The British Property Boom Across the country, property prices have been rising at record speeds, with far-reaching consequences for many people. Dispatches investigates the impact on buyers and sellers, following first-time purchasers such as Dionne, who faces having to ask her retired mother Denise to sell the family home to get her onto the property ladder, and Hackney resident Barbara, who has been priced out of the area where she was born. The programme also meets foreigners snapping up investment flats in London and visits one of the smallest houses for sale in the city, measuring just 6ft wide and on the market for a whopping £235,000