Window shopping: Rightmove’s 10 most popular properties – 2016
From Harry Potter’s house to an island fort and a Shropshire cave
Property
Qatar wins approval to turn US embassy in London into hotel
Westminster council accepts plan to build 137-room hotel in Grade II-listed building in Grosvenor Square
Sales of luxury London properties collapsed by 86% in past year
Developers scale down most opulent projects, with newbuilds divided into smaller homes, as increased taxes blamed
UK luxury home sales are recovering, estate agents say
Buyer interest in prime residential property higher in July and August than in 2015, according to Knight Frank
‘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