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Monaco, where US$1m buys you a paltry 15 square metres City $1m buys X sq m Monaco 15.0 Hong Kong 20.6 London 25.2 Singapore 32.6 Geneva 34.7 New York 40.2

Radical new proposals to change Investor Visas could have far-reaching and direct consequences for the UK's prime property market, including a relaxation of residence requirements.

It's an "Empty Homes Crisis" as overseas property investors reduce the number of voters in Westminster. So claims the borough's Labour Group.

Last week, a leading think tank pitched the idea of setting up a “non-resident housing investment agency” to limit property purchases by wealthy foreign buyers and keep a lid on the capital’s house…

We're not sure if there's nothing to report or just so, so much, but Alan Page has taken to beating six drums at once.

Advising the rich is often as much about personal relationships as about professional expertise, especially when it comes to an asset as emotive as a new home.

Rather than complaining and propagating the confiscation of empty homes, commentators should be applying their energies to making the planning process efficient, less political and more productive, says…

There'll probably be fewer foreign buyers, dull design schemes and 60s mansards this year, says James Bailey...

When it comes to getting clients into the best properties before anyone else, top developers and buying agents can work in perfect harmony, says Camilla Dell...

Alec Watt experiences the international appetite for London property first-hand and attends possibly the best client meeting in the world...

Taxing the rich can have a devastating effect on the property market; just look at what's happening in Hong Kong, says our resident doer upper Alan Page.

"The London influence on the rest of the UK remains weak," says Jackson-Stops & Staff, which has led to two very distinct markets emerging from the economic woes of the last five years.