Format: Feature
Lost in Translation: Notes on advising foreign buyers
With unprecedented levels of overseas investment into the UK property market, the opportunities for good advisors are there, but the risks for the unwary are considerable.
Wealthy Appetite: HNWIs gobbling up European prime property
Very few agents can go toe to toe with Beauchamp Estates on sheer net-worth-per-client.
Bungle Bungle: William Carrington’s Summer Review
Record prices have been "dismembering the traditional principles of valuation" in London, says William Carrington in his opinionated, informed and ever-entertaining introduction to The Lonres Summer Residential…
In Search of Tyburnia: The prime property hotspot you’ve never heard of
So it turns out that not many people had heard of "Tyburnia" until a few days ago.
The Hopeful Continent: A field guide to Africa’s residential property markets
In only ten years, the Economist has revised its definition of Africa from “the hopeless continent” to the “hopeful continent”.
Ground Designs: Notes on successful subterranean development
Willy Wonka once said of his eponymous Chocolate Factory; “Down here, underneath the ground, I’ve got all the space I want. There’s no limit – so long as I hollow it out.”
Riviera Cheek: The Doer Upper does St Tropez
St Tropez is not all glamour, especially if you're a buying agent... Alan Page reports from Notting Hill-on-Sea on what to love and the four types of Riviera buyer.
The World in London (part two): The key driver of London’s economy
The influx of overseas wealth into the capital continues to be a key driver of London’s economy, says Yolande Barnes in the second part of Savills' World in London report.
Unintended Consequences: Recession, the market, and strange people at property auctions
Change is in the air as a rubbish economy becomes the norm, says Property Vision's Charlie Ellingworth, as the Law of Unintended Consequences kicks in to the UK's property market...
The World in London (part one): London’s Global Appeal
Demand for property from overseas buyers in London is strong, says Yolande Barnes in the first part of Savills' World in London report, but what impact does overseas equity have on the capital's housing…
The Westminster Constitution: Paddington & Bayswater
Rounding off his comprehensive analysis of the micro-markets of Westminster, Martin Bikhit takes an in-depth look at the changing face of Paddington & Bayswater.