Main image: Marylebone has joined Chelsea, South Kensington, Kensington, Holland Park, Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Mayfair as one of London's top rental locations in recent years
The Chiltern Firehouse Effect? It’s been more of a slow burn in Marylebone…
Andre Balazs' A-list establishment is only part of the reason why Marylebone is now outperforming all other areas of Prime Central London, notes Knight Frank...
Economists predict ‘a slow recovery in activity, but a relatively benign outcome for house prices’
            House prices are likely to fall by 7% as a result of Covid-19, predicts Oxford Economics - but the risks are "heavily skewed" towards much, much bigger price falls of almost 40%...         
    
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    Edinburgh hots up while Scotland’s country house market makes a ‘slow return’ from lockdown
            Edinburgh's prime property market has picked up more quickly than Scotland's country house scene since Covid-19 lockdown restrictions were eased, says Knight Frank.         
    
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    Talking Heads: Chinese buyers have turned to the Home Counties
            Before the pandemic, only around one in 20 Chinese and Hong Kong home-buyers used to look for a home in England's Home Counties; now it's nearer one in five, according to a new study.         
    
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Telegraph: ‘How Britain’s most expensive house became a £250mn white elephant’
            2-8a Rutland Gate is 'a barometer of the vigour of London’s so-called 'super prime' property market', says journalist Jonathan Ford.         
    
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    Knight Frank’s Rory Penn on resilience, recalibration & finding opportunity in London’s prime property market
            Q&A: The high-profile agency's London sales chief reveals a big-ticket deal tally and shares how the business is navigating 'peak uncertainty'.         
    Budget 2025: The luxury property industry’s hopes, fears & expectations
            PrimeResi has surveyed 50 industry leaders, including estate agency owners, sales brokers, buying agents, luxury developers, financiers, legal advisors, and more.         
    
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    PCL agency co-founder joins UK Sotheby’s International Realty
            George Vernon has taken up a Consultant Senior Lettings Director role at the luxury brokerage.         
    London letting agency under fire over Chancellor’s rental mis-step
            Rachel Reeves 'had not been made aware of the licensing requirement' when she rented-out her home in Southwark via a letting agency.         
    
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    American super-agency Douglas Elliman expands into Europe
            Philippe Curutchet, Fredrik Lilloe & Edward de Mallet Morgan are leading the luxury brokerage's French debut.         
    
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    In Pictures: Touring a revamped Rutland Gardens townhouse with Rolls-Royce links
            Design studio Taylor Howes completes a two-year reimagining of a storied Knightsbridge residence - which is now up for sale at nearly £17mn.         
    London estate agency announces major recruitment drive
            Dexters wants to take on 200 new recruits via its Training Academy in 2026.         
    
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    In Pictures: Trophy apartment at Clarges Mayfair lists at £39.5mn
            Buyer sought for 4,650 sq ft sub-penthouse with two roof terraces at the prestigious development opposite Green Park.         
    ‘Extraordinary’ French Riviera estate to headline global luxury auction event
            First-line residence in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, listed at €35mn, will be auctioned off as part of Sotheby’s inaugural Abu Dhabi Collectors’ Week.         
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    Zoopla declares ‘the end of the Forever Home’ as younger homeowners become ‘more realistic & flexible’
            Survey suggests a quarter of 18-34 year-old homeowners view their property primarily as 'a financial asset that should be leveraged when the market is right,' rather than as a permanent base.         
    
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    Prime London rents rise ahead of the Budget – Knight Frank
            PCL values rose 1.9% in the year to October - the biggest uplift since last summer - while average gross yields have hit a near 20-year high.