An empty building rarely gets targeted overnight. It starts small - a forced bin store, a jemmied window, the same faces walking past a little too often. Miss the early signs and a quiet vacancy becomes an occupied problem. Here are the 5 warning signs your vacant building is becoming a target - and what to do before it's too late.

An empty building is a fire waiting to happen. No one's there to notice the faulty wiring, the piled-up waste, the broken-in squatter with a portable heater. And in a dense London street, one vacant property fire rarely stays one property's problem. Here are the key causes of vacant property fires in London - and how to cut the risk before it catches.

Summer feels quiet - but for a vacant property, it's the busy season. Long light evenings, empty streets, people away, and more time on idle hands. It's when break-ins spike, squatters settle in, and an unwatched building gets tested hardest. Here's why summer is the riskiest time for vacant property owners - and how to stay ahead of it.

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.