Kensington block changes hands as new venture targets the capital’s prime rental market.
Native Land teams up with Singaporean investor for PCL acquisition drive
Kensington block changes hands as new venture targets the capital’s prime rental market.
Top-end Kensington scheme racks up over £70mn in sales
Developer unveils resident amenities and reports latest sales progress at Squire & Partners-designed project.
Elicyon names new Creative Director
Rebecca Larn steps up at Charu Gandhi's London-based luxury design firm.
PCL agency bolsters team after high-end deal run
Former Aston Chase ops manager joins alongside two agents as the Mayfair-based firm sets its sights on further expansion.
Italy’s exit tax plan raises eyebrows in Britain
'Perhaps we don’t look so bad after all?' quips top London buying agent as Rome pitches a departure charge for wealthy residents.
Forecast: London property prices ‘should return to growth’ in 2027
Major estate agency group thinks home-buying activity will improve a bit in the coming years, but doesn't expect a big recovery.
£1.5bn property portal fees claim seeks green light
The big Competition Appeal Tribunal hearing starts today; Rightmove says the claim is 'without merit'.
Westminster joins AI planning trial
Ministers say new tech can make shorter work of planning paperwork, halving processing times for routine householder applications.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Your essential five-minute briefing, featuring data, forecasts and analysis from Savills, ONS, Knight Frank, Connells Property Vision, UK Sotheby's & more...
Rightmove adds more AI tools for agents
'It’s our job is to help agents work more efficiently,' says property portal.
Boutique London agency snaps up another lettings portfolio
Around 50 managed properties join the firm’s books as it continues its expansion across PCL & SW London.
Remarkable Bloomsbury portfolio hits the market with £20mn resi potential
Trio of listed buildings could deliver four townhouses and four apartments.
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The Budget 2026
Budget 2026: Healey keeps hands off housing
But landlords face yet another tax hike.
Talking Heads: Prime resi industry insiders respond to the Budget 2026
'Doing no harm isn't quite the same as doing some good,' comments one estate agency chief.
Required Reading: The Budget 2026 for HNWIs & business owners
Mishcon de Reya's experts talk us through the key policy announcements and various need-to-knows affecting wealth, real estate and business following John Healey's maiden Budget speech.
OBR downgrades house price, transaction & construction forecasts
Fiscal watchdog expects 4% fewer property sales over the next five years than were predicted in March.
Government confirms 100% ‘mansion tax’ premium for empty homes
Latest Measures & Industry Reactions: More details of the incoming High Value Council Tax Surcharge bills have been revealed, with first bills due to arrive in March 2028.
Sale agreed on final Knightsbridge Gate apartment
The last of the PCL scheme’s 15 residences has found a buyer, rounding off a sales campaign that saw guide prices hit £25mn.
Giving families ‘breathing space’? Stop calling their homes mansions
Holding the £2mn line won’t make the mansion tax fair, argues property lawyer Tatiana Sharposhnikova.
Queensway graduates to London’s luxury apartment big league
Ranked: Analysis reveals the top streets, squares & districts for £5mn-plus flat sales, as new developments redraw the prime property map.
Agency reports ‘renewed momentum’ in Prime Central London’s £4mn+ market
High-value transactions are up 62% as the firm continues to make heavyweight hires and expand its new broker division.
Shackleton’s Kensington base lists at £20mn after owner’s ‘extraordinary journey’
Vendor navigated RBKC’s notoriously tough planning system to turn the explorer’s former family home into an art-filled ‘masterpiece’.
An Oxford economist’s verdict on Britain’s housing market: High taxes, soaring land values & a system in need of repair
Professor John Muellbauer makes a fresh case for halving Stamp Duty and replacing Council Tax, while branding the mansion tax 'poorly designed'.
Budget 2026: The prime resi industry’s hopes, fears & expectations
Special Feature: PrimeResi surveyed leading estate agents, buying agents, developers & advisors to gauge the luxury property sector's feelings & forecasts about this week's big fiscal event.
From Osborne to Reeves: Which Budgets were best & worst for prime London property?
Fresh Beauchamp Estates analysis tracks prime and super-prime sales through seven fiscal statements - as agency calls for end to annual guessing game.
Editor's Choice
Another Budget, another round of doom and gloom - but buying agency boss Richard Rogerson has been digging through the £10mn-plus sales figures, and London isn't quite as lifeless as some are saying.
International property news
Fendi Casa makes Japanese branded resi debut
A four-storey villa in Tokyo is being billed as 'Japan’s first lifestyle branded residence.'
Baccarat enlists supermodel for branded residences campaign
French crystal purveyor turns to top fashion-world names to sell its vision of island life.
Chestertons Global adds eight markets; bolsters leadership team
220-year-old property brand proclaims a 'landmark year' as it announces a trio of senior appointments.
In Pictures: 9,000 sq ft Kennedy-linked penthouse in South of France seeks $45mn
Caudwell debuts Invisible Collection-designed residence at Le Provençal, one of the biggest apartment launches on the French Riviera this year.
Ultra-luxe Rosewood hotel residences go up for sale in Abu Dhabi
Mubadala puts 73 homes inside the landmark five-star hotel on the market, with Sotheby's handling the sales.
Profiles & Interviews
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Knight Frank’s James Cleland
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Hamptons’ Peter Whyte
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Savills’ Victoria Garrett
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Simon Deen
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
From PCL to Cape Town: Sophie Gamborg on taking the buying advisory model overseas
Two decades after starting out in London’s prime resi market, the former Savills & Aylesford agent explains how she spotted a gap in Cape Town - and built a business around it.
Interiors & Design
Taylor Howes brings in David Collins Studio exec to drive expansion
Senior hire comes as top-end studio completes a Holland Park Gate penthouse, installs a Swiss chalet and eyes growth across Europe & the Middle East.
BIID Interior Design Awards 2026: The Winners
IN PICTURES: Design crowd gathers at Drapers’ Hall for annual awards bash, with resi winners ranging from London townhouses to country estates and international projects.
Behind the Schemes: Fine art meets architecture in Little Venice townhouse revival
In Pictures: SHH Architecture & Interiors brings a six-storey canal-side home back to life after a decade standing empty, unveiling the results during Frieze Week.
Top-flight London design studio expands into Middle East
Laura Hammett is opening a permanent base in Dubai next month.
South London housing scheme takes 2026 Stirling Prize
Council-commissioned development of 157 homes in Croydon takes architecture’s top UK honour, beating five shortlisted projects including Renzo Piano’s Paddington Square.
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