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Sotheby’s International moves into China
Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates is making its first foray into mainland China, opening Beijing Sotheby’s International Realty within the next few weeks.
Design firm 19 Greek Street bags Saint Martins Lofts commission
One of our fave schemes of 2014 so far, the resi re-imagining of the iconic Saint Martins School of Art in London's Charing Cross, has hired Soho-based design hub 19 Greek Street to style the show apartment…
Curb Appeal: Think tank calls for restrictions on overseas buyers
A leading think tank has 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 prices.
Other Side of the Tax: Lessons from Hong Kong
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.
Osbo’s Autumn Statement: Thought bubbles
George Osborne is limbering up right now to deliver his Autumn Statement on the second biggest day of the financial calendar. We'll be covering the relevant bits from 11.15.
“Resilient” prime market drives brisk few months for Savills
Savills sounded a chirpy note with the release of its Interim Management Statement yesterday.
UK has highest property tax rate in the developed world: The full story
Making property taxes fair both politically and economically is no simple task; should tax aim to reduce housing demand or increase housing supply?
Policy Exchange's comprehensive "Taxing Issues?
Juwai’na Buy in London? PCL property attracting more sophisticated international buyers
The appetite for prime central London property from the world's wealthy seems insatiable, says James Bailey, and international investors - particularly from China - are getting ever-more sophisticated…
Hate Figures: The real cost of sensationalist statistics
Rightmove needs to understand the trouble its stats are causing, says an incandescent Ed Mead...
Anyone reading Twitter will have gathered I’m angry.
Candy GPS #2: The world’s luxury enclaves
In the second part of Candy & Candy's GPS Report, Savills' Yolande Barnes and Paul Tostevin break down where the rich are buying what, focusing on luxury enclaves of "play" properties around the globe.
Knight Frank to hit $1bn turnover in 2017
Knight Frank LLP, the self-proclaimed "world’s leading independent property advisor", has had a rather good year.
OK to build in National Parks; just offset the nature somewhere – Paterson
This sounds like a really bad idea: The Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, is scheduled to announce that developers can build in National Parks, just so long as they do some "biodiversity offsetting"…