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The Times: The man who raffles mansions (and dates with the A-list)
Omaze founder Matt Pohlson discusses the firm's business model and grand ambitions in this excellent interview with The Times' Damian Whitworth...
Evening Standard: Ultra high-end new homes across London are kitted out for the super wealthy
Ruth Bloomfield has looked into super-prime property trends for the Evening Standard’s New Homes Awards 2022.
In Conversation: Peter Rollings on succession, ‘flabby’ business, and what independent agents can learn from Foxtons
The Interim CEO of Foxtons has shared more candid insights into life at the high-profile estate agency, as a new boss prepares to take the reins.
The Guardian: Era of soaring house prices is ending as central banks raise rates
"It's over," declares The Guardian's Economics Editor, Larry Elliott. "An era of ever-rising house prices stimulated by cheap money is coming to an end."
New Statesman: One Hyde Park, the building that remade London
Journalist Emma Haslett has written a brilliant piece for The New Statesman about Candy & Candy's flagship super-prime development in Knightsbridge.
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,"…
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.