Main image: London 'continues to lead as the world’s hub', coming out on top of PwC's City Gateway rankings
‘Comprehensive’ study reveals that London is the best city in the world
Management consultancy ranks London in first place for economic clout, ease of doing business, education, technology readiness, location & access
Living in the City: On the global quest for true mixed-use urban success
Cities are competing to regain their vibrancy. The ones which make true mixed-use work for them will win, says Knight Frank's Liam Bailey
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Ranked: The world’s top ten multi-millionaire cities
London tops the table for the most resident multi-millionaires and for HNW importance, but not for billionaire population
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London reclaims its title as the world’s top wealth centre, despite Brexit
"Hard Brexit, no Brexit, Brexit-lite: whatever the outcome, London will remain the leading global wealth centre in 2019.
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Top-performing PCL agents generated ‘as much as £5mn’ in fees last year, claims luxury brokerage
High-profile firm reports £1.63bn in sales and lifts lid on individual broker earnings following major recruitment drive.
Agents appointed on £60mn St John’s Wood apartment scheme
Developer Residence One gears up to launch 29-unit project fronting London's iconic Abbey Road.
Top brokers assess the Iran conflict’s effect on global prime property markets
Luxury property agents in London & Dubai report early shifts in buyer activity as geopolitical tensions escalate.
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London’s first Park Hyatt-branded residences set for launch this year
Sales team behind Twenty Grosvenor Square and The Whiteley gearing up to market 103 luxury apartments in Nine Elms.
Vabel picks sales agents for flagship Bayswater scheme
DDRE Global & Savills will launch apartments at Vabel Townhouse later this Spring.
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Knight Frank appoints new UK marketing head
Former Crown Estate and Disney exec takes role spanning agency’s resi and commercial divisions.
Strutt & Parker recruits estates & farms head from Savills
Louise Harrison is now head of Strutt's London-based National Estates & Farm Agency team.
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£10mn Notting Hill project offers chance to create ‘one of the area’s great homes’
Rare unmod Ladbroke Grove townhouse with communal garden access and basement planning comes to market.
FT: ‘We’re past the $200mn threshold’ – the rise of super-super prime property
'How much is mere showboating listing,' asks FT journalist Mark Ellwood - 'and how much higher can prices for single private properties actually be pushed?'
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Ex-Hamptons & Domus Nova agent joins expanding brokerage
Chris Shaw has made the move to Harding Green after more than 20 years specialising in the markets of RBKC & Westminster.
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