Format: Feature
Sleeping Giants: British buyers awake at last
British buyers lay the market's foundations and provide a bellwether for which areas will continue to be popular - and they've started buying again, says James Bailey...
Right to Light: Industry Reaction
This week's proposals to overhaul historic right to light laws - cases can be traced back to 1611 - have set architects, developers and lawyers against property advisors and conservationists.
Wealth of Nations: A field guide to global prime property
PrimeResi goes on a very grand tour of the world's prime property markets with Knight Frank's Global Head of Residential Andrew Hay...
High Street HNWs: Private Banks on the run?
As more mainstream lenders enter the large loan market, will Private Banks hit back or stay in the shadows, asks Andrew Montlake...
The ten projects that made Finchatton: A retrospective
In conversation with Andrew Dunn and Alex Michelin, founders of luxury property development firm Finchatton.
Prime by Numbers: Are London’s houses just entries on a balance sheet?
Foreign buyers who simply invest and never actually live in London are cheating themselves, says Robert Bailey...
The Destruction of Arcadia: Heritage under siege
As English Heritage prepares to celebrate the birth of heritage tourism with the 1913 Ancient Monuments Act, Britain's great estates are under siege from growth and progress, says William Cash from Upton…
The Westminster Constitution: The Howard de Walden Estate
SOLD: Duchess Mews for £3.125m (£1627.60 per square foot)
“New Normal” developers follow the money, not the story, to reach HNW buyers
Developers are talking a good game about attracting British buyers to their shiny new builds, but it's all puff: everyone knows that the real money is still overseas, says Charlie Ellingworth of Property…
Prime Trends: South East Asian buyers
Fitzroy Place has proved exceptionally popular with South East Asian buyers
Demand for resi new-build is sky high and rising.
Goodwill Hunting: Whatever happened to the gentleman’s agreement?
Enough of the cut-throat culture - it's time for independent agents to form a coalition, says James Bailey...
Bad press? Go to The Brewery
Effective crisis management can dig you out of the deepest bunker, says William Cash. You just need someone like Matthew Freud and his highbrow journal The Brewery in your corner.