Location: Americas
WSJ: Pitching a New York landmark’s puzzling penthouse
Buyers can't seem to work what to do with the 'oddly shaped' five-storey space atop Manhattan’s Woolworth Building, reports the Wall Street Journal...
Unfinished Bel Air mansion faces demolition over safety concerns
City officials are calling for a vast luxury new-build project in Los Angeles to be torn down to the foundations
Purplebricks reports flat revenue as market weakens further
High-profile hybrid agency says 'significant losses' have now been reversed...
Makowsky’s Bel Air spec mansion sells for $94m
Listed for sale two years ago with a $250m asking price, this 38,000 sq ft giga-mansion in Los Angeles has reportedly just sold for $94m
High-end US property rental firm raises $50m; plots significant London entry
Turnkey apartment operator Blueground plans to enter the London property market by the end of this year, building up a portfolio of 1,500 luxury rental properties by 2023
Bel Air mansion lists at $225m, eyeing a third price record
Casa Encantada was once the long-term home of hotelier Conrad Hilton, and has twice been the USA's most expensive home;
Pop star skirts agents to market LA home directly to Instagram followers
Justin Bieber has asked his 120 million Instagram acolytes if any of them want to buy his $8.5m house in Beverly Hills. "I'll sell it with all the furniture", he commented; "MAKE ME AN OFFER"
American expansion for Scott Brownrigg
Design practice rolls out new Stateside operating arm in partnership with Crown Architecture
Look what a mansion tax has done to New York’s prime property market
Manhattan brokerages report how prices are in 'near free fall' following two recent tax hikes
London’s property market moves ‘out of bubble risk territory’ for the first time in four years
Residential properties in Eurozone cities including Munich, Paris and Frankfurt are looking very over-valued, according to the latest UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index - although analysts warn investors…
JLL launches dedicated real estate tech arm
The new JLL Technologies aims to "align and expand [JLL's] technology and digital initiatives, and accelerate innovation in real estate"
Vogue publisher Condé Nast to roll out branded residential property developments
The publisher of Vogue, Vanity Fair, Tatler and GQ has been having discussions with Savills about launching a range of luxury property developments