Location: Europe
US leads way as Billionaire Club booms
If you're looking for a few fillers on your "New Business Targets" spreadsheet, the 27th annual Forbes World's Billionaires list is out, featuring 1,426 ultra-high-powered names with an aggregate net worth…
London drives strong investor returns as UK resi portfolios deliver 8.9%
Residential investment continues to outperform inflation and commercial real estate, according to the latest IPD UK Annual Residential Property Index, with returns from portfolios in the private rented…
Songs of Experience: How to be a proper property expert
Expert says who? Simon Barnes gets on his soap box to explain what the term "expert" really means to him...
Architects: optimistic
Private housing is the principle driver of optimism about future workloads amongst architects, according to the latest member survey by the RIBA.
Bank on the Swiss to run like clockwork
What has happened to London since the 'Greatest Show on Earth'? Let's take a leaf out of our European counterparts' book, says Rupert Collingwood...
Dear Mark Field MP: Have you never heard of “the straw that broke the camel’s back”?
Cities like Dubai, Geneva and Monte Carlo rub their hands together when they hear comments like yours, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Sotheby’s expands global realty network
Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC continued its quest for worldwide domination in 2012 with a truly stonking year;
Pylon Pile-On: No planning needed for 50ft phone masts
50ft-high mobile phone masts could be erected without the need for planning permission if a new Bill - intended to enhance the introduction of a 4G mobile phone network and create broader broadband coverage…
Sleeping Giants: British buyers awake at last
British buyers lay the market's foundations and provide a bellwether for which areas will continue to be popular - and they've started buying again, says James Bailey...
Property Pay Survey: Resi agents earn average of £32,570 (only sector to report annual fall)
The influential RICS/Macdonald and Company "Rewards & Attitudes Survey" has been published and the results are rather revealing.
Abrahmsohn Part II: The Politics of Envy
Mansion Tax, Wealth Tax, Jewellery Tax, Window Tax…this feeding frenzy will eat us all up, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Everyone’s a Winner: ESTAS shortlist announced
The extensive shortlist for the ESTAS has been unveiled, with winners due to be patted on backs by event host Phil Spencer (for the tenth year) on 19th April at the Park Lane Hilton.