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Luxury sales hit new heights in Hong Kong
The number of transactions above HK$20m reached 4,000 for the first time last year in the world's least-affordable housing market
Mortgage lending ‘defies seasonal trends’ to rise in December
2018's total gross mortgage lending was nearly 4% higher than the previous year
Architects hit by housing slowdown
Architects' forecasted workloads in the private housing fell dramatically in December, says the RIBA
Ban Ki-moon confirmed for MIPIM headline
Former UN Secretary-General to deliver the property industry palooza's keynote address
New ‘prime & ultra-prime’ property auction house launches
Auction Boutique has been set up to service 'people who want to sell and buy premium homes at the best price, in the smallest timeframe, with the least amount of problems'.
Kent’s Withersdane Hall looks for £3m
Development opp near the Wye National Nature Reserve played a key role in WWII and served as an Imperial College campus before becoming a rehab unit
London’s trophy home market rallies as world’s wealthy shop for bargains
Savills recorded a 43% surge in the number of £15m+ deals across PCL last year;
Planners demand more resi at Bishopsgate Goodsyard
More wrangling over rejigged City Fringe scheme, as planners now deem the number of homes to be a 'significant under-provision'
Brokenshire unveils plan to fix housing redress
Private landlords will be forced to sign up to a redress scheme as part of an overhaul of the 'broken' complaints system announced by the Communities Secretary
Griffin shatters US price records after splashing out in London
Billionaire hedge fund tycoon pays $238m for a spread at Manhattan's 220 Central Park South, just days after confirming the acquisition of one of the finest houses in London
Market woes hit PCL property fund
London Central Portfolio Property Fund sees net asset value fall by nearly 20% as political uncertainty and tax changes eventually take their toll;
Development land value growth stalls
Land values fall in the South East for the first time in two years, reports Savills, as planning approvals jump