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"An attraction of the UK as a whole for Russian buyers was that they felt their assets were safe here," says estate agency boss Mark Pollack.

“Real estate proved to be a hot investment in 2021,” says Sotheby’s International Realty chief Philip White, as the brand celebrates a record-breaking year.

Hôtel Lambert on Île Saint-Louis in the middle of the Seine has sold for "over €200mn", according to Bloomberg.

Savills has restructured its global residential development consultancy department, adding two new senior faces to focus on branded residential projects.

International brokerage benefitted from heightened demand for luxury real estate in 2021

Residency scheme was introduced by Labour in 2008 to encourage investment in Britain from outside the EU;

There has been a notable increase in interest in "citizenship by investment" programs that rely on real estate acquisitions, says Chestertons, with a "huge rise" in applications for citizenship schemes…

56,000 sq ft Los Angeles mansion formerly owned by Petra Ecclestone and Aaron Spelling is "a rare opportunity to acquire one of the most important estates ever created", according to selling agents Hilton…

New outposts have been opened in Moriond (Courchevel 1650) and Val d’Isère.

Galliard has been marketing its London property developments to Hong Kong buyers for 30 years.

"LA FIN is the peak of indulgent decadence made for those who aim to live in the clouds looking over the city, wrapped in luxury of the highest calibre," says Savills.

Newly-public firm chalked up sales of $51.2bn in 2021, nearly double the totals recorded in the previous two years