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‘Cities are springing back to life’: Super-prime property sales surge around the world
"We expect super-prime sales to end 2021 on a high," says Knight Frank, as it flags a significant jump in US$10m+ deals across seven major global wealth hubs so far this year.
Green light for record-breaking Knightsbridge mansion remodelling
2-8 Rutland Gate is set to become the >60,000 sq ft family home of a Chinese billionaire, following an epic nine-figure refurbishment by Squire & Partners and CC Land.
World house prices are ‘overvalued by around 10%’, warn economists
We're in one of the biggest global property booms since 1900, says Oxford Economics, as it warns that "the longer a housing boom continues, the bigger the risk of a large reversal".
Supply Pain: Who is responsible for delays on luxury resi projects?
With many super-prime schemes being thrown into chaos by supply chain problems, construction lawyer Alexander Jullienne looks at where the responsibility for delay rests, and what contractors charged with…
On the rise of the Eastern city & the Western suburb
Mike Staver explains the sociological factors influencing where people choose to live - and the impact of the unprecedented events of 2020…
Interview: Graham Harris of SHH on inspirations, innovations & interpreting aspirations
The co-founder & MD of influential London-based design practice SHH talks us through the firm’s formative years and remarkable journey - from being known as ‘the mews kids of Knightsbridge’ to working…
PCL agency boss calls for industry-wide task force to tackle racism in property
Rokstone’s Becky Fatemi is calling for a "cross-company, industry-wide task force" to address racism and sexism in property.
Building Safety Bill: A new landscape for claims under the Defective Premises Act 1972?
Required Reading: "Building owners, developers, contractors and consultants need to be aware of the changes intended" by the new Building Safety Bill, say Joanna Lewis and Sophie-Rose Bowen of Beale &…
Watch: Inside Newson’s Yard, Belgravia’s new hidden design arcade
Grosvenor has launched a significant addition to the Pimlico Road Design District.
Interview: Daniel McPeake of Nest Seekers on ‘rock star real estate’ & the importance of having skin in the game
Estate agency "is not broken but it smells like yesterday", says Daniel McPeake, European Managing Director of American "rock star real estate brokerage" Nest Seekers International.
Global HNW population booms, but not in the UK
The global millionaire population grew 6.3% in 2020, surpassing the 20-million bar, while total millionaire wealth grew 7.6% to tickle US$80 trillion.
How London’s top design studios are finding the right work-life balance for a post-Covid world
With input from some PCL’s best-known super-prime designers, recruitment specialist Jason Bailey looks at how studios are managing the balance of working from home and the return to office life……