As autumn draws on, the property market prepares to hibernate
‘Are you seriously telling me that the market is finished until mid February?’ asked my somewhat enraged client. ‘I fear…
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$100 million Manhattan condos are sending draconian co-ops packing
FLIGHT OF THE CONDO The toniest of Manhattan co-ops have become the victims of their own extreme exclusivity. High time…
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Review of The Lowell Hotel, New York
As you can see in this article, I was in New York earlier this year investigating whether the rise of…
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London property to lose out as rest of country forecast to race ahead
London looks as though it will lose ground to the rest of the country as house prices rise faster in…
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When downsizing in a property boom, do you stick or twist?
Stick or twist – that’s the question many Londoners are facing, in a market that seems ever rising. I have…
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The privileged are never satisfied, but life can bring cruel perspective
There’s that moment when you don’t know whether to shake or hug the person you’re talking to. I was with…
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How the tonier parts of England fared in the St Jude’s Day storm
One expects that money can take care of most of life’s problems – but how did the wealthier parts of…
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Prevaricators poison the property process
‘If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it!’ The Beyoncé Knowles anthem that seems to…
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Even the kids of the wealthy are struggling to buy houses in London
With UK house prices rising at the fastest rate in more than three years, it comes as no surprise that…
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My very own Blue Jasmine shows us how to bounce back
The Mattress is in town – or rather she’s moving to town. I’ve known The Mattress for many years and…
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During tough times, selling property means you have to talk the talk
‘We do love it but it seems expensive.’ It sure isn’t cheap, I wanted to respond, but instead I said:…
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Chinese snap up 40 per cent of prime homes
Non-UK citizens have bought almost eight out of ten luxury new-build homes sold in central London in the past two…
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Some houses (and clients) you fall in love with
‘You know, darling, she’s got that quality, she just lifts a room when she walks into it.’ I knew what…
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See inside the £5.25m One Hyde Park flat which has been repossessed
When you hear a house has been repossessed, London’s most expensive luxury development isn’t the first place you’d think of.…
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See inside the ’5.25m One Hyde Park flat which has been repossessed
When you hear a house has been repossessed, London’s most expensive luxury development isn’t the first place you’d think of…
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Back to business as unusual
And so we’re back: la rentrée is in full flow, computers are whirring, distracting apps on our devices are deactivated,…
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Mansion tax will have to start at £1.25m, capturing 140,000 homes, to raise promised amount
The Knight Frank report, entitled Taxing High Value Homes, shows that a mansion tax on homes worth £2 million or…
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Farmland starts to hit Mayfair prices
The report, from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, has found that since 2004 farmland has risen to around £7,441…
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When is enough enough? The recent reports that a hedge funder is spending £4 million building a subterranean complex in…
ByThe solution to chilly English country houses
‘A Norwegian recently told me he had never felt cold in his life until he came to live in a…
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