The world’s ‘Very High Net Worth’ population surged in 2019
The number of “very rich” people (not merely wealthy, but not ultra-wealthy either) escalated by 10% in 2019 – a sharp acceleration from 2018’s meagre 1% growth rate…
Grafton awarded Britain’s highest architecture honour
Irish architecture practice picks up the 2020 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
Amazon founder Bezos buys record-breaking LA mansion for $165m
Billionaire Jeff Bezos has reportedly bought the Jack Warner Estate in Beverly Hills off-market from media mogul David Geffen, setting a new Los Angeles property price record.
Middle Eastern buyers pile into the UK’s prime country house market
Knight Frank has noticed a tripling in the relative number of Middle Eastern buyers spending over £5m on English country houses…
‘Seismic’ tax hike proposed for super-prime New York property
Recommendations by the New York Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform would even out the Big Apple’s property tax system.
Here’s what it takes to be in the richest 1% around the world
Bloomberg has looked into what you need to earn around the world to break into “the 1%”.
In Pictures: ZHA’s One Thousand Museum completes
Incredible images of the first and only resi tower designed by the late Zaha Hadid in the Western Hemisphere
PRCO picks up Waldorf Astoria brief
UK buyers are among the target audience for one of NYC’s most-anticipated new launches
American rental operator Blueground launches first London apartments
Turnkey rental home operator plans to build a portfolio of 250 apartments in London by the end of the year.
Saving for a home ‘is no longer the top priority’ for most Brits
The majority (58%) of British people surveyed by ING believe that the housing market “is on the wrong track”, with accessibility challenges being a main driver.
London has lost its place as the world’s No.1 financial centre
New York has overtaken London as the world’s pre-eminent financial centre, according to a survey of finance execs, and there’s “a significant lack of optimism” about the future of the City of London on the global stage.