As Malaysians prepare for Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2025, a recent survey by Milieu Insight reveals key insights into consumer behaviour during the Hari Raya festive season, highlighting trends in shopping, dining, and…continue reading…
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For this property feature, we look at why the letters A to G and the numbers 1 to 100 printed on an energy performance certificate, also known as an EPC, could be…continue reading…
The luxury industry is broad and multifaceted. Typically, it encompasses several key sectors, catering to affluent and aspirational consumers who want exclusivity, fine craftsmanship, investment potential and prestige. In this piece, I…continue reading…
Predicting whether UK property prices will rise or fall this year requires considering economic, social, political, and policy factors. In this feature, I delve into each of these to determine whether it…continue reading…
The potential of falling interest rates and waves of economic and political uncertainty have seen gold prices reach all-time highs in 2025. Buoying up the record-high prices have been the activities of…continue reading…
The UK is one of the top ten most densely populated countries in Europe. According to available data, it has 30 million dwellings housing its nearly 70 million population, and if the…continue reading…
70% of UK professionals (from all age bands) have stated that they are ‘expecting’ that they will have to work for longer or delay retirement due to financial concerns post-retirement. In fact,…continue reading…
In a year when luxury consumer companies generally performed ahead of expectations, delivering mild sales growth and defying expected declines, Kering S.A. (Kering) was an outlier. This week, the French luxury goods…continue reading…
The latest property market analysis by GetAgent.co.uk suggests that estate agents across England are already busier than they were during the opening stages of last year, with some 50,000 more homes currently…continue reading…
Eurowings, part of the Lufthansa Group and the largest leisure airline in Germany, has announced it will launch its own dedicated tour operator, Eurowings Holidays, on 1 April 2025. The establishment of…continue reading…
A new discussion paper by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) argues that current UK equality legislation has created a two-tier society. The legislation has evolved beyond preventing direct discrimination to actively…continue reading…
The newly published December 2024 Portuguese Housing Market Survey from RICS and Confidencial Imobiliário has highlighted the strength of both prices and transaction volumes in Portugal at the end of last year.…continue reading…
New research has revealed that some relatively modern properties can cost more to insure than those built fifty, sixty or even seventy years ago. Surprisingly, homes built in the 2000s are, on…continue reading…
The latest research by Regency Living reveals that more than a third of homeowners aged over 50 have more than 10 years left on their mortgage. By downsizing their property to one…continue reading…
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