat of repossession - The Government must act to keep people in their homes - 14th November 2008
 * Now it's up to the banks to pass on the cut - Yesterday's surprising cut in the bank base rate could help the housing market only if the semi-nationalised banks do the decent thing and pass it on - 7th November 2008
 * Property auctions show lots of uncertainty - Many of those at the auction were eager to bid for the kind of property bargains likely to be available next year as the recession takes its toll - 31st October 2008
 * Gordon, Mervyn, Madonna and the housing market - The Government's recent candor is welcome. But now we need action on home loans - 24th October 2008
 * Has the Government done enough to aid a housing recovery? - A rate cut might be the only way to revitalise the property market - 17th October 2008
 * Still as safe as houses - The perceived threat to deposits from bank instability has spooked the nation more than property price falls - 10th October 2008
 * Is this the death of buy-to-let? - Over-commitment of the financial is expected to increase instances of failure to complete in the buy-to-let sector - 3rd October 2008
 * New jargon for the property crunch - A whole new vocabulary has sprung up to convey our housing woes - 26th September 2008
 * Why are banks suddenly so pious? - If only they'd shown their new-found prudence a little earlier - 19th September 2008
 * Planning blight or boon? - Why we are resolutely unmoved by the easing of planning restrictions - 12th September 2008
 * Finding a short cut to a house sale - The remedy for the downturn in the housing market lies in cheaper borrowing for the creditworthy - 9th September 2008
 * Housing market ills cannot be cured by a sticking plaster - 3rd September 2008
 * Is the Chancellor Alistair Darling dancing to Vince Cable's tune? - 29th August 2008
 * Savills recovery predictions for the housing market - Commentators are now engaged in a contest to get the recovery time right - here are Savills forecasts - 22nd August 2008
 * Opening bids: the betting man's view of property prices - It is no longer possible to be in a state of denial over the new lower valuation for your home - 15th August 2008
 * We need stamp duty reforms, not rumours - Government announcements are so vague they might even backfire - 8th August 2008
 * What America's Fannie and Freddie mortgage crisis can teach us - The ailing giants among US mortgage companies point the way to easing our own property woes - 18th July 2008
 * How the credit crunch will (eventually) fade - Prime property in London should be the first to benefit from any lightening of the gloom - 11th July 2008



The Times: 'Chain Reaction'
Column remit: style and fashion coverage & opinion

Section: life & style

Role: expert

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Email: anne.ashworth@thetimes.co.uk

Website: Timesonline / Chain Reaction

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Day published: Friday

Regularity: Weekly

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Articles:

 * sell-offs do not mean a sell-out'' - Ethical consumers should not despair if their favourite brands are taken over by the big boys - 8th April 2009
 * grown-ups must rescue the high street'' - Britain is a nation of chain-store keepers. We have the expertise to save our favourites from the Monopoly players - 5th February 2009
 * Miss Sixty - You'll need a fat wallet for its skintight look - 30th May 2008
 * Why Boden is now in a field of its own - There's a new and hip look to the catalogue favourites - 23rd May 2008
 * CC caters for wannabe Jane Seymours - 15th May 2008
 * H&M - The Swedish store is now calmer - 2nd May 2008
 * Comptoir des Cotonniers - The chain sells French chic and is expanding in the UK. It's a bit pricey but you want to study every item in the shop - 17th April 2008
 * Kate Kuba - The small-ish shoe chain is playing a part in the larger Sopranos-like drama of the footwear sector - 11th April 2008
 * Massimo Dutti's credit-crunch chic - 28th March 2008
 * Designer and everyday: House of Fraser's winning formula - 7th March 2008
 * Tradition’s still great when bang up to date - Our correspondent identifies a shift away from the tidy and towards the trendy at John Lewis’s flagship store in Oxford Street - 1st February 2008
 * Tradition’s still great when bang up to date: A shift away from the tidy and towards the trendy at John Lewis’s flagship store in Oxford Street - 1st February 2008
 * Chain reaction: Saving the planet, one skirt at a time: Our expert admires Adili’s ethical allure - 25th January 2008
 * Noa Noa puts the flounce in your step - 18th January 2008

