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Middle Eastern buyers pile into the UK’s prime country house market
Knight Frank has noticed a tripling in the relative number of Middle Eastern buyers spending over £5m on English country houses...
‘Seismic’ tax hike proposed for super-prime New York property
Recommendations by the New York Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform would even out the Big Apple's property tax system.
Bond Mansions sales open at Catalyst’s ambitious Portobello Square regen project
Private resi sales in Phase 2 of Portobello Square - formerly the Wornington Green Estate - have launched with Cushman & Wakefield.
Winkworth repoints its brand with a new marketing campaign
Franchised firm aims to position itself "as the go-to estate agent for the long term."
Surveyors to crack down on conflicts of interest
The RICS is to review its ethical standards with a view to stamping out conflicts of interest over valuations.
City of London names interim planning chief
Gwyn Richards will take the reins from the retiring Annie Hampson OBE next month
Agents optimistic amid busiest PCL market for three years
Buyers have finally returned to the prime postcodes, reports LonRes, but keep an eye on those stock levels...
200-year-old building firm Symm calls in administrators
Heritage building contractor Symm & Company has gone into administration, as has specialist dry-lining contractor Astins.
£16m price tag for important St George’s Hill mansion
Punch Magazine once described how Hamstone House 'stands out like the Duchess of Windsor's flamingo brooch in a local jewellers window'
Are the Tories mulling a mansion tax again?
Debates have been occurring 'at the highest levels of the Treasury and No 10' over ways to tap up wealthy homeowners, according to a Sunday paper...
In Pictures: Inside the Linley-designed One Queen Anne’s Gate
Upper-class interiors house Linley and top architecture practice PDP London have created 28 high-spec apartments behind an historic facade in the heart of St James's.
Here’s what it takes to be in the richest 1% around the world
Bloomberg has looked into what you need to earn around the world to break into "the 1%".