International
Vive Londres! French buyers head East
Did you know the French population in London has increased by 75% over the last ten years? The new Residential Research Director of Hamptons International, Fionnuala Earley, investigates French buying …
Olympic architect designs first project in New York
The much-lauded firm of architects behind the London Aquatics Centre has just bagged a prominent resi commission in New York City
Buyers return to Scottish prime property market
Things are looking up for Scotland's prime property market, according to Knight Frank, as buyers finally start to emerge from the woodwork
Greece and Desist: The Doer Upper’s postcard from Corfu
Minor oligarchs are flocking to some of the nicer bits of Corfu in search of a cut-price Riviera; good luck to 'em, says Alan Page
HMRC scuppers £135m SDLT avoidance scheme
A tax tribunal has ruled against a Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) avoidance scheme reportedly used in the purchase of Chelsea Barracks
How to sharpen your Chinese social media strategy (video)
China is seen by many as the Great Wealth Reservoir, with vast untapped HNW markets just waiting to buy-up swathes of prime resi property in the UK
Fine & Country opens up in Port Elizabeth
Although its already got most of the earth's surface covered, Fine & Country has plumped for opening a new office in Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa
Lost in Translation: Notes on advising foreign buyers
With unprecedented levels of overseas investment into the UK property market, the opportunities for good advisors are there, but the risks for the unwary are considerable
CBRE appoints Global Head of Research
Another big research play by a top firm today, with CBRE Group Inc. announcing the appointment of Nick Axford, PhD, as Global Head of Research.
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ATED draft return published
Anyone want a peek at the draft of the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings return form? Thought so.
Wealthy Appetite: HNWIs gobbling up European prime property
Very few agents can go toe to toe with Beauchamp Estates on sheer net-worth-per-client
Burmese Tigers: London agent opens up in Myanmar
There are, as we all know, loads of foreign buyers snapping up property in Britain.