Lifestyle
Summer heat drives searches for air conditioned homes
The number of house-hunters searching Rightmove for homes with air con has nearly quadrupled in the last year.
Does adding space always add value to a home?
Research by Hamptons has found that 28% of homes sold in the UK had been extended by their owners, rising to more than a one in three in London.
Ranked: The world’s most liveable cities in 2022, as standards ‘return to pre-pandemic heights’
The world is getting back to something like its pre-Covid self, according to researchers at the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Home offices are in; dining rooms are out: How the popularity of home features has shifted
Garden offices and orangeries are hot right now, says Rightmove, but dining rooms and conservatories have fallen out of favour over the last ten years.
Waterfront price premiums rise around the world as demand surges
The average international premium for a waterfront property compared with a non-waterfront home has climbed to 40%, according to Knight Frank.
New Statesman: One Hyde Park, the building that remade London
Journalist Emma Haslett has written a brilliant piece for The New Statesman about Candy & Candy's flagship super-prime development in Knightsbridge.
Watch: Fire-gutted stately home to be reinvented as ‘an x-ray of a great house’
A fire-ravaged historic mansion in Surrey is to be reinvented as an ambitious "x-ray" of a Georgian stately home by the National Trust.
Star footballer launches charity pop-up at Knightsbridge agency
Mason Mount took over Knight Frank’s branch on Sloane Avenue for his new initiative in aid of children’s charity Together for Short Lives.
Mapping the migration of the world’s millionaires
High Net Worth Individuals are back on the move, suggests Henley Global; here's which countries they're mostly moving from, and where they're moving to (map via visualcapitalist.com)...
The world’s High Net Worth population grew 7.8% in 2021
North America retains its position as the top global region for the super-rich, while Europe has overtaken a "lacklustre" Asia-Pacific according to Capgemini’s new World Wealth Report.
Cadogan making headway in sustainability drive
Great estate’s ‘Chelsea 2030’ stewardship strategy has reduced emissions and increased urban greening
When the levee breaks: Sir James Bevan on climate change & the limits of flood protection
A speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, in June 2022.