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The world's top ten property portal companies are worth a combined £18 billion, according to some new stats on the matter.

There's a definite sense of anti-climax around these parts, even though no-one was expecting much to start with. Here's what the prime resi community thinks of today's Budget announcements...

Chancellor George has extended the 15% SDLT rate for residential property bought through a corporate envelope from £2m all the way to £500,000, in a move that looks to be aimed squarely at cutting the…

Britain's cities are "on a collision course to be overrun with bland, homogenous developments,” warns Battersea Power Station's Head of Design and Placemaking in a new book on urban development around…

Skipton in North Yorkshire,  Newnham in Cambridge, Monmouth in Wales and Falmouth in Cornwall have been named as "The Best Places to Live" in Britain by The Sunday Times.

House prices around the world rose by 8.4% in 2013 (1.2% in Q4), according to Knight Frank;

Buying a house in France is one thing, says Alan Page; owning it under Monsieur Hollande's regime is quite another. Which means that Riviera brokers' books are bulging with unsold second homes;

Nicky Richmond hears talk of silly money and perfect storms on her last night in Cannes... As ever, the flight home is very quiet.

Only George and his minions already know what's actually on the cards for Wednesday's Budget 2014, but our panel of prime property pundits, experts and insiders know what they want (and don't want) to…

Could the UK's property market be affected by the proposed sanctions on Russia? Let's not get hysterical, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...

Switzerland, following a referendum that came out in support of more independence from Europe, is on the cusp of a foreign asset spending bonanza, according to the latest from WealthInsight.

Another round of restaurants and stories for Nicky Richmond in Cannes... The woman on the next table, rather the worse for wear, started up a conversation in broken English with my dinner guests.