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Hong Kong trumps London & New York as world’s highest value resi location
Hong Kong has held onto its crown as the world’s highest value residential location, recording an average price per square foot way above that of London or New York.
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SBID International Design Excellence Awards 2015: Big ticket finalists
The finalists of this year's SBID International Design Awards have been announced, with public voting now open to source a winner in time for a presentation ceremony at The Dorchester on 27th November.
Stocks & Scares: How will China’s financial turmoil affect the UK property market?
The UK resi market may have lost some of the 'like-to-buys’ recently, but there is still no better place to invest your money, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
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Cushman and DTZ complete $2bn mega-merger
Global real estate megaliths Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ have completed a $2bn merger to create one of the world’s largest real estate services firms, with a combined total of $5bn in revenue, 43,000 emp…
Parkside premium soars as wealthy buyers prioritise London’s green spaces
New research has shown how properties on the fringes of London's Royal Parks have outperformed the rest of PCL by quite the margin in recent years.
Five-fold jump in Thai buyers’ interest in London property
London property investments were attracting strong attention from Thai buyers during a three-day "Waterfront London" property exhibition in Bangkok last weekend, writes Andrew Batt
Residence One bags a bargain in Belgravia
Grade II listed townhouse on the best side of Chester Square acquired at £1,406 per square foot just before the General Election, the lowest price paid on the square in years
Rowsley’s first Euro play backs Neville and Giggs’ ‘new Mayfair of Manchester’
Peter Lim, the Singapore-based billionaire part-owner of Salford City FC, has agreed to back football stars Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs' plans to develop a former police station in central Manchester into…
London’s off-plan sales strategy is ‘likely to give way’ to a more owner-occupied model – BNP Paribas
London's property prices will be "around 80% ahead of the peak of the market prior to the financial crisis" by 2020, says BNP Paribas, although the top-end - above £5m - is "still set to decline in va…
Luxury Property Show returns to Hurlingham for ninth year
The Luxury Property Show is returning - for the ninth year - to the Hurlingham Club in November, hosted again by Melissa Porter off of the TV and sponsored again by Rightmove Overseas
Chinese/English property portal launches
For any Chinese investors who haven't lost their shirts over the last couple of days, a bilingual property portal has just been launched, pitching itself as a virtual "China Desk" for UK agents and developers.
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Tenants’ Super-Prime: A field guide to London’s UHNW rental tribes
Mayfair is "the ultimate destination for high net worth renters," says Tunstall Property, "followed by Knightsbridge and Belgravia respectively." Marylebone, however, comes out on top for rental investments