Mount Street and One Hyde Park mega-lets mark five-year highs as capital's luxury rental supply shrinks.
£33k-a-week Mayfair mansion leads run of blockbuster London rental deals
Mount Street and One Hyde Park mega-lets mark five-year highs as capital's luxury rental supply shrinks.
Tycoon weighing UK exit looks to offload luxury PCL properties
£18mn-plus Knightsbridge flat goes up for sale, along with other homes in Mayfair, Kensington and Chelsea, as entrepreneur says ‘there’s just no point in being here’.
Zoopla COO steps down after three years
Former Mojo Mortgages boss leaves the property portal to pursue ambitions of 'leading a business again.'
£11.8bn development wave to reshape West Kensington’s market
New research makes the case for a West Ken renaissance, as a trio of major development projects look set to redraw the local map - and hike property values.
Knight Frank moves Hungerford office to Newbury
Agency shifts longstanding operation to larger market as it eyes further growth across Berkshire and Wiltshire.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Your essential five-minute briefing, featuring data, forecasts and analysis from LonRes, Beauchamp Estates, Rightmove, Karis Capital, Savills, Knight Frank, ONS, Benham & Reeves & more...
Treasury eyes £1.5mn mansion tax threshold as Budget rumours gather pace
UPDATED: Reports suggest Treasury is considering widening the HVCTS net, potentially hitting nearly 300,000 homes.
Buy-to-let beats stock market over 30 years – but times have changed
It's been 30 years since the first BTL mortgage launched; Hamptons describes the product as 'one of the largest wealth-creation engines of modern British history'.
Asking prices stage Autumn bounce, but London sellers face tough market
The average price tag on a newly-listed home has risen for the first time since May, but Rightmove warns that sellers are competing for buyers in the most crowded market for 12 years.
Big-ticket mortgages rise as wealthy buyers turn to debt
More than £3bn was advanced through regulated £5mn-plus mortgages in the year to March, with London accounting for nearly nine in ten deals.
The £100k Mistake: A top buying agent on what prime property buyers need to know about AI
The real value of a good advisor is in judgement & knowledge of things beyond data, says Property Vision's Rob Fanshawe.
Knight Frank research boss: UK housing outlook hinges on Middle East tensions
Markets are pricing in multiple rate hikes, but where borrowing costs go next relies heavily on a single unpredictable geopolitical risk, explains Tom Bill.
Quote of the day
Households from around the world choose to live and spend their money in London and many prefer to rent rather than buy, so it is important that the Government helps the capital’s rental market to thrive and grow.
Strutt & Parker broker ranks hit double figures
Seasoned St John’s Wood agent becomes tenth member of recently launched brokerage division as heritage firm targets further Prime London expansion.
‘There are quiet Augusts and then there are quiet Augusts’: Prime London sales hit 18-year low
Latest LonRes numbers point to a particularly slow summer for prime London - but there are signs of life at the top end.
The New Scarcity: Liam Bailey on the evolution of luxury & what today’s HNW property buyers really value
The ingredients that once signalled luxury are becoming the easiest to copy, says Knight Frank; what increasingly commands a premium are the things that can’t be replicated...
Picky buyers & patchwork performance: The state of Prime Central London in 2026
Fresh data and charts reveal differing fortunes across the capital’s luxury property heartlands - and offer some pointers as to what happens next.
US brokerage giant launches global division for cross-border property deals
Compass rolls into international markets including the UK with new agent network.
Savills completes £170mn townhouse run at Chelsea Barracks
Contracts exchanged on £40mn Banda-designed residence, rounding out sales at Mulberry Square.
In Pictures: Plans lodged for Battersea Power Station’s 16-acre final act
New images reveal Studio Egret West’s vision for up to 3.2mn sq ft at the landmark regen scheme in SW London.
‘The penny has dropped’: London’s supply of supersized apartments is drying up
‘Signs of urgency’ emerge around the capital’s top schemes as new figures reveal how Westminster’s size limit is reshaping the super-prime landscape.
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Luxury property brand builds new Manhattan operation around Warburg team, headed up by Kevelyn Guzman.
International property news
Bugatti badges $650mn Miami resi tower
Hypercar marque makes its first move into the US resi market with 183-home waterfront scheme.
Forbes adds 70-year-old Rome agency to luxury property network
70-year-old Rivolta takes exclusive territory as group expands its reach across the world's prime property capitals.
London super-prime sales haul jumps 72% despite global slowdown
Knight Frank tracked a 'flurry of remarkable sales' in London during Q2, but US$10mn+ transaction volumes dipped slightly.
$200mn-backed property platform buys luxury Dubai brokerage
Former Foxtons agent’s firm acquired ahead of launch of new international high-end brand.
MIPIM makes room for luxury living & branded residences in Cannes expansion
Housing moves ‘centre stage’ as annual property industry fixture unveils biggest overhaul in its 37-year history.
Profiles & Interviews
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Hamptons’ Canan Wood
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Knight Frank’s Andrew Groocock
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Natalie Malka
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
‘The best projects have a soul before they have a spreadsheet’: In conversation with YOO Group founder John Hitchcox
The property entrepreneur who helped pioneer loft living and branded residences talks London’s overlooked hotspots, buyer trends, the next big shift in the sector - and the best investment he ever made.
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Residence One’s Ben Wilson
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
Interiors & Design
‘New strategy’ drawn up for 15,000 sq ft Belgravia trophy
Three-building spread could be transformed into one of PCL’s most valuable private residences.
Set in Stonework: Behind the scenes at the restoration & extension of Lutyens’ first major house
How specialist teams treated the spectacular Chinthurst Hill to a 21st-century upgrade.
London headquartered architecture firm lands major Singapore masterplanning project
Singapore Land Group's Marina Square will include a 49-storey residential tower alongside reworkings of three 'tropical modernist' hotel buildings.
In Pictures: Inside Oliver Burns Studio’s £21.25mn show apartment at The Bryanston
3,872 sq ft turnkey residence is the latest designer collaboration at Almacantar’s 54-unit super-prime scheme overlooking Hyde Park.
Foster + Partners puts ‘robot swarms’ to work on buildings
Autonomous construction project teams bots and drones with adaptable structures designed to be dismantled and reused - with ‘wide-reaching' potential.
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