Location: Europe
UK house prices rise 6.1% as North-South divide deepens
UK average house prices increased by 6.1% in the year to September 2015, up from 5.
The Devil is in the Detail: Is London really in ‘bubble-risk’ territory?
Is the London property market a bubble risk? It may be, but UBS’ recent one page report on the capital does not prove it, argues Maskells boss and former banker Charles Curran...
Bell Ingram wins Landmark deal to restore historic Scottish buildings
Perthshire-based Bell Ingram has secured a new contract with The Landmark Trust to upgrade 19 of Scotland’s most famous historic buildings, including The Macintosh Building in Perthshire and The Pineapple…
The UHNW Multi-Homer’s Wishlist: Green, smart, serviced and island
79% of the world's 211,000 ultra high net worth (UHNW) individuals own more than one home, and these super-rich types are increasingly buying "non-traditional homes" outside their domiciles, according…
Harrods Estates moves into Poland with Zlota 44 consultancy
Harrods Estates Asset Management has signed a "consulting partnership" with Zlota 44, a Daniel Libeskind-designed 52-storey residential tower in Warsaw, Poland.
Simon Barnes doubles resources and unveils rebrand
Top property advisor Simon Barnes has hired a new consultant and unveiled a full rebrand designed to "take the company into a new chapter".
Simon Barnes
Development Securities and Cathedral Group launch new identity, U+I
U+I Group Plc, the product of a merger between Development Securities and Cathedral Group, has officially launched today, moving into a new Victoria office and unveiling a very monochrome new brand identity.
JLL expands resi offering into Ireland with Dublin agency acquisition
JLL has acquired Dublin-based specialist residential agency Guardian Property Asset Management, in a "logical next step" for the international roll-out of the firm's resi ambitions.
In Pictures: World Interior of the Year 2015
A fantastical creation in Rome has been crowned World Interior of the Year (Residential) 2015 at a swanky ceremony in Singapore.
Luxury development portal in US sales push
The luxury property platform set up by former UK Sotheby’s International Realty boss Charlie Smith has hired a Sales Director to lead a sales drive across the US and Latin America.
Charlie Smith
China: The new billionaire capital of the world as Wanda’s Jianlin tops the rich list
China is now home to 596 dollar billionaires after the mega-rich population grew by 68.
Engine rooms of South East and East leading UK house price growth
House prices in Greater London will end the year up 5.1% on an annual basis, Strutt & Parker has predicted, a rate of growth outstripped by the East of England (7.1%), the South East (5.