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Los Angeles Times: L.A.’s rich are already scheming ways to avoid new ‘mansion tax’
'Rich people are very clever,' says a real estate broker in California. 'They know how to manage cash, and they have time to look for loopholes.'
Bloomberg: Top London properties owned by Russian oligarchs are frozen in time
New reports investigates the swathe of London’s finest residential and commercial addresses now 'trapped in suspended animation'
FT: Why prime property buyers are sticking to central London
Property journalist Hugo Cox highlights the enduring appeal of Prime Central London compared to Nine Elms.
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.