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INTERVIEW: Santhosh Gowda of Strawberry Star on successful prime property investment
In less than five years, Strawberry Star has quietly accumulated over 700 luxury apartments across London, investing more than £500m in the process.
Average prices creep up by 0.1% as K&C values tumble – Land Registry
92,492 homes were lodged with the Land Registry in October, with prices ranging from £19m for a house in Holland Park to £12,000 for a place in Burnley, Lancashire.
Emerging Prime: On the future of high-end real estate in emerging markets
An ambitious project by international property portal Lamudi has produced a research paper on the future of real estate in the world's emerging markets.
Singapore has ‘most dismal year since 2008’
As 2014 nears its end, Singapore's developers are likely to time the launch of their projects to avoid the year-end lull period says Muneerah Bee, Senior Journalist at PropertyGuru.
Villa with ‘Western Hemisphere’s sexiest pool’ asks £20m
Described as 'only comparable to a handful of properties found in perhaps the South of France or on Long Island’s Gold Coast', instructions don't come with much more fanfare than this.
Save the Date: Masterpiece London, 25 June – 1 July 2015
Dates for next year's art, antiques and design happening Masterpiece London have been confirmed as 25th June - 1st July, with a preview event on the 24th.
The Return of the Russians: Super-prime deals soar as vendors cut prices
"The Russians are back" in London and there's some "serious interest" from mainland Chinese buyers says Knight Frank, as it reports a 92% increase in the number of super-prime £10m+ deals compared to…
Cooking Apple: New York super-prime sales up 120%
As median home prices across the US finally return to the kind of levels last seen in 2004, sales of New York's multimillion dollar resi properties have rocketed.
Soho Works Estate comes up for sale
The Soho Works Estate, a half-acre site fronting both Great Marlborough Street and Poland Street, has just been listed for sale with a £67.5m price tag.
RANKED: House price growth across the G20 member countries
Summing up this week's G20 summit of world leaders in Brisbane, the ever-balanced BBC said the event had delivered 'more than expected on some issues, but somewhat less on others'.
‘Use the current economic sunshine’ before the next global slump in 2018 – Grosvenor
The UK is on track to be hit by another downturn in real estate markets in 2018, just after the US, claims Grosvenor's Group Research Director Graham Parry.
A potted history of the mansion tax in quotes (2009-2015)
The idea of a Mansion Tax has been knocking around Westminster with intent for over five years now, since Vince Cable brewed up a scheme in 2009 to make taxation more fair...