Location: Europe
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.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices moves into Spain
Madrid's LARVIA joins the global network of one of America's biggest real estate brokerages, following other recent signings in London, Milan, Berlin and Dubai...
Concierge Auctions strikes up Sotheby’s alliance in Italy
The US-based luxury auction house has partnered up with the Italian arm of Sotheby's International Realty, promising to 'transform' the homebuying experience...
German developer moves into London with Fitzrovia scheme
Art-Invest Real Estate has opened a London office, and is working on a significant mixed-use development on Cleveland Street with Dukelease
New York is billionaires’ favourite city
The Big Apple is home to 85 billionaires, say Savills and Forbes. Singapore, in second place, has 79 resident billionaires, while Moscow, Beijing and London have 71, 61 and 55 respectively
Irish developer branded ‘tone deaf’ after naming luxury scheme ‘The Orphanage’
'Insensitive' rebranding of former Dublin children's home sparks anger...
Work begins on Europe’s tallest resi tower
Moscow's 405-metre 'One Tower' is due for completion in 2024
Berlin moves to freeze rental prices for five years
After a decade of runaway price inflation, radical rent controls are slated to come into force in January (if approved), and be back-dated to June 2018
New wealth management firm for billionaires launches in Monaco
Monaco-based Azura is set to hit the ground running with 'about $2bn' of advisory assets under management
Watch: JP Morgan’s Luxury Property Outlook
Knight Frank's Rory Penn, Alex Koch de Gooreynd and Mark Harvey provide some useful insight on the key trends driving the luxury resi markets in London, Switzerland & France, revealing who is buying, what…
Peak Performance: Charting the evolution of prime property pricing across global cities
Knight Frank looks at the differential between the average prime property price and the top price achieved in ten global cities over the last five years
40 Years of Mega-Deals: Gary Hersham picks his greatest hits, from Kensington embassies to Monaco penthouses
The Beauchamp Estates founder celebrates four decades in business with a retrospective of legendary super-prime deals...