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The Times: Inside the world’s skinniest skyscraper
Will Pavia test-drives Manhattan’s Steinway Tower for The Times, and surveys the recent crop of ‘superskinnies’ changing the city’s famous skyline.
FT: End of the affair – London’s super-prime market breaks up with Russian money
“The agents have finally learned you can’t just do deals with anybody”.
Bloomberg: The world’s bubbliest housing markets are flashing warning signs
Enda Curran examines the potential impact of a global housing market slowdown on the world’s economy in this Bloomberg deep-dive
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 Sunday Times: Why one in ten properties are sold in secret
"Frenzied demand from buyers and a shortage of properties for sale have led to a boom in off-market sales, where homes are sold without being listed on an estate agent’s website or a property portal," w…
New Statesman: The quiet remorse of the man who sold London to Putin’s oligarchs
Aylesford International chief Andrew Langton has spoken with remarkable candour to the New Statesman, about dirty money, Russian sanctions, threats of violence, and regret.
The Economist: Londongrad is falling down
A long-read feature in The Economist delves into the networks and key players in Londongrad's fallen economy, profiling some familiar faces along the way.
ICIJ: Who helps Russian oligarchs secretly buy jets, yachts and other luxury playthings?
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists is shining a light on a "small army" of private client advisors, brokers, accountants and lawyers that enable Russian oligarchs to "live large"…
The Telegraph: The inside story of London’s ‘Billionaire Towers’
Reporters have named names and details of international residents at Finchatton's super-prime Twenty Grosvenor Square development, calling the 37-apartment scheme "Londongrad’s most fashionable residence."
Bloomberg: London’s Housing and Climate Crises Are on a Collision Course
Jess Shankleman takes deep dive into the impact of climate change - specifically flooding - on the capital’s housing stock, featuring data analysis and graphics by Marie Patino.
Forbes: A guide to all the outrageous mansions and estates owned by sanctioned Russian billionaires
Investigation links ‘at least 36’ mansions, villas and luxury apartments - worth a combined $1.2bn - with ten targeted oligarchs, including some of England’s finest private homes…
The Times: Secrets of £300m Witanhurst, the oligarch mansion
Mystery continues to surround the ownership of London's second-largest private home