Unlike the yacht moored at Monte Carlo, where visibility is a big part of the point, purchasers of London’s penthouses keep a low profile.  Equipped with panic rooms, air filters, high-tech alarm and entry systems and bulletproof glass, these exclusive properties attract both overseas and home-grown millionaires are seeking rarefied properties with world-class security. London [...]

The property market in France is under pressure due to recent tax changes and the broad state of the French and European economies.  According to Jean-François Buet, president of the national federation of the property business (FNAIM) “the first half of 2013 will look similar to the second half of 2012”, with prices expected to [...]

The luxury homes of high-profile individuals often make the news in gossip columns and blogs as frequently as their owners do. The public’s thirst for celebrity property stories often seems unquenchable and it can only take one rumour that a celebrity is looking to buy in a certain area for its popularity to be dramatically [...]

Which are the most viewed luxury properties this winter on Te Atrium? We are keen to present each of the new top 10 properties in the article below. You can take a tour of each luxury home directly on our site where you can also find a number of the most extraordinary homes in the [...]

Anyone buying a luxury property in Spain should be aware that the long correction of house prices which started in 2008 and which, according to the main indexes, has seen average values dropping by almost 40% peak to date, is still under way. Property analysts believe that the overall market is not expected to truly [...]

In a recent post we have analyzed how the role of luxury estate agents has evolved in response to major market trends such as the digitalization of property searches and the internationalization of the client base. In this post we have questioned the same group of prominent European estate agents to help us identify the [...]

The luxury property market is in continuous evolution and so should be the role of the estate agent. Just in the last 10 years, two important trends have shaped the industry and changed the way the market works. Firstly, the search for properties has significantly shifted online, with property portals and other digital channels gradually [...]

In our latest post, we outline the typical costs involved in buying a luxury property in Paris and the Côte d’Azur. Photo Credit: Anatoli Styf / Shutterstock Buying a luxury property does not only involve the cost of the property itself, but also a series of additional fees that are worth evaluating before you decide to [...]

In a study conducted in 2011 we estimated that on average every year in France between 12,000 and 15,0o0 luxury properties are sold (costing more than €1 million or more than €10,000 per square meter) which represent approximately 2% of total property transactions, more than one third of which are executed in Paris. Yet the [...]

As the world’s economic centre of gravity shifts eastward, Chinese and other Far-Eastern buyers are investing part of their wealth in the global property market. In this post Becca Wu has examined the reasons why London’s luxury real estate market is increasingly popular among Chinese investors. In one of our recent posts we have analyzed [...]