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New York’s luxury developers woo Generation Z
An interesting new trend is being reported in New York, with resi developers increasingly designing their luxury schemes to appeal to tweens and teens.
‘A sense of momentum’ returns to London’s super-prime market
"A sense of momentum is returning" to London's £10m+ super-prime property market, says Knight Frank, despite deal numbers tumbling in 2015.
UK stamp duty revenues suffer as Osborne throttles the golden goose
With the Institute for Fiscal Studies now warning that the Government will struggle to meet its target of balancing the books by 2019-20, Knight Frank has taken a proper look at how the new stamp duty…
Curtain Up: £750m Shoreditch scheme to transform ‘lost’ Shakespearean site
The curtain has been raised on a showstopping £750m regeneration project in London's Shoreditch, centred around the most important Shakespeare heritage project in the UK for almost 20 years.
Cluttons names youngest ever Senior Partner as Siegle steps down
Bill Siegle, Cluttons' Senior Partner, will hand over the reins to the firm's youngest over Senior Partner at the start of the company’s new financial year in April, after seven years at the helm and…
Why a year of no growth would be better for the market
LonRes Chairman William Carrington cautions against the expectation of a resumption of price rises...
Gulf-based buyers ‘piling in’ to UK property market
Buyers from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are "piling in" to the British property market to beat the stamp duty surcharge, according to top-end mortgage broker deVere.
Ivy Gate rolls into Dubai with souped-up ‘luxe’ offering
James Caan-backed "hybrid" estate agency Ivy Gate is continuing its international expansion drive, launching its first Middle Eastern outpost in Dubai.
London ‘remains attractive’ to investors; trophy home buyers, not so much
Despite the Chancellor’s best attempts to slow the market, demand for privately rented accommodation in the capital is holding, says Black Brick's Camilla Dell.
Savills launches dedicated property service for ‘the professional sporting elite’
Savills is pitching its wares at wealthy sports stars around the world with a new dedicated team "which will offer a confidential property service to the professional sporting elite, who seek discretion,…
Buy-To-Flop: Why these newfangled loans are behind the game
All this recent innovation in mortgage lending looks to be 'too little, too late', says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Global house prices ‘continue to march slowly upwards’ – IMF
The latest update to the International Monetary Fund's Global Housing Watch shows that aggregate real property prices have edged up for the past 16 quarters.