Miscellanea
Historic Mayfair townhouse with potential seeks £13.5mn
No.3 Upper Brook Street was once the home of wealthy heiress and war heroine Viscountess Strangford, known as the ‘Bulgarian Florence Nightingale’
In Pictures: Scottish private island with C17th mansion hunts for a new owner
Savills is looking for offers over £1.75mn for The Isle of Vaila in the northernmost part of the UK. The 757-acre private island features a castellated mansion, farmhouse, cottage, watchtower, and 6.
Northacre moves into branded residences with St.Regis at No.1 Palace Street
Luxury property developer Northacre and top-end international hotelier St. Regis have signed a license and management agreement to create 72 St Regis-branded apartments opposite Buckingham Palace.
Billionaire Hariri family sells £19.75mn Knightsbridge townhouse to Lebanese tycoon
Palatial corner property on Cadogan Gardens changes hands amid flurry of top-end activity in London's golden postcodes
Asking prices rise to another record high – but the pace of growth slows further
"There are likely to be some month-on-month price falls during the second half of the year," says Rightmove.
Kingsley Napley grows real estate team
London-based law firm has made a string of new hires in recent months
In Pictures: Alex Kravetz designs £18.4mn penthouse at Regent’s Crescent
4,228 sq ft show residence features a ‘museum-worthy’ art collection and a grand piano by Scheiner & Shone
Town & Country: Simon Usborne on the Siege of Londongrad
London's position as playground for Russia's super-rich is "a party that had already peaked by 2014" and "is surely now over," writes Simon Usborne in Town & Country magazine.
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.
Outram’s extraordinary ‘Egyptian House’ goes up for sale
In Pictures: Ancient Egypt meets the English countryside at the remarkable Sphinx Hill
Westminster green-lights Grosvenor Square revamp
Underused local landmark will become a ‘biodiverse centrepiece for Mayfair’, says GB&I