Location: Prime Central London
Ultra-wealthy US buyers step up search for UK trophy homes
'This level of interest is something we haven’t ever seen before', reports Savills London Private Office
Belgravia mansion ‘liberated’ by anti-oligarch squatters
“This is only the beginning” warn activists, as they occupy a Belgrave Square townhouse said to be owned by a sanctioned Russian billionaire - and call for others to "squat oligarchs' properties…
Residential planning activity in PCL running at a five-year high
"Early signs of recovery in development activity" in Central London, says CBRE - presenting "a significant opportunity for developers to time their run onto an active market."
Historic office-to-resi project up for sale in Bloomsbury
Grade II* listed building on Great James Street has planning for a conversion into a luxury residence
Developers circle landmark chapel conversion project in St John’s Wood
‘Incredibly grand’ Grade II listed building on St John's Wood Terrace could be turned into luxury apartments or a monumental single residence
Talking Heads: On Russia sanctions & the London property market
Two weeks on, we asked prime property insiders - including those who specialise in Russian clients - about what effect anti-war sanctions are really having on the London property market, and how their…
Forbes: A guide to all the outrageous mansions and estates owned by sanctioned Russian billionaires
Investigation links ‘at least 36’ mansions, villas and luxury apartments - worth a combined $1.2bn - with ten targeted oligarchs, including some of England’s finest private homes…
City offices protected from automatic resi conversion
New Article 4 Direction obtained amid concerns over ‘harm to the primary business function of the City’
New lettings head at Knight Frank South Kensington
Mark Batty has moved over to lead the team at the branch on Old Brompton Rd, 12 years after joining the firm from Hamptons International
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Required Reading: Lifting the secrecy behind offshore companies
Julie Howard explains how the new rules around overseas entities will work in practice, and why the idea of hiding behind asset holding vehicles is becoming a thing of the past
Westminster’s important new building rules ‘place sustainability at the heart of the built environment’
New guidance for property developers "will ensure the highest possible proportion of development requiring planning permission achieves net zero carbon emissions," says Westminster Councillor Matthew Green.