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Christie’s International makes first move on the Middle East
Christie's International Real Estate has made its first foray into the Middle East, signing up a new affiliate in Dubai to cover the United Arab Emirates.
Prime Property of the Week: Danger Man’s HQ
Penthouse, Marathon House, Marylebone
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FORECAST: +3.5% for UK house prices next year, but 0% for PCL – Knight Frank
Average UK house prices will rise by 3.
West London to see slowest price growth in Britain over the next five years
Average house prices are in for a 30% increase over the next five years, with London (not PCL, mind;
Chinese buyers are ‘increasingly more daring with their real estate investments’
Chinese buyers are looking to less traditional international property destination as "many housing markets around the world are now considered overvalued," says super-portal Juwai.
Scotland’s No will ‘further boost the market’ as £1m+ deals creep back to normal
Staying in the United Kingdom was a good choice for Scotland's prime property markets, says Savills' Faisal Choudhry, with all that anecdotal evidence of a pre-referendum slowdown expected to disappear as…
Labouring the Point: Mansion Tax & other property market schemes
With seven months to go, Labour has outlined its plans to reform the way we live where we do should it win next year's General Election.
Good Schools Guideprice: The 16.6% premium
The average value of a home within a mile of one the top 50 best performing schools in England is 16.6% higher than average values in the surrounding Local Authority, according to Knight Frank.
London overtakes Hong Kong as most expensive place to live and work
London is the most expensive city in the world to locate an employee, overtaking the "winner" for the last five years, Hong Kong, in Savills Live/Work Index.
Lodha plots $5bn London resi play
India's biggest resi property developer is reportedly gearing up to splash $3bn on new assets in London over the next four years, with a further $2bn set aside for construction.
City Minutes: The view from New York, London & Hong Kong
The rise of New York's Midtown district, Hong Kong's new-build resi recovery and the most obvious risk to London's future growth;
Billionaire Census 2014: Profiling the average billionaire
There are now 2,325 billionaires in the world - 7% up on last year and more than ever before - worth $7.3 trillion between them (12% up on last year); that's 4% of the world's total wealth.