Rumours swirl around Savills & JLL
Comments made by JLL boss Christian Ulbrich lead to some interesting speculation about the two real estate giants…
UAE private island proposition lists at £360m
Buyers offered 660 acres of ‘partially-developed’ land backdropped by the Arabian Peninsula, with an array of waterfront homes, hotels and resorts…
Vancouver’s sharp market correction sees sales tumble by 39%
Transaction volumes in the Canadian city were over a third lower at the start of this year than the ten-year January average.
Paris apartment sells for record €39m
‘European businessperson’ drops huge sum in the 7th arrondissement after exiting London.
Wealth taxes are back in fashion – but they’re still a terrible idea
‘There is simply no escaping the fact that wealth is far more difficult to tax than income,’ argues Jan Zeber in The Spectator.
Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: The ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich
The Guardian’s architecture critic Oliver Wainwright rails against esoteric planning rules that have allowed ‘a new breed of needle-like tower’ to punch through the New York skyline.
MIPIM Awards 2019: Resi finalists in pictures
New residential developments in London, Hamburg, Amsterdam and Copenhagen have been shortlisted by the MIPIM Awards judging jury.
Iconic Monaco mansion asks €125m
The Villa l’Echauguettence was formerly owned by casino tycoon and “magician of Monte Carlo”, Francois Blanc
NYC’s iconic Halston House sells for $18m
Deal agreed on Bauhaus-inspired former residence of the legendary fashion designer Halston
Manhattan’s luxury property market set for ‘the worst January since 2012’
Olshan Realty reports a slow start to the year for high-value home sales in the Big Apple
Luxury sales hit new heights in Hong Kong
The number of transactions above HK$20m reached 4,000 for the first time last year in the world’s least-affordable housing market