Miscellanea

Super-prime London is not as sharply defined as it used to be, says Joe Burns.

There are different forces at work in town and country markets, notes Property Vision's Charlie Ellingworth, but - while politics has certainly shaped the market this year - the post-Election effect…

Plans for new Property Owner Business Improvement Districts (PO BIDs) to transform parts of the West End have bagged the support of some real estate big hitters.

There were 203 £2m+ residential property sales lodged with the Land Registry in the first three months of this year, down quite dramatically from the 494 that went through in the previous quarter.

Ultra-rich types are buying up luxury homes around the world "to further diversify their holdings," according to a new report by Wealth-X and the Sotheby’s International Realty, which also flags up…

The prime resi market is always a fascinating subject, but the last three months were packed with more drama than most years can manage.

The Cadogan Estate had a pretty successful 2014, going by its latest set of accounts. The overall value of its property portfolio rose by a chunky 13.5% to hit a new peak of nearly £5.2 billion.

House prices in most areas surrounding restaurants recently-awarded a Michelin Star outperformed the wider market the year following the accolade, according to some new research by Knight Frank.

The Elephant & Castle pub, which some say gave the south London area its rather odd name, looks destined to become the latest branch of Foxtons.

Cornwall, unsurprisingly, is the UK's holiday home capital, notching up 10,000 leisure residences - that's 6% of all holiday homes in England & Wales. Nearly 1.

Someone's just worked out that Ed Miliband would be the only party leader currently required to pay the proposed Mansion Tax.

There's plenty of clients out there, and some deals to be had, reports Mayfair-based buying agency Black Brick, but most of the action has predictably been below £2m...