‘A pool in the basement is a clear marker of wealth’: how the super-rich are digging down

In London’s richest boroughs vast subterranean enclaves are being carved out over several floors to house cars, wine, saunas and private nightclubs. How did underground living – once associated with poverty and disease – become an investment scheme for the uber-wealthy?

Cheltenham tops growth league as £1m+ sales spread across country

High-end sales almost double in some regions with a 6% increase recorded throughout England and Wales

En-suite education: the unstoppable rise of luxury student housing

The UK’s student boom has seen a spate of new, expensive, high-spec studio flats for them to live in, even as local residents are desperate for affordable accommodation. From Coventry to Cambridge, are universities starting to resemble property developers – and does this help or hurt our cities?

What objects of desire UHNWIs around the world are buying

Investments of passion performance and global luxury spending trends. Luxury is getting a makeover, all at the speed of social media. The consumer of “luxury” is increasingly digitally-savvy, time-sensitive, socially aware, and more and more concerned about sustainability. The industry surpassed €1 trillion in retail sales value in 2015 and delivered healthy growth of 5% … Read more

World’s super rich keep buying up luxury goods in face of wealth decline

Sales of super-yachts rose 40% last year despite number of millionaires and ultra rich falling, according to wealth report

Upper crust: buyers pay up to £5.5m for apartments with pizza lifts

Four luxury flats on the Strand sold for between £3m and £5.5m, with all mod cons including butler’s lift from restaurant next door