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How have global tax changes affected luxury property markets?
'Certain taxes were more effective than others towards their intended purpose in curbing prices,' says Christies International Real Estate in a survey of global property tax changes last year.
EDM buys online property data network
One of the UK's biggest property data networks has been snapped up by information giant EDM Group.
Another international partnership for Savills
After announcing tie-ups in Switzerland and San Francisco over the last couple of months, Savills has formed another new international association, this time with LA-based brokerage The Agency.
Mansion Tax: A billion pound levy on London – Zoopla
It's been a few hours at least since the last mansion tax furore, and we're fairly sure that most in the prime property industry are now on the same page - or least the same chapter.
Leisure Hunt: Appetite returns for world’s prime boltholes
2013 marked a turning point for many prime second home markets around the globe, according to the latest research from Savills.
The slow rise of the Chinese buyer
Chinese developers have made their mark in London in the last year with several headline-grabbing deals.
What Wealth Wants: The human and the digital (FutureWealth 2014, #2)
As the face of wealth management changes, with new technology creating new opportunities, methodologies and pitfalls for private client advisors, it's important to strike the right balance between the…
Anatomy of a Billionaire: Spending habits of the ultra-rich
The average billionaire - worth £1.79 billion, married with 2.1 children - spends just 3% of his/her wealth on residential property. That £53.
Ukraine boots Russia out of London prime’s top spot
Ukraine has taken over from Russia as the biggest buyer of £10m+ ultra prime London property in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), according to Beauchamp Estates.
March of the Oligarchs? Gorbachev’s Prophecy
Confiscating the piggy banks of notable Russian oligarchs is laughable, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Savills partners up in Switzerland
Savills has struck a deal with Switzerland-based agency Luxury Places, to help look after clients' interests in the Lake Geneva area.
Lake Geneva: Nice in't it?
Hamptons partners with currency exchange to help foreign buyers
Hamptons International has teamed up with HiFX, the UK's biggest non-bank, direct to consumer online international payments business, to help out global clients looking to buy in Blighty, and British…