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FT: The game changers in London’s luxury property market
George Hammond has taken a tour of Christian Candy's 80 Holland Park for the Financial Times, noting that it is "a stark departure" from One Hyde Park, and reflects the shifting tastes of London's super-rich…
FT: Crown Estate ‘will have to change more in the next decade than it has in the preceding century’
Crown Estate Chief Executive Dan Labbad has warned that property owners face "obsolescence" if they fail to adapt to changing work and lifestyle needs, and rising environmental standards.
The Times: Is buyer FOMO the reason house prices are so high?
In this piece for the Times, Carol Lewis investigates the psychological drivers behind the current housing market boom, which has wrong-footed even the most seasoned of analysts and forecasters.
The Times: The inside story of Nick and Christian Candy’s One Hyde Park, the world’s most expensive building
Writing for the Times, Emanuele Midolo explains “how two public school boys from Surrey created the world’s most talked about residential building”.
Reuters: Hong Kong-on-Thames lies in not-too-distant future
A "combination of bold developers and new arrivals" from Hong Kong "could provide a shot in the arm for London's pandemic-afflicted property market," writes Karen Kwok for Reuters..
The Guardian: Revealed – the huge British property empire of Sheikh Mohammed
'The controversial ruler of Dubai has acquired a land and property empire in Britain that appears to exceed 40,000 hectares (100,000 acres), making him one of the country’s largest landowners'
The Times: Should we follow the Kiwis and try to burst the house-price bubble?
‘New Zealand is innovating again’, writes David Smith in this opinion piece for the Times looking at how the Ardern government is dealing with a soaring real estate market.
FT: What the stamp duty charge for overseas buyers means for London
In this piece for the Financial Times, George Hammond speaks to buyers, agencies and analysts about the potential impacts of the incoming 2% surcharge for non-residents.
FT: The problem with the UK house price index
Valentina Romei explains the pros and cons of the UK's various housing market indices - and how to read them - in this useful guide for the Financial Times.
The Telegraph: Will London house prices recover? New York’s property bust and boom has the answer
Buyers were negotiating 50% discounts in the Big Apple over the summer, reports Melissa Lawford in this piece for The Telegraph, but the tide now looks to be turning...
The Times: Rightmove left rivals in its wake and it doesn’t look like that will change soon
The Times' Financial Editor Patrick Hosking pulls no punches in this overview of the UK's property portal scene.
No one comes out of it particularly well
Bloomberg: Swiss Wealth Tax rakes in cash as Covid stokes global debate
"Switzerland’s wealth tax offers a rare real-world example of how a levy on assets can work, just as such ideas gain traction elsewhere in the wake of the coronavirus crisis," writes Bloomberg journalist C…