Empty homes in England have passed 750,000 - and property owners are taking notice. Searches for property guardianship are up 24%, as more owners look for a smarter way to protect vacant buildings than leaving them empty and exposed. Here's what's driving the shift, and why guardianship is fast becoming the go-to answer.

It started the way these things usually do - with a video online. Strangers walking into a vacant garage in North London, and a brand-new Volvo sitting unprotected inside. An empty building is one thing. An empty building full of assets is another. Here's what happened when someone got in - and how to test your own site before they do.

Five vacant pubs, half a mile apart, all squatted in four weeks. Different owners, different timelines - same outcome. At first glance it looks like bad luck. It isn't. Vacant risk doesn't sit still, it spreads - and when empty sites cluster, they get targeted together. Here's why, and what asset managers keep getting wrong about it.

Two minutes. That's all it took. A guarded building in Clerkenwell, one brief step away - and someone got in and locked the door behind them. Because a guard being there isn't the same as a building being secure. Here's what that gap really costs, and why structure beats headcount every time.