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…
ByWhen a super-basement turns out to be a super-pain
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…
ByWhat’s Behind an Increase in Mortgage Lending?
Having operated at greatly reduced levels both in terms of aggregate volume and value since the global crash of 2007,…
ByProspects for the UK Housing Market in 2013
2012 was a tough year for the UK housing market and even the prime sector was negatively affected by a…
ByLoans from the Wealthy Could Kickstart Homebuilding
If the government want more houses built but banks aren’t lending enough money, where can housebuilders turn? Mezzanine financing from…
ByWhy Are So Many Chinese HNWs Moving to the UK?
Occidentally on Purpose The UK is experiencing a sharp increase in the number of HNWs making the move from Eastern…
ByIs the Global Property Market on the Rebound at Last?
Bouncy Castles Is the global property market on the rebound at last? Possibly, says Ross Clark — though it was…
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