The top end of the market took an extended Christmas break in January, reports LonRes, and is 'unlikely to return to the highs of 2021 and 2022 any time soon'.
Native Land expands acquisitions team
The Bankside Yards developer is looking to expand its portfolio in 'core' UK towns & cities.
DM Hall adds four new Partners
Mark Rutherford, Felicity Forbes-Davidson, Steven Leith, and Charles Metcalf step up to the Chartered Surveying firm's top table.
London records worst month for £5mn-plus sales since 2008
The top end of the market took an extended Christmas break in January, reports LonRes, and is 'unlikely to return to the highs of 2021 and 2022 any time soon'.
Qatari Diar & Canary Wharf Group unveil final Southbank Place apartments
First Look: JV partners enter home straight at Thames-side mega-scheme, debuting new building designed by Stanton Williams & Albion Nord.
Industry Reactions: Official data show rising house price inflation
The annual rate of property price growth picked up from 3.9% in November to 4.6% in December, according to the latest UK HPI.
New recruit brings ‘fresh perspective’ to super-prime agency in Mayfair
Talya Reuben has joined Harvey Cyzer's team at OB Private.
What do clients really want? Six big design trends for the year ahead
How will evolving tastes & preferences shape the design landscape in 2025 and beyond?
‘A new breed of super-prime tenant’: Top agencies report shifting trends in London’s luxury rental market
Savills has welcomed the arrival of 'a new breed of super-prime tenant' in the capital, while UK SIR flags a rise in high-value 'try before you buy' rentals.
CoStar reports 11% revenue growth
Owner of major-league US property platforms bought UK portal OnTheMarket in 2023.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 7, 2025
Sales supply is running high in the capital's prime postcodes.
Naismiths boosts London surveying team
Consultancy boasts one of the UK's largest project monitoring operations.
More top-end tenants looking to ‘try before they buy’, reports luxury brokerage
The flexibility of the 'rent-to-buy' structure is increasingly appealing to HNWIs, says United Kingdom Sotheby's International Realty, and super-prime landlords are getting on board.
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Knight Frank: Five reasons developers should bet on London’s land market
Resi development boss Nick Alderman makes the case for building in the capital, amid market resilience & 'unique opportunities' in the residential space.
Simon Rose: Why 2025 is the year of buyer value in Prime London
Seasoned PCL specialist makes sense of the conflicting messages & market data coming out of the prime postcodes.
Off-market deal sealed on £14.5mn Academy Gardens trophy home
Boutique agency finalises another hefty sale in the prestigious scheme on Kensington's Phillimore Estate.
Strutt & Parker launches ‘refreshed’ Private Client Department
Agency's new-look offering for the super-rich, headed by Keir Waddell, provides 'one-stop' access to over 200 specialist services.
Ranked: The world’s top prime & ultra-prime ski resorts in 2025
Aspen reins as the world's premier ski property market, while Breuil-Cervinia has been named this year's most climate-resilient resort.
Dubai developer taps London agency to launch mega-tower with £218mn penthouse
Fine & Country will showcase the 'astonishing' 725-metre Burj Azizi to buyers in Mayfair from next week.
Well-known boutique agency moves into Mayfair
Hermione Russell & Ed Woolgar are leading Russell Simpson's third Prime Central London office.
Interview: Laura Conduit of Farrer & Co on navigating the legal side of luxury property
'It’s about being a normal human being and not a stuffy lawyer'; PrimeResi meets the head of property at one of London's oldest & best-known law firms.
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International property news
Australia to ban foreign property buyers for two years
'This isn’t a silver bullet, because there is no silver bullet,' says Housing Minister Clare O'Neil as the country prepares for an election - 'but this is an important piece of Labor’s absolutely massive…
Christie’s International Real Estate debuts in Saudi Arabia
Compass-owned brand teams up with real estate tech firm to launch new venture in the Kingdom.
John D Wood & Co. teams up with Coldwell Banker in Portugal
Top-end estate agency notes 'growing interest in international markets among British buyers.'
Maybourne to bring ultra-luxury branded residences to Paris
Claridge's operator confirms plans for 23 top-end residences as part of new 'palace-style' hotel project in the City of Light.
Mercedes-Benz & Dolce&Gabbana launch lavish branded resi sales suites in Miami
JDS Development Group opens to the doors to a pair of remarkable marketing galleries in Florida, including a 'museum-like' residential debut for D&G.
Profiles & Interviews
Interview: Ultra-prime property investor & developer George Brooksbank on trophy homes, HNW trends & why London remains the capital of the world
'Developing homes is our business, and we are very good at it': PrimeResi meets the boss of Fairway Capital & Leconfield to discuss crafting timeless residences, the new generation of luxury buyers & the…
In Conversations: PrimeResi’s top interviews of 2024
16 profiles of property industry leaders who shaped the luxury residential sector this year.
‘We’re not just selling properties’: Super-agent Trevor Kearney on disrupting the luxury homes market
INTERVIEW: 'The super-prime real estate market has been slow to evolve, often failing to meet the expectations of today's ultra-high-net-worth individuals', says top-end dealmaker-turned-brokerage boss.
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'
Interiors & Design
Cadogan completes Sloane Street’s ‘grand transformation’
The £46mn public realm revamp was designed by John McAslan + Partners with Andy Sturgeon.
‘The rarest of opportunities’: Buyer sought for brace of historic mansions in London’s legal land
34,000 sq ft project on Lincoln’s Inn Fields offers diverse possibilities, including one of the capital’s grandest & most architecturally significant period homes.
In Pictures: Hines reveals ‘visionary’ Thames-side mixed-use development
Trio of Foster + Partners-designed towers aims 'to push the standards of wellbeing beyond anything seen before in place design'.
First Look: Inside London Square’s luxury resi revamp of Westminster Tower
The Aldar-owned developer is aiming to usher in 'a new era of refined living' along the Thames with its debut Prime London play.
In Pictures: Tatjana von Stein-designed show apartment unveiled at luxury Mayfair scheme
£10.95mn Art Deco-themed residence is the second in a series of designer collaborations at 60 Curzon, on the site of legendary A-list hangout Mirabelle.