Pricey Comparison: The world’s most expensive – and best performing – luxury residential enclaves
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The latest instalment of Knight Frank’s Global Residential Cities Index, which tracks the performance of mainstream house prices across 150 cities, sees Shenzhen continuing to lead the world rankings…
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Global Construction Costs Compared: London named third most expensive world city
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Global Tax Report 2015: How do property costs and taxes compare around the world?
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Buyer swoops on long-standing super-prime listing in Belgravia
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Prime London sales market picks up as under-offers turn into transactions
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Labour leadership hopeful proposes a ‘wealth tax that works’
Wes Streeting wants to equalise Capital Gains Tax rates with Income Tax.
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HNW law firm heralds revenue ‘milestone’
Boodle Hatfield's 'strategic focus on private capital' seems to be paying off.
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From access rights to estate management schemes, the legal intricacies of the capital's private garden squares can catch out purchasers - and sometimes even their advisers - warns Robert Barham.
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