Lifestyle
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…
‘The fall in owner occupation appears to have abated’ – English Housing Survey
"After a period of recent decline, the fall in owner occupation appears to have abated," says the latest English Housing Survey, which also reports that homeowners are "more satisfied" with life than…
Event: The Listed Property Show 2016, Olympia London
The Listed Property Show returns to London's Olympia next weekend, with a smorgasbord of info-goodies for anyone interested in maintaining, altering, renovating - or selling - a listed home.
Beware the Scented Candle: Spotting the canny seller
These days, viewings are less about seeing the potential and more about repelling the slick strategies employed by canny vendors, says buying agent Rachel Johnston...
Will 2016 be ‘the year of the owner-occupier’?
We're still only a month in, but Jackson-Stops & Staff has already come up with a few resi development trends for 2016. Here's a quick overview...
Developers spread their wings
The 5* apartments giving London’s luxury hotels a run for their money
The number of new-build apartments offering 5* hotel-style amenities - from 24-hour concierges and valet parking to spa suites and in-house luxury retail - has ballooned in the last decade, expanding out from…
Hostile Makeover: Can these 12 items help sell a property faster?
Rooted in (where else but) California, the concept of "home staging" as a standalone discipline has been around since the early 1990s.
London’s best home extensions: The Winners
A Lewisham project by Tsuruta Architects has been named overall winner of the New London Architecture (NLA) Don’t Move Improve! 2016 awards for the best new home extensions.
Three decades of decadent design in ten projects: A David Collins Studio retrospective
Ten of the celebrated studio’s top residential design projects...