Location: Europe
INTERVIEW: 3RD HOME’s Giles Adams on collaborative consumption
Launched in 2010, 3RD HOME - a reciprocal travel club for luxury second homeowners - now hosts a £3.2 billion portfolio of properties in some of the world's most exclusive locations.
2014’s ‘Ultimate Rich List of Destinations’ revealed
When your clients say they're disappearing off somewhere for a few weeks, they don't mean France any more. These days, the uber-wealthy prefer something a little more 'off the beaten track'.
French Lessons: Wealth tax woes continue in Paris
The punitive tax regime put in place by the French government has had a dramatic effect on the country’s housing market. Th
Free Lamborghini Diablo: Spanish villa offered with supercar sweetener
A villa on the Costa del Sol is being offered for sale with a free Lamborghini Diablo thrown in to sweeten the deal
Sotheby’s hits 1m visits a month
Luxury real estate colossus Sotheby’s International Realty has been attracting some bumper online traffic lately; the firm's global website clocked up over a million visits last month.
US luxury homes outperforming those in Europe and Asia
Average prime resi prices around the world have ticked up by 6.2% over the last twelve months, says Knight Frank, but it's the big US cities that are steaming ahead at the moment.
Chinese investment into London resi leaps 84% in a year
Outbound investment from China to London has ballooned over the last 12 months, making it the most popular global destination for Chinese investment after a series of pushes from Mayor Boris et al to make…
Hollande rent caps blamed for construction ‘meltdown’ in France
Francois Hollande's government is again under fire for meddling in the housing market, after figures released yesterday revealed that the French construction market is at its lowest ebb for 15 years.
‘Close-to-real-time’ French property index launches
A new property index is launching in France that promises to offer the first ever "close-to-real-time" price and transaction data on the entire French market
How currency movements make the world’s luxury property markets go round
An 'attractive' exchange rate is often cited as a key motivator by international buyers, but exactly how much impact do these currency movements have on the world's prime residential property markets?
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INTERVIEW: James Nightingall on revolutionising the UK’s buying industry
James Nightingall has big plans for the UK's buying industry.
World in London #3: Government Intervention and the Key to New Supply
In the third part of Savills' World in London report, Paul Tostevin looks at how government intervention affects the capital's prime property market, and how international developers are the key to unlocking …