Brighter conditions expected across the world's top luxury housing markets in 2027, with Asia leading the pack, Milan outperforming in Europe - but London still under pressure.
Latest Forecasts: Knight Frank predicts stronger growth across global prime markets
Brighter conditions expected across the world's top luxury housing markets in 2027, with Asia leading the pack, Milan outperforming in Europe - but London still under pressure.
Green light for major new East London resi tower
Patel Taylor-designed project will replace an ageing office building with 820 homes overlooking South Dock.
Industry Reactions: Annual house price growth slows to 2.7%
Latest official data shows the national annual rate of property price inflation fell sharply in May. 'The market is holding steady rather than collapsing,' comments one London estate agent.
St John’s Wood mansion trades in £29mn deal
Latest NW8 mega-deal revealed in official records.
Moveli recruits another senior agent from Hamptons
Self-employed agency has tripled its broker count in the last two years.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 29, 2026
Sales activity has slowed again.
Consistent house price growth ‘a thing of the past’ – Zoopla
Property portal finds just 1 in 7 homes rise in value every year.
New CEO for Spain Sotheby’s International Realty
Leadership shake-up continues as luxury brokerage doubles down on growth and international buyers.
Knight Frank launches ‘second phase’ of broker recruitment drive
The big-brand estate agency has received 130 enquiries from would-be self-employed brokers so far, with eight being appointed in the last eight weeks.
Prime vendors lose confidence as buyers turn ‘more selective, more price sensitive & more willing to wait’
88% of Savills' London agents report weaker seller sentiment, rising to 94% in the country, but the market is far from frozen.
Arada assembles team for £2.5bn East London scheme
UAE developer moves ahead with plans to rework the capital's longest stretch of undeveloped riverfront and install new DLR station.
Navigating SDLT Surcharge: What happens when foreign entities are involved?
Overseas property held through companies or other structures can have unexpected consequences for UK purchases - lawyer Will Timbrell explains where buyers and advisers need to tread carefully.
Quote of the day
Perhaps we need to accept that certainty has left the building
Property Industry Reactions: New PM Burnham installs Downing Street team
UPDATED: Former Defence Secretary John Healey replaces Rachel Reeves as Chancellor of the Exchequer; Angela Rayner returns to the Cabinet as Housing Secretary.
Deals & Data: London’s £15mn+ market rebounds in blockbuster first half
Record-breaking sales, resurgent international demand and a surprise winner among the capital's super-prime neighbourhoods - but buyers are still calling the shots.
Interview: Caitlin Ure of GBR on the business of branded residences – and what’s next for the sector
Why do some branded resi schemes command huge premiums while others fall short?
Savills: Prime landlords reassessing rents as costs mount
Many are reviewing rental values and adjusting portfolios in response to growing regulatory, tax and borrowing pressures, says agency.
Luxury brokerage declares £1.3bn in H1 sales
Overseas buyers accounted for 52% of the UK agency's deals, while new instructions topped £2.3bn.
Lucian Cook: Tax speculation returns but all of the complexities remain
Despite much chatter, 'the matter of whether [Andy Burnham] would pursue a substantial overhaul of property taxation remains one of conjecture,' counsels the Savills research chief.
Cluttons appoints top market analyst to lead resi business
Well-known research chief and former journalist steps up to lead major agency's residential division.
Salary Survey 2026: Property pros look beyond pay as career priorities shift
deverellsmith's annual sector-wide snapshot finds 44% haven't had a pay rise in more than a year, while 84% would trade some salary for the right benefits package.
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Developer debuts sales gallery and show apartment at Embassy Gardens' 'final chapter'.
International property news
Dubai mansion rents for £3.4mn a year
Emirates Hills 'palace' sets new benchmark.
Knight Frank signs new Mallorca agency partnership
Balearic agency boss heralds 'a full-circle moment'.
Maybourne picks marketing agency for branded resi drive
London-based firm lands hotelier's global brief.
Early sales boost Nobu-branded scheme in the Caribbean
UK-based firm The London Broker is involved in the sales effort at The Beach Club Barbuda, where construction is about to begin on the first of the luxury residences.
Branded residence boom hits new heights as $200mn Aman penthouse finds buyer
Unfinished Beverly Hills residence is reportedly under offer at more than five times LA's current condo sales record.
Profiles & Interviews
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Matt Staton
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 Oona Collins
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
‘The product has to work harder than ever’: Dean Main on developing, managing & future-proofing super-prime homes
The Rhodium and Henigman boss gives PrimeResi the inside track on how top-end demand is shifting in London - and reveals what separates the very best schemes from the rest.
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Simon Taylor
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 David Ronson
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
Interiors & Design
RIBA Stirling Prize 2026: The shortlist in pictures
A 'restrained' family home near London has made the coveted architecture award shortlist, alongside striking infrastructure, housing and education projects.
In Pictures: Grosvenor Square emerges from £25mn redesign
Mayfair's historic public gardens to re-open after a significant revamp.
Behind the Schemes: How ‘invisible tech’ helped reimagine a Grade I listed Fitzrovia townhouse
Award-winning collaboration between James Gorst Architects and Mosaic Audio & Visual concealed cutting-edge systems within one of PCL's most significant heritage homes.
Luxury PCL developer expands into the prime country market
Mayfair-based REDD says growing demand from UHNW clients is driving its move beyond central London.
In Pictures: Inside the first completed penthouse at Holland Park Gate
RedBook Agency & Taylor Howes collaborate on transformation of 5,500 sq ft duplex atop Lodha's super-prime scheme in Kensington, billed as 'one of London's most significant new luxury homes'.
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