Location: International
In Pictures: The Manhattan apartment block targeting British buyers
A New York apartment block is proving to be quite the hit with UK buyers, with classical-look interiors and a setting overlooking Central Park that is, to the developer's eye, reminiscent of London's…
Green light for landmark Hyde Park Corner scheme
Westminster has given the go-ahead for a major new development on London's Hyde Park Corner.
Grade Union: Understanding listed property owners and the value of heritage
Repair and maintenance on historic buildings in England accounted for 10% of the total value of the construction industry in 2010, and heritage tourism represented 2% of the UK’s GDP in 2011, says Historic England…
John Taylor debuts in Germany with new Berlin base
Luxury real estate brokerage John Taylor has boosted its tally of global offices to 21 after opening up a Berlin operation.
Buy-to-Let Stamp Duty: What the new surcharge means for the property market
After George Osborne used his Autumn Statement to drop a surprise bombshell on the property investment sector, tacking an extra 3% SDLT levy on second homes and buy-to-let properties, Savills has produced…
Sotheby’s ramps up RDI activity with raft of high-profile launches
The UK arm of Sotheby's International Realty has been upping its Resi Development & Investment game lately, bagging instructions across three new high-end schemes in London.
‘Wonderfully fruitful’ Q3 in the West End – CBRE
CBRE has reported a "wonderfully fruitful" quarter in the West End, with a 78% rise in sales activity compared with Q2. Sales so far this year are now up 41% on the same period last year.
Lodha’s Altamount smashes Indian price record
Lodha's first Luxury Collection development - Altamount in Mumbai - has notched up the highest per square foot price for a single apartment in India.
Global house prices ‘step up a gear’ as all eyes turn to the Fed
Knight Frank's Global House Price Index increased by 2.7% in the year to September 2015, as five of the 55 tracked countries posted double-digit growth and the pace of China's decline slowed.
Family home prices are rising seven times faster than the national average
Price growth in family homes is more than seven times the national average in key regional centres, says Jackson-Stops & Staff, after looking at property prices in England’s traditional county towns.
Transatlantic value gap tempts wealthy London buyers over to New York
Pitting the UK capital's luxury property market against its closest competitor on the world stage has revealed some fascinating findings for Beauchamp Estates and its new US partner Leslie J Garfield,…
Dubai developer tempts Chinese buyers with ‘fully-paid vacation offer’
Two of the world's top mega-developers have come up with a novel idea for getting Chinese buyers to dip a toe in the Dubai property market.