Location: Europe
Diplomatic Envy: How much are London’s embassies really worth?
From Russia's Harrington House to Saudi Arabia's stately pile on Charles Street (below), the embassy buildings of London have been valued at a combined total of £4,000,000,000, according to some fascinating new…
Required Reading: Second home ownership and the EU’s new succession rules
Ten years in the making, a fundamental shift to succession rules in most EU countries will come into force next year.
Christie’s International makes first move on the Middle East
Christie's International Real Estate has made its first foray into the Middle East, signing up a new affiliate in Dubai to cover the United Arab Emirates.
MIPIM Notes #4/Final Thoughts: Nicky Richmond on FOMO
Nicky Richmond assesses the inaugural MIPIM UK from a property lawyer's point of view and asks 'what is it good for?'
Tempted as I am to finish the line of that song, it would not be entirely accurate.
MIPIM UK Awards: Winners & Finalists
The champagne corks are popping beyond the protest lines at Olympia as the winners of the inaugural MIPIM UK and Estates Gazette Awards are revealed.
MIPIM Notes #2: Nicky Richmond on the ‘you never know’ factor
The panel discussions have been packed to the rafters, but maybe because Hammersmith Road isn't the Croisette, reports Nicky Richmond from behind the barricades...
MIPIM Notes #3: Joe Burns on flying the super-prime flag
Walpole Mayfair developer Oliver Burns stands proud as the only super-prime sponsor of the inaugural MIPIM UK.
MIPIM Notes #1: Joe Burns on foreign investment
'A great opening splash' at London's Olympia - inside if not out - followed by some lively nuggets on foreign investment into the capital, notes Joe Burns in his first daily dispatch from the inaugural…
Chinese buyers are ‘increasingly more daring with their real estate investments’
Chinese buyers are looking to less traditional international property destination as "many housing markets around the world are now considered overvalued," says super-portal Juwai.
The Definitive House Price Index? Consultation opens into merging official indices into one
The Office of National Statistics is thinking about rolling four different national house price indices - including the Land Registry's and the ONS' own - into "a single definitive House Price Index,"…
Wanted: £1m homes and buyers for Ch4 documentary
Channel 4 is scouting around for ten-or-so £1m homes and prospective buyers across the UK for a "major primetime documentary".
Architects stay bullish despite drop in private housing confidence
Architects are, on the whole, pretty happy about the market, with the RIBA's Future Trends Workload Index standing at a "very positive" +28 for the second month in a row.