Location: Europe
Tuscany ‘back in the spotlight’ as international HNW buyers flock
The Florentine prime property market is seeing something of a renaissance thanks to Italy's €100,000 flat tax rate, reports Knight Frank
Touring the Foreign Office’s amazing luxury property portfolio
Analysis prompted by last month's purchase of a spectacular £12m penthouse in Manhattan reveals the FCO currently owns 87 £5m+ properties around the world
Demolition ordered for ‘pharaonic’ £50m French mansion
Neighbours' 14-year planning battle ends with a demolition order for a vast party pad near Cannes
‘Late Brexit bedlam breaks out among UK-based buyers’ in Ireland
The Irish Independent reports on a surge of UK-based buyers snapping up homes in Ireland.
Historic Riviera mansion breaks the Cannes price record
The grand Rimbaud-designed Château Soligny, overlooking the Bay of Cannes, has sold on a guide price of €55m.
In Pictures: MIPIM Award Winners 2019
A student accommodation scheme in Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, has been named 2019's Best Residential Development by a panel of judges in Cannes. Yorkshire's 'Future Park' is this year's 'Best Futura Mega Project'.
Property price inflation in prime world cities settles on ‘a high plateau’
'Prime residential real estate values are settling into a pattern of slower, steadier price growth,' says Savills, 'and we do not expect to see a repeat of the double-digit annual price growth seen pre…
How many square metres of resi property will $1m buy around the world?
Monaco, Hong Kong, New York and London are the most expensive cities per square metre in the world, says Knight Frank.
Top Swiss private bank turns to direct real estate investments
Pictet Group has launched a new fund to invest in property assets - including residential - across Europe; Starwood's Zsolt Kohalmi has been recruited to run the show.
Global luxury property price growth has slowed to its lowest level since 2012
Residential property prices in the world’s top 100 city and second home markets increased by an average of just 1.3% in the last year, according to Knight Frank's Prime International Residential Index.
Paris apartment sells for record €39m
'European businessperson' drops huge sum in the 7th arrondissement after exiting London.
Iconic Monaco mansion asks €125m
The Villa l’Echauguettence was formerly owned by casino tycoon and "magician of Monte Carlo", Francois Blanc