Location: International
Another Piccadilly office-to-mansion approval for the Reubens
Property barons David and Simon Reuben - owners of the old In and Out Club, Connaught House on Mount Street, Millbank Tower and 5 Hertford Street - have landed planning consent to convert a Piccadilly…
Black Brick launches Chinese website
Just in time to welcome in the Year of the Goat, Bruton Place-based buying agency Black Brick has unveiled a Chinese version of its website.
Strawberry Star announces top level hires as global expansion plans take shape
Giant real estate consultancy Strawberry Star Group has made a raft of new appointments, including a new CEO, as it drives some major global expansion plans forward.
Money Talks: The impact of currency fluctuations on PCL buyers and owners
In the last four months alone, the same hypothetical house in one of the best parts of prime central London has become 16% cheaper for a Swiss buyer converting francs, but a mind-boggling 47% more…
Another country clamps down on foreign buyers
Hot on the heels of Australia's proposals to stem the tide of foreign buyers snapping up its top-end real estate, Taiwan has announced plans to impose a whacking great 30% tax rate on overseas property…
Prime Property of the Week: Baroque Star
Villa la Voglina, Italy
£3.6m (approx)
‘The short-term confidence outlook is negative’ as January chills – RICS
The RICS has confirmed what everyone else is seeing, reporting that the national and London markets are cooling right down with prices, enquiries and sales all tailing off in January.
Australia to curb foreign property investment ‘within weeks’
Australia will be unveiling plans to put the brakes on foreign investment into its resi property market "within weeks" in a bid to curtail soaring prices.
Sotheby’s International Realty opens up in Rome
Sotheby’s International Realty has boosted its Italian operations by striking up a new affiliation deal in Rome.
£250m Teddington Studios scheme sold to Singaporean developer
Just three months after planning was given to turn one of the UK's best-known film studios into a £250m resi scheme, a buyer has been found in the shape of a listed Singaporean developer with a billionaire…
SDLT and All That: UK home buying costs Vs the rest of the world
Despite last year's Stamp Duty overhaul ladling some extra bulk on to the cost of buying a top-end home in Britain, the UK's prime buyer's burden is still pretty competitive in the global marketplace,…
INTERVIEW: Niccoló Barattieri di San Pietro of Northacre on building the best of the best
In conversation with the CEO of super-prime developer Northacre