Italian government to auction off historic palazzi and villas in €1bn ‘fire sale’
93 buildings - including an 11th Century former convent in Venice, and a 15th Century palazzo in Florence - are being sold off by the populist League and Five Star parties to help trim the country's €2.4 trillion debt
Historic Paris mansion ‘on sale for £220m’
Mysterious 113,000 square foot trophy building next to the Eiffel Tower is being sold by 'two elderly sisters', according to reports, as 'representatives of a rich French dynasty'
French Riviera mega-deal completes at €200m
Italian drinks firm Campari finalises sale of the iconic Villa Les Cèdres in Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat to a private buyer
LA mansion sells to ‘homeless billionaire’, setting an auction price record
Once home to newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and honeymoon destination for JFK, LA's Beverly House has sold at a bankruptcy auction for a reported $63.1 million.
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First Look: £500mn ‘vertical village’ takes shape in Kensington
100 Kensington is due to reshape the West London skyline with the tallest resi tower ever delivered in the Royal Borough.
Strutts bolsters country house team with hires from Savills & Knight Frank
James Machell & James Robinson have joined the BNP Paribas-owned estate agency's National Country House Department.
Benchmark deal in Marylebone demonstrates art of ‘old-fashioned agency’
£9.95mn apartment attracted multiple bids and set a new 2025 price record - with zero public exposure.
‘I have never known such a challenging marketplace’: Inside 2025’s great country house slowdown
Mishcon de Reya's Idina Glyn speaks to some of Britain's top rural property agents to uncover what's really been happening in the prime country house market.
Prime London 25: How luxury property agents embraced the digital age
Ruth Bloomfield explores the new gadgets & technological leaps that have shaped London’s prime property sector since the turn of the millennium – including portals, smartphones & social media.
Buying agency adds Garrington & DDRE alumna
Katie Neale has joined Haringtons UK.
Massive payout in ‘landmark’ Bankside Rights-of-Light ruling
'These are believed to be the highest negotiating damages ever awarded in a rights of light case,' say lawyers.
Social Circuit: ‘Off-market’ networking series debuts in Knightsbridge
Invite-only soirées aim to reimagine offline networking for London’s prime property insiders.
Country house buyers in strongest position for seven years
'It’s quite clear where the negotiating power sits at the moment', says Knight Frank, as high supply & meagre demand puts downward pressure on country property prices.
Landmark Shard residences still unlet amid ‘severe’ ultra-prime market contraction
Company filings cite market downturn & tax changes for delays in letting set of luxury apartments at the iconic London skyscraper.
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