Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: The 'pencil towers' of New York's super-rich
The Guardian's architecture critic Oliver Wainwright rails against esoteric planning rules that have allowed 'a new breed of needle-like tower' to punch through the New York skyline.
18 ‘super-tall’ skyscrapers completed in 2018; more than in any previous year
Residential towers accounted for nearly a third of the world's newly-completed skyscrapers in 2018
Miami heats up as Zaha Hadid’s luxury resi tower launches a Preview Residence
First Look: Developers have opened a show apartment on the 17th floor of "Miami's most prestigious skyscraper", just in time for Art Basel Miami Beach.
Chinese super-rich eye Britain’s ‘relatively cheap’ real estate
Chinese investment in overseas real estate set to increase by 50% over the next three years, says Hurun Institute; LA still the most popular international property purchase destination, but London shooting…
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International buyer secures ‘one of the best mansions in Belgravia’ in another pre-Budget mega-deal
Grand 1901 townhouse on Lygon Place, asking £21.5mn, was formerly the Italian Embassy & Defence Attaché.
£80mn mansion sale reported in Chelsea
American fashion mogul linked with 'UK’s most expensive deal of the year'
Super-prime London property agency launches Marbella outpost
Gary Hersham's Beauchamp Estates is opening a fifth Mediterranean office.
Knight Frank reports £162mn pre-Budget deal surge
'It was all-guns-blazing last week', reports London resi sales boss Rory Penn.
Why the US election could ‘open the flood-gates’ for international real estate investment
'This coming US election will be more than just a decision on leadership - it could signal a new phase of high demand for international real estate,' says Parisian buying agent Susie Hollands.
Charles Curran: ‘It is still business as usual’ in PCL despite the Budget’s ‘selection of crackers taxes’
Last week's Labour Budget was 'driven by ideology, penalising those they simply did not need to tax or tax further,' argues top-end estate agency boss Charles Curran.
Grand townhouse near Harrods heads to auction, guided at £9.25mn
Grade II six-storey specimen is one of the largest on Knightsbridge's Montpelier Square.
Corporate relocation agency launches private clients division
Belgravia-based R3Location now provides personal property search & acquisition services, in addition to its established corporate relo offering.
Light at the end of the tunnel? Savills expects UK house prices to rise 23% over the next five years
Savills has issued fresh forecasts for the mainstream housing market, with an optimistic outlook for less turbulent times ahead.
Senior Jackson-Stops agent moves to Harding Green
'The UK property industry is shifting toward a more client-focused model,' says Alexander Leon as he joins the self-employed broker platform in central London.
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