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Ranked: Britain’s happiest places to live in 2021
Community is the most important factor affecting residents' happiness with their local area, says Rightmove.
Watch: ‘World’s wealthiest dog’ instructs agents to sell Miami mansion
A dog called Gunther VI is probably not selling a Miami mansion once owned by Madonna. But top-end brokers at Compass Realty are playing ball with the long-running stunt.
Macklowe art collection on course to smash global records
A set of masterpieces owned by the real estate tycoon Harry Macklowe and his ex-wife Linda netted a huge $676m in New York last night.
‘We need to adopt a radical mindset, and fast’: Four thoughts on COP26 from the prime resi industry
Four luxury property industry insiders - a buying agent, two estate agents and a property developer - share their thoughts on COP26, sustainability in the resi sector, and how business leaders can make…
Most home-buyers ‘don’t factor in energy efficiency in their purchase’ – yet
Less than a quarter of surveyors think that a property’s energy efficiency rating has any impact at all on a its selling price, according to a new survey by the RICS.
Homes listed for sale with access to electric car charging points jump six-fold in a year
There was surge in the number of property listings flagging access to an electric car charging point in September, during the fuel crisis.
Tatler: The Tatler guide to owning a luxury property, according to the experts
The high-society magazine has tapped up some well-known names from the prime property world for their advice.
A Sense of Emergency: How well is the planning system responding to the climate crisis?
224 local authorities across England have declared a climate emergency since 2018, but it’s become clear that the act of making a declaration doesn’t necessarily signal any significant change in policies……
The Telegraph: Tech billionaires are making battlefields of their English country estates by alienating the locals
In this entertaining piece for the Telegraph, Helen Kirwan-Taylor reports on rising tensions between local residents and wealthy buyers snapping up the UK’s finest country estates.
One in ten British homes could be at risk of flooding within 30 years
The proportion of homes and properties at risk of flooding in Kensington & Chelsea is likely to rise from 4% now to 13% within our lifetimes, warns a new report.
Demand for ski property jumps, pushing prices in one resort up by 17% in a year
“This year has been an anomaly. We don’t expect this frenetic pace in Swiss resorts to continue," says Kate Everett-Allen in Knight Frank's new Ski Property Report.
Four British enclaves make it into Time Out’s top 49 ‘coolest neighbourhoods’ list for 2021
Nightlife/travel guide Time Out has published its list of the world's "coolest neighbourhoods" in 2021, highlighting four UK enclaves as being the right mix of mainstream fun and artisanal hipster for…