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Amancio Ortega's Pontegadea has made a notable play in London's built-to-rent arena.
Former buying agent’s prime property network chalks up nearly £4bn of listings
Two-year-old platform doubles down on high-end market with nearly 500 agents signed up and over £3bn of live buyer searches.
In Pictures: 19th-century Notting Hill dairy reborn as boutique resi scheme
Echlin delivers a 'deliberately restrained' take on warehouse living at Black Treacle’s new eight-unit development near Queensway.
Facebook founder buys Irish castle
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Behind the Schemes: Rebuilding a Notting Hill townhouse from the inside out
ACT, De Rosee Sa & Katie Harbison talk us through a 75-week overhaul that involved moving the staircase, rethinking every floor and reconstructing the roof of a fine Italianate residence.
Christie’s International Real Estate joins luxury agency push into Phuket
Global brokerage network follows Bangkok launch with move into booming island market.
Ranked: How have prime resi values fared globally in 2026 – and what happens next?
Latest performance & forecasts: Tokyo tops Savills' H1 index as London and Dubai lose ground, while Cape Town is tipped to lead global prime resi growth over the rest of the year.
Major agency reins in long-range PCL forecast
Strutts now expects cumulative growth of just 4.4% by 2030 - down from 9%-12% at the start of the year - but sees downward pressure easing in 2027.
RBKC vs Westminster: What do the latest ONS numbers really tell us about PCL?
Westminster prices are apparently down by a quarter and RBKC by 15% - but the detail tells a rather more nuanced story.
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The prime North London plot has full planning permission to build a contemporary three-bedroom house.
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