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Demolition ordered for ‘pharaonic’ £50m French mansion
Neighbours' 14-year planning battle ends with a demolition order for a vast party pad near Cannes
Omani billionaire’s luxury property firm rolls into London with flagship Mayfair studio
PNC Menon's Sobha Realty is launching in the UK, taking over the former Foxtons HQ on Park Lane to create a lavish 'Global Studio'.
Historic Hotspot: Chelsea named as one of the world’s top ‘luxury neighbourhoods to watch’
Venerable PCL enclave picked alongside up-and-coming districts of Boston, Dubai and Shanghai in rundown of 18 locations 'set to outperform' in the year ahead, after suffering one of the biggest slowdowns…
Fine & Country moves into Western Australia
Estate agency establishes a 'flagship' Perth outpost as it looks mine the top-end of Western Australia's residential property market.
‘Late Brexit bedlam breaks out among UK-based buyers’ in Ireland
The Irish Independent reports on a surge of UK-based buyers snapping up homes in Ireland.
86% of tracked countries saw property prices rise in 2018
Hong Kong has tumbled from first to 22nd place in Knight Frank's global property price growth table, while Central and Eastern European countries are now out-pacing bigger EU nations.
Historic Riviera mansion breaks the Cannes price record
The grand Rimbaud-designed Château Soligny, overlooking the Bay of Cannes, has sold on a guide price of €55m.
Coldwell Banker embarks on a six month ‘transparent rebrand’ programme
American real estate firm Coldwell Banker - which recently claimed to be selling more $1m+ properties than anyone else, anywhere - has embarked on a six-month "transparent rebrand" programme, which it's …
Meet the Real Estate Appraiser of the World’s Most Gruesome Murder Sites
Rolling Stone magazine's EJ Dickson chats to the real estate specialist who has valued the sites of some of America's most notorious crime scenes, from the JonBenét Ramsey house to the Heaven’s Gate man…
Westfield teams up with Canadian fund for a 1,200-home ‘new residential quarter’ in East London
The £670m "Cherry Park" scheme, next to Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, will be one of the capital's biggest single-site PRS developments.
Coldwell Banker ‘selling more $1m+ properties than any other real estate brand worldwide’
High-end affiliates put through nearly 30,500 seven-figure transactions in 2018, with an average value of $1.9m
Amsterdam looks to ban new-build buy-to-lets
European city plans to write a rental ban into new-build leasehold conditions.