Location: International
Firing Up: Battersea Power Station breaks ground as sales hit £685m
We've all become used to BoJo breaking new ground on a regular basis, but this morning he was joined by David Cameron and the Prime Minister of Malaysia to literally do so at the colossal Battersea Power…
Wealthy Appetite: HNWIs gobbling up European prime property
Very few agents can go toe to toe with Beauchamp Estates on sheer net-worth-per-client.
Bungle Bungle: William Carrington’s Summer Review
Record prices have been "dismembering the traditional principles of valuation" in London, says William Carrington in his opinionated, informed and ever-entertaining introduction to The Lonres Summer Residential…
Burmese Tigers: London agent opens up in Myanmar
There are, as we all know, loads of foreign buyers snapping up property in Britain.
State of the Market: The Lonres Summer Review
It's time for the superb stat-fest that is the Lonres Summer Residential Review.
Labour’s 2015 prospects driving foreign buyers away – W.A.Ellis
Fears of a Labour win in 2015's General Election, and the subsequent likelihood of a mansion tax being installed, are already putting off some super-rich foreign buyers, according to W.A.Ellis.
The Hopeful Continent: A field guide to Africa’s residential property markets
In only ten years, the Economist has revised its definition of Africa from “the hopeless continent” to the “hopeful continent”.
Boles: “I am well aware that I am probably the CPRE’s least favourite government minister”
Nick Boles, the Planning Minister, has made a pretty impassioned plea to a tough crowd, begging the Campaign to Protect Rural England to give him - and some of his policies on housing - a break.
Fair Trade: Record attendance at Masterpiece
Masterpiece London's preview day ended with reports of strong sales and many happy dealers.
Here and There: Global buying trends in London
In the third part of Savill's World in London report, Paul Tostevin runs through who's buying up London and where they're from;
Riviera Cheek: The Doer Upper does St Tropez
St Tropez is not all glamour, especially if you're a buying agent... Alan Page reports from Notting Hill-on-Sea on what to love and the four types of Riviera buyer.
Number of £500k+ homes coming onto the market surges 20%
One major credit reference agency reckons there's been a deluge of properties worth over £500k hitting the market this year.
Data from from information leviathan Experian points to a whopping 19.