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Here, our team shares their in-depth knowledge and passion for high-end real estate, featuring hand-written content, including exclusive contributions from Abode2 Managing Editor, Laura Henderson. For further exclusive content, follow Laura on LinkedIn.
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Thumbs Up to Developer Planning Reforms 12.08.20It’s an understatement to say that the landmark planning reforms from the Government are a step in the right direction. For too long big brand housebuilders have had a stranglehold over the sector, allowing them to drip feed developments as…
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Significant Leasehold Reform To Transform Future of Home Ownership 05.08.20The Law Commission has unleashed a suite of important leasehold reform proposals, with ambitions “to transform the future of home ownership in England and Wales”. If enacted, the reforms would make it easier and cheaper for homeowners to buy their…
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Outperforming Expectations Under Lockdown 29.07.20Activity may have plunged, but global super-prime property markets “outperformed expectations” under lockdown, with 153 sales going through above $10m since March. The very top end of the international property market slowed sharply but “didn’t buckle” in the face of…
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High-Priced Country Houses Are UK’s Top Performers 22.07.20According to Knight Frank, country houses valued at £5m-plus saw the strongest price growth of any property type in the UK in the three months to June, due to interest in country living and the greater ability of buyers in…
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International Cities Enjoy Property Sales Recovery 14.07.20Despite localised outbreaks, a number of global cities are seeing sales volumes continue to recover with April so far looking to be the low point for residential activity. New outbreaks have emerged in parts of the US (Southern & Western…
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Global Cities Shake Up 08.07.20The Global Residential Cities Index increased by 4.3% in the 12 months to March, its highest annual rate of growth since Q3 2017. Manila has again topped Knight Frank’s Global Residential Cities Index, with annual price inflation hitting 22% in Q1….
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Prime Central London Tipped For Bounce Back 24.06.20Latest property industry findings have found some “strong similarities” between PCL’s recent performance and what happened during and after the Global Financial Crisis – suggesting that the market could confound expectations over the next 18 months. Pre-Covid, the London market…
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Time for a Change in Mind Set Regarding Retirement Living 17.06.20When the government argued that over-70s should self-isolate, fit, healthy and vibrant over-70s such as John Humphrys came out fighting against generalisations about their generation. “To say the over-70s must be looked after because they are vulnerable is an absurd…
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Global Housing Markets Display Resilience 10.06.20Residential activity is recovering quickly in many international markets as Coronavirus lockdowns are eased. Post-lockdown data from some international property markets is suggesting “a surprising degree of resilience” in house prices, says Knight Frank’s international research chief Kate Everett-Allen. After…
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