Lifestyle
Brief Encounters: Stories of buying homes for the super-wealthy
Sometimes buying agents have to go above and beyond to unearth the ideal property; French-based finder Tim Swannie regales us with a few of his more 'interesting' quests...
House prices have risen by 47,000% during the Queen’s lifetime
To mark and show respect for Her Majesty the Queen's 90th birthday on 21st April, estate agency Jackson-Stops & Staff has worked out that house prices have risen by 47,000% during her lifetime.
Northacre to sponsor the Serpentine’s Summer House exhibition
After branding up the V&A's "What is Luxury?
At Home in Britain: Designing the House of Tomorrow (exhibition)
The Royal Institute of British Architects and BBC Four have teamed up to create a new exhibition - At Home in Britain: Designing the House of Tomorrow - which re-examines how we live and showcases thought-provoking…
Exploring the evergreen appeal of Capability Brown’s grand landscape designs
300 years after his birth, the influence of the great landscape gardener Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown is still very apparent — and growing — in contemporary garden design.
Online agent markets Ben Wheatley’s ‘High Rise’ penthouse for £110,000
eMoov may not be everyone's cup of tea, but they do come up with some lovely clickbait marketing hooks...
Succession and inheritance top UHNWI worries
Succession and inheritance issues, wealth taxes and the global economy are the main issues keeping the world's wealthy awake at night, according to a new poll of top UHNWI advisors.
Luxury investments shine as passion assets rule
The ultra-wealthy can now please both their heads and hearts: investments of passion are on the up, as the value of the Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index (KFLII) rose by 7% during 2015, according…
Global UHNWI population slips 3% as London retains prime position
London is still the "most important" world city for the ultra-rich, says Knight Frank in its tenth annual Wealth Report.
South Oxfordshire tops rural quality of life rankings
South Oxfordshire has claimed the title for best rural quality of life in the UK, after only just scraping in the the top ten last year.
Four of London’s most fashionable property markets
Seeing as it's LFW and all that, here's the Knight Frank team with a whistle-stop tour of where the fashionistas favour in the capital...
Mayfair
Blakes Hotel to open Mayfair outpost on Grosvenor Square
The owner of South Kensington stalwart Blakes Hotel has submitted a planning application to create a new 30-room hotel in a fairly magnificent former mansion between the US Embassy and Finchatton's…