Location: International
Another international partnership for Savills
After announcing tie-ups in Switzerland and San Francisco over the last couple of months, Savills has formed another new international association, this time with LA-based brokerage The Agency.
Mansion Tax: A billion pound levy on London – Zoopla
It's been a few hours at least since the last mansion tax furore, and we're fairly sure that most in the prime property industry are now on the same page - or least the same chapter.
Leisure Hunt: Appetite returns for world’s prime boltholes
2013 marked a turning point for many prime second home markets around the globe, according to the latest research from Savills.
Foreign investment quota plans rejected in House of Lords
A controversial proposal to introduce a limit on overseas property sales was unceremoniously shot down in the House of Lords last week.
Lord Bradshaw
The slow rise of the Chinese buyer
Chinese developers have made their mark in London in the last year with several headline-grabbing deals.
Prime rents fell most rapidly in London and Hong Kong last year – Knight Frank
Using its considerable research muscle to measure performance across seventeen major world cities, Knight Frank's Prime Global Rental Index recorded a 4.8% boost in 2013.
What Wealth Wants: The human and the digital (FutureWealth 2014, #2)
As the face of wealth management changes, with new technology creating new opportunities, methodologies and pitfalls for private client advisors, it's important to strike the right balance between the…
Thurloe Estate snapped up for £100m
The Thurloe Estate - a swathe of prime in between South Ken and Sloane Square - has been snapped up by a joint partnership between Ivanhoé Cambridge, affiliates of Apollo Global Management and Bruce…
Anatomy of a Billionaire: Spending habits of the ultra-rich
The average billionaire - worth £1.79 billion, married with 2.1 children - spends just 3% of his/her wealth on residential property. That £53.
Ukraine boots Russia out of London prime’s top spot
Ukraine has taken over from Russia as the biggest buyer of £10m+ ultra prime London property in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), according to Beauchamp Estates.
March of the Oligarchs? Gorbachev’s Prophecy
Confiscating the piggy banks of notable Russian oligarchs is laughable, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Savills partners up in Switzerland
Savills has struck a deal with Switzerland-based agency Luxury Places, to help look after clients' interests in the Lake Geneva area.
Lake Geneva: Nice in't it?