New report lifts the lid on the inner workings of the UK's high-end design & construction sectors.
Industry Reactions: Official data show annual house price growth climbing to 2.9%
Property agents note 'an air of calm confidence' in the latest UK House Price Index, covering September 2024.
‘Game-changing’ new index promises transparency & clarity for luxury property projects
RedBook debuts 'industry-first' benchmarking tool for clients & advisors; reveals key insights into the design & construction sectors' 'world of smoke and mirrors'.
Eight Charts: Benchmarking luxury construction costs & practices
New report lifts the lid on the inner workings of the UK's high-end design & construction sectors.
Big-ticket townhouse sale completes in Marylebone
Buyer exchanged on 'incredible' mixed-use proposition, listed at £22.5mn, just before the Budget.
Global luxury resi & hospitality design firm opens London office
OBMI sees 'immense opportunity' in the UK & Europe.
UK rents set to climb another 18% over the next five years – Savills
But London's rental market has hit an 'affordability ceiling', so is on track for lower growth than other parts of the country.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 46, 2024
Agreed sales are down, but more offers are being made than at this time last year, and more new sales instructions are hitting the market.
RICS calls for ‘urgent action’ to decarbonise UK’s built environment
Commitment to green building practices has been 'lacking' over the last 12 months, warns influential trade body.
Pinsent Masons adds two property partners in London
Tim Webb and Emma Maher both move from rival global law firm K&L Gates.
Luxury agency UK Sotheby’s International Realty launches property buying arm
The London-based brokerage has already signed up private clients with a combined £300mn to spend on high-end homes in 2025.
Global branded residences sector to double in size over the next seven years, predicts agency
Demand for high-end branded product is showing no signs of slowing down, reports Savills, revealing another 60 names are poised to enter the space by the end of the decade.
Luxury Property Forum founder announces global ambitions
In Pictures: Priya Rawal hosts the LPF Christmas Soiree at Ginza St James's.
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In Pictures: £24.75mn show apartment unveiled at luxury Mayfair scheme, 60 Curzon
A flurry of sales have been finalised at the Art Deco-influenced project in recent months.
‘Nature is not merely an accessory’: Exploring the growing impact of biophilic building design
'Embracing biophilic design emerges as our best opportunity for fostering sustainable, liveable spaces,' says Chris Dietz of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World as he celebrates nature's comeback…
In Pictures: Paolo Moschino-designed mansion in St John’s Wood seeks £40k per week
Palatial 10,700 sq ft residence has been kitted out with an array of 'indulgent' amenities, including an Annabel's-esque private club room.
UK Budget & US Election Debrief: Ten impacts on the Prime London property market
As the dust settles on months of uncertainty, top buying agent Jo Eccles summarises the short- and long-term considerations for those leaving, remaining, or coming to the UK.
Prime London sales market ‘bursts into life’ with best October since 2013
LonRes reports 'substantial turnaround' as transactions jump 55% year-on-year, while a significant rise in under offer numbers bodes well for Q4.
Mark Wells: AI is the future of property search, so why are the major portals holding back?
Algorithms can easily improve the process of finding the perfect home, says the boss of off-market platform Invisible Homes, so why would the big players leave an open goal like this?
Record-breaking ultra-luxe scheme in Chelsea nears sell-out
Latest big-ticket sale at Orion's The Glebe leaves just one apartment remaining.
‘Now is the time to double down on prime UK real estate,’ says investment firm
Family office-owned Mera Investment Management spies opportunities from non-dom exit; plans to splash £150mn of private capital on prime property in the next 18 months.
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'The mood of the housing market has shifted from trepidation to cautious optimism,' says national estate agency - but Hamptons' longer-term outlook is less bullish than other property market forecasts
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International property news
Global sports star nets Bugatti-branded penthouse
Developer Binghatti reveals A-list buyer at latest ultra-luxe project in Dubai.
Foreign buyers shift focus in UK property market amid changing trends & taxes
The proportion of overseas buyers has risen to 27% in London, new stats show, with Asian investors at the forefront.
Fine & Country moves into Dubai; eyes ‘rapid’ Middle Eastern expansion
The estate agency brand's German franchisee has taken on the master license for Dubai.
Wall Street Journal: The Secret to Selling a $100 Million Mansion
Four of America's top luxury property brokers share insights & anecdotes about their ultra-prime deal-making.
Postcard from Bermuda: A luxury property market in ‘a whirlwind of excitement & change’
Competition for high-value homes in this tropical British Overseas Territory is building, reports local broker David Boyce, as legislative changes encourage international investment.
Profiles & Interviews
Interview: Hamptons’ Craig Tonkin on positioning a heritage estate agency for success in today’s PCL property market
'Unlike a number of other agents we don’t feel threatened by the emerging ‘broker model’, indeed we see huge opportunity to evolve with it'
‘It is often in more turbulent times that we have been able to generate growth’: Super-prime pioneer Andrew Dunn of Finchatton on building for the long term
'We have 18 live developments on the go, with an anticipated GDV of more than £300mn and, frankly, I felt just as excited to get to work this morning as I did 23 years ago'
Listen: Agency boss Geoff Wilford in conversation with Property Vision’s Simon Connell
'Our guys in Italy have been very, very busy with non-doms in Milan,' reports top buying agent in new property podcast.
Financial Times: How Knight Frank is trying to shed its fusty image
Knight Frank's Chair William Beardmore-Gray discusses diversity, growing pains & the 'complicated game' with the FT.
‘I want to change the way people approach projects’: RedBook CEO Tom Adams on shifting the luxury property design, construction & development landscape
Interview: Sandy Mitchell’s RedBook has evolved fast under Tom Adams' watch, and there’s more to come…
Interiors & Design
Mount Anvil launches 95-home South Bank scheme
The Edit features a UK-first partnership with high-spec Swiss appliance brand V-ZUG.
Katharine Pooley: Eight property & design trends to watch this winter
'The new luxury is less about square footage and more about convenience'
Developer heralds ‘huge demand’ for £200mn Vauxhall scheme as resi sales enter final phase
70% of apartments at Graphite Square have sold off-plan.
In Pictures: Koichi Takada designs Japanese-inspired luxury resi scheme in Abu Dhabi
Collaboration with Aldar promises 'something never seen before in the Middle East'.
Squire & Partners restructures top team
Top architecture practice names seven new partners as it embarks on 'a new era'.