Location: Europe
“Monsieur Flip-Flop” creates South Kensington property boom with 75% tax band
So Francoise "enemy of finance" Hollande is making good on his proposal for a 75% tax band on high earners.
Prices jump for £4m+ prime country homes
Knight Frank's Prime Country House Index shows that, whilst there was an overall price drop of 0.9% in Q3 this year, the toppy end of the prime country market did jolly well.
A good year for Knight Frank…
Knight Frank's financial results for the year ended 31 March 2012, announced today, show the company doing pretty well, with turnover increasing by 8%.
The Insider: Decorex highlights 2012
Dexcorex Highlights 2012: PrimeResi brings you some highlights from the designers that took part in the 2012 edition of the luxury interior design show.
New Chairman for RICS Wales
Neil Brierley, Director at Davis Langdon, Cardiff, has been appointed Chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Wales Board.
London prime property prices top out
Prime property prices in London have breached their previous high, set in March 2008, according to the latest from Knight Frank.
Demand for panic rooms escalates
Panic rooms - once the preserve of embassies, cartel countries and (weak) action movies - are showing up on ever more mainstream floorplans as British homeowners elect to protect their families as well…
Big Debate backs high speed rail network
The Planning Summer School's Big Debate came out strongly in favour of not just HS2 between London and Birmingham, but also HS3 and HS4.
What did you do on your holidays? Robert Bailey on the art of switching off
In his first column for PrimeResi, Robert Bailey reports back from an idyllic lagoon in Thailand - the perfect place for a spot of networking...
100% Design line-up announced for International Pavilions 2012
100% Design is the largest and most prestigious single-site design event in the UK.
Reaction: Wealth tax proposals
Edo Mapelli Mozzi
Nick Clegg's 'rich tax' proposals are short-sighted, foolish and will drive money out of the UK, says Edo Mapelli Mozzi.
PCL sales hit a high, but growth slows
Knight Frank's latest report, out today, shows that prime central London property prices are now 14% above their March 2008 peak, and nearly 50% above their March 2009 low.