Finance

Flexing its global reach to the max, Knight Frank has had a crack at working out which nationality is the world's "leading cross-border buyer of new-build luxury property".

So Olympia isn't quite as glam as Cannes. And the cycle ride there won't come with quite the same sense of achievement.

First Property Group plc has launched a new project to invest in office buildings with a view to converting them to resi use.

Gross mortgage lending stuck at just over £16bn in September, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Last month's £16.2bn wasn't far off August's £16.

Keep meddling with the property taxation system and you'll put the kibosh on the housing recovery, a new report commissioned by the Berkeley Group warns the government.

Short-term finance house Montello has launched a new website to show off how bridging loans are put to work in real life.

When it comes to attracting the attentions of the world's super-rich, it seems London's still got what it takes.

Lonres has come up with a pretty stark illustration of prime property's performance as an investment asset over the last 20 years.

"The chances of seeing another housing-market bubble are extremely slim," according to the latest EY (used to be Ernst & Young) ITEM Club report.

The property investment group headed up by Sol Zakay - Topland - has deployed £100m-worth of loans in the last three months alone, as its focus on high-profile prime resi development projects continues. 

Jones Lang LaSalle has strengthened its resi land offering with the appointment of former Lambert Smith Hampton man Peter Day.

In his first column for PrimeResi, Walpole Mayfair developer Joe Burns explains why preserving original detailing is a duty, not a choice, and why he will always favour period restoration projects over…