Luxury property agents in London & Dubai report early shifts in buyer activity as geopolitical tensions escalate.
Savills buys major real estate investment bank Eastdil
The deal is one of the biggest in Savills' history.
Savills reports ‘strong performance across the board’ despite declines for UK resi business
International property consultancy saw profits jump 11% last year.
Tom Bill: Middle East conflict clouds rate outlook and Budget plans
Energy price shocks are lifting swap rates, complicating the outlook for rate cuts and potentially squeezing the Chancellor’s headroom, explains Knight Frank's UK resi research boss.
Top brokers assess the Iran conflict’s effect on global prime property markets
Luxury property agents in London & Dubai report early shifts in buyer activity as geopolitical tensions escalate.
‘Who gets the bill?’ Opaque ownership poses challenge for government’s mansion tax plan
Report warns incoming levy could prove difficult to collect in prime markets where some legal owners are hard to trace.
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Orly Lehmann
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
£10mn Notting Hill project offers chance to create ‘one of the area’s great homes’
Rare unmod Ladbroke Grove townhouse with communal garden access and basement planning comes to market.
Agency reports big-ticket Dubai deal ‘despite ongoing tension within the Middle East’
A penthouse at the Armani Beach Residence in Palm Jumeirah has just sold, off-plan, for AED92.5mn.
National estate agency announces 95 promotions
BNP Paribas Real Estate and Strutt & Parker have named 12 new Directors and six new Senior Directors.
UK housing market confidence ‘fragile’ as global uncertainties mount
Sentiment around London property price growth cooled sharply in February, according to the latest RICS survey.
Marylebone mansion block sold at auction
Freehold building houses 79 flats producing over £300k pa.
Knight Frank appoints new UK marketing head
Former Crown Estate and Disney exec takes role spanning agency’s resi and commercial divisions.
Quote of the day
The safety implications highlighted by the conflict in the Middle East… may well, after an initial period of uncertainty, result in people recognising that investing in bricks and mortar in London is a relatively safe bet
London’s first Park Hyatt-branded residences set for launch this year
Sales team behind Twenty Grosvenor Square and The Whiteley gearing up to market 103 luxury apartments in Nine Elms.
Vabel picks sales agents for flagship Bayswater scheme
DDRE Global & Savills will launch apartments at Vabel Townhouse later this Spring.
RBKC planning systems back online after cyber attack
Council begins tackling backlog of around 1,700 planning applications after four-month shutdown.
Bottoming Out? Why the prime Cotswolds market is now on the turn
Savills says top-end country house prices are 'starting to stabilise' after their post-pandemic correction, flagging particularly strong demand from American buyers...
Interview: Michael S. Liebowitz on Douglas Elliman’s global push – and what brokers need to know about today’s UHNW clients
The US brokerage chief on what American and European markets can learn from each other, choosing the right local partners and London’s role as a global hub.
IWD2026: Prime resi industry leaders on the moments that changed everything
To mark International Women’s Day, senior figures from across the sector reflect on the decisions, risks & pivots that shaped their lives & careers - from ‘sliding doors’ moments to leaps of faith.
High-profile private members club seeks Branded Residences Director
Soho House reveals it is 'launching a new Branded Residences vertical.'
Banking heavyweight flags postcode divergence across Prime London market
Buying conditions are ‘favourable’, says Investec, as analysis points to opportunity across three key districts.
Editor's Choice
Tenants, repatriates and pied-à-terre buyers have come to the fore as hefty transaction costs stall traditional upsizers, reports Eccord's Jo Eccles.
International property news
Rupert des Forges: ‘London is becoming a dip-in, dip-out city for the super-rich’
'The capital might not be [UHNWI's] full-time base any more,' says Knight Frank veteran, 'but it is still an anchor for social & business life.'
Tech billionaire reportedly buys Miami island mansion project for US$170mn
Mark Zuckerberg has been linked to a record-breaking acquisition on Indian Creek Island.
eXp rolls into Luxembourg
The property brokerage launched in seven new territories last year, and aims to operate in 50 countries by 2030.
Ranked: The world’s top ‘trophy home’ markets
London falls just outside the top three super-prime hotspots, when looking at open-market listings above US$10mn.
Savills forms Iberia platform
Spanish & Portuguese operations team up 'to leverage the strengths of both businesses'.
Profiles & Interviews
Interview: Inside Strutt & Parker’s big bet on a ‘hybrid’ broker model
Exclusive: Sales chief Claire Reynolds explains how the agency's new brokerage will operate alongside traditional offices, what the move could unlock, and what it says about the industry’s evolution.
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with DDRE’s Oliver Ingles
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
Prime property listening: five industry podcasts worth tuning into
Catch up on conversations with resi insiders in PrimeResi's regular round-up, featuring episodes from Knight Frank, Russell Simpson, Strutt & Parker & more...
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Hamptons’ Sue Fisher
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
Interview: Phillippa Dalby-Welsh of Savills on sentiment, stock & strategy in the prime country market
Inside the latest client trends beyond the capital - and how the agency's country house team is constructing deals in a patchwork landscape.
Interiors & Design
Lanserring’s Weishaupt joins Project London & Cor Domi as MD
Design-and-build group installs new boss as it scales internationally.
Property developer frames Battersea scheme with art fair partnership
London Square is using the Affordable Art Fair to accentuate interior design notes at the nearby Ransome's Wharf, and to champion International Women's Day.
Book Now: Exhibition celebrates the ‘Rockstar of the English Baroque’
Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture runs from 4th March – 28th June 2026 at Sir John Soane's Museum in London.
‘Our task was to act as both storyteller & swordsmith’: On reuniting two Belgravia townhouses into a grand family home
Tiam Architects walk us through a big project on Chester Row.
In Pictures: Centre Point apartment ‘channels the spirit of a New York penthouse through the lens of British artistry’
Interior design firm A.London showcases a private commission in Almacantar's landmark PCL development.
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Charted: The evolution of London’s prime property market, 2000-2025
Exclusive LonRes data reveal which parts of the capital’s prime property market have seen the most significant price growth over the last 25-years.
Seismic Shifts, 2000-2025: The global events that moved the needle on London’s prime property market
Cathy Hawker explores how the fluctuating fortunes of Prime Central London can be tied to major international economic events of the past 25 years.
Rise of the Broker: How the business of prime London agency has changed since 2000
Alexandra Goss charts the changing face of luxury property agency over the last 25 years, from the mainstreaming of buying agents & the introduction of private offices, to the rise of independent brokers.
Smart Home Market: How luxury property agents embraced the digital age
Ruth Bloomfield explores the new gadgets & technological leaps that have shaped London’s prime property sector since the turn of the millennium – including portals, smartphones & social media.
LonRes founders Carrington & Payne on 25 years in the prime London property arena
A personal view of how Prime Central London has evolved since the turn of the century, by William Carrington & Anthony Payne - who founded LonRes in the year 2000.
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