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Makowsky’s Bel Air spec mansion sells for $94m
Listed for sale two years ago with a $250m asking price, this 38,000 sq ft giga-mansion in Los Angeles has reportedly just sold for $94m
The Telegraph: Meet the superstar estate agents using reality TV to sell billions in property
Journalist Zoe Dare Hall explores the world of the celebrity estate agent for The Telegraph
‘World’s most expensive parking space’ goes for over £750k
A parking bay in the basement of a Hong Kong office block has sold for HK$7.6 million
The world’s millionaire population is set to grow by more than third in the next five years
Credit Suisse expects the global millionaire population to reach almost 63 million in 2024, while the number of UHNWIs will jump from 56,000 today to 234,000 in five years' time
High-end US property rental firm raises $50m; plots significant London entry
Turnkey apartment operator Blueground plans to enter the London property market by the end of this year, building up a portfolio of 1,500 luxury rental properties by 2023
Sydney penthouse obliterates Australian price records
Mystery purchaser bags a three-storey spread at the Renzo Piano-designed One Sydney Harbour for A$140m (£74.4m), in deal described as a 'paradigm shift' for the Australian property market...
Watch: Singapore floats extraordinary ‘island playground’, designed by WilkinsonEyre & Grant Associates
Singapore developer Sentosa Development Corporation has revealed a remarkable proposal to transform a couple of neighbouring islands into a vast "island playground in a global city", offering a realm …
Berlin to impose five-year rent freeze from January
German city confirms a plan to freeze rental values to 2018 levels until 2022
In Pictures: Lisbon’s new Renzo Piano-designed waterfront neighbourhood
Prata Riverside Village is delivering more than 600 new homes on the banks of the River Tagus in Portugal
Bel Air mansion lists at $225m, eyeing a third price record
Casa Encantada was once the long-term home of hotelier Conrad Hilton, and has twice been the USA's most expensive home; it's now on the open market, looking to set a Californian price record for the third…
Pop star skirts agents to market LA home directly to Instagram followers
Justin Bieber has asked his 120 million Instagram acolytes if any of them want to buy his $8.5m house in Beverly Hills. "I'll sell it with all the furniture", he commented; "MAKE ME AN OFFER"
Buffett’s HomeServices expands in Europe; London arm plots significant growth
American real estate giant's new Spanish & Portuguese outposts "will open referral channels and increase listings exposure" says London agency Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kay & Co - which plans to…