Miscellanea
The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It
Luxury is its own market, but who shops there? Who sells there? What's the best strategy?
Fraudster jailed over Fulham house sale scam
'Sophisticated' attack duped solicitor into sending purchase funds to a bogus account
London’s new charge on polluting vehicles – here’s everything you need to know
The new Ultra-Low Emissions Zone comes into force today, covering the same locations as the previous Congestion Charge - but it is set to expand to cover a much wider area of the capital in 2021.
Rent or Buy: Does the British obsession with home ownership pay off?
Professors Colin Jones and Abdulkader Mostafa of Heriot-Watt University and Edinburgh Business School have explored the bottom-line implications of buying a home rather than renting.
In Pictures: BIG reveals hurricane-proof floating city concept for the UN
The United Nations has drawn up plans for a sustainable 'modular maritime metropolis', which could be home to over 10,000 people while withstanding rising sea levels and climate catastrophes
Property firms boycott Mayfair venue over Brunei’s anti-LGBT laws
Big names take a stand over new laws brought in by The Dorchester's owner, the Sultan of Brunei
How the daily commute affects Londoners and their property decisions
Proximity to the workplace is one of the top three most important factors when looking for a new home, according to a survey of weary London commuters - even more so than being close to family and friends...
Touring the Foreign Office’s amazing luxury property portfolio
Analysis prompted by last month's purchase of a spectacular £12m penthouse in Manhattan reveals the FCO currently owns 87 £5m+ properties around the world
Thackeray Estate continues rollout of resi brand ‘One’
Developer and asset manager follows up last year's 'One Brompton Road' project in South Kensington with an Art Deco-inspired scheme on Putney High Street
Knight Frank pledges to go plastic-free
Sets sights on becoming the first property agency to be awarded 'Plastic Free Business' accreditation from Surfers Against Sewage
China’s ‘Silk Road urbanism’ is changing cities from London to Kampala – can locals keep control?
Jonathan Silver of the University of Sheffield and Alan Wiig of the University of Massachusetts Boston explore how China's vast "Belt & Road" investment initiative is transforming neighbourhoods around…
Mortgage approvals dip – but not by as much as some thought
Data mix-up at UK Finance causes dramatic but erroneous 'six-year low' headlines.