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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…
FT: Covid offers opportunity to reshape cities, says architect Foster
Legendary British architect envisages the 'obsolete' office building becoming the 'residential tower of the future’.
‘A proportional property tax would be a disaster’, warns Tory MP
"A proportional property tax would be a disaster" declares Anthony Browne - MP for South Cambridgeshire, a member of the Treasury Select Committee, and a former Europe correspondent at the Times and environment…
Bisnow: The fullest list ever published of the owners at the world’s most expensive apartment block
Investigation attempts to find out who owns the apartments at One Hyde Park...
Architectural Digest: 6 Tips for Dealing With Difficult Clients
Mental health professionals advise on how to "minimise conflict" with tricky clients in this useful piece by Kelsey Mulvey for design bible Architectural Digest.
FT: How coronavirus has shaped the home of tomorrow
Writing for the Financial Times, Harriet Fitch Little draws on insights from architects, agents - and a homesteader in rural Nova Scotia - to put forward six key shifts that will 'shape our homes in…
Tatler: Here’s how the super-rich manage their global property portfolios
HNWI are increasingly opting to rent their ultra-prime residences instead of buying them, according to this report by the venerable society magazine...
FT: Shopping for a bargain on NYC’s Billionaires’ Row
Writing for the Financial Times, Joshua Chaffin speaks to the luxury developers and agents attempting to sell New York’s most expensive new-builds in the midst of a global pandemic.
FT: Search for splendid isolation drives prime home sales boom
The ultra rich seek to turn holiday homes and private islands into more permanent bases for working and studying, writes James Pickford in the Financial Times.
The Times: Skyscrapers in London – do we want to reach for the stars?
Written by Jonathan Morrison, this fascinating special report for the Times charts the changing of the capital’s skyline from 1964 - when the 191m Post Office Tower became the first of London’s skyscrapers…