‘This is just the start’: China’s passion for foreign property

A huge new wave of Chinese investment in overseas housing may be about to flow into the global market. In Hong Kong, Tom Phillips meets the salesmen who market British property to mainland China

London houses are second most over-valued in world – UBS

‘Bubble index’ rates Vancouver as city with most unsustainable house prices and puts several other cities in middle of bubbles

Foundation stone: leading architects on the homes that shaped them

How does your childhood home influence the one you make yourself? Seven leading architects look back at the foundations of their career

Londoners back limit on skyscrapers as fears for capital’s skyline grow

With more than 400 high-rises planned, major survey shows residents want numbers curbed

The $100 million Playboy Mansion has a new owner

Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion, an ultra-private retreat and the ultimate setting for large-scale entertaining, sold for $100 million. Playboy Mansion, one of the world’s most famous and infamous properties was sold, but Hefner Is Staying. Hugh Hefner has called the Playboy Mansion his home and office since 1971. Along the way, Hugh Hefner has been … Read more