It’s either the ultimate on-a-plate convenience for the time-poor super-rich, or risks falling into the trap of cultural stereotyping – but a new luxury development in north London has designed six show flats each tailored to a specific nationality. The residences at Buxmead on The Bishop’s Avenue - Hampstead’s billionaires row - cost from £6.9m-£15m, and the development’s show flats...
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As MPs prepare to debate new sanctions legislation in the Commons next week, acquisition specialist Alisa Zotimova summarises the current mood amongst Russian buyers in the capital, arguing that whilst a clampdown on the small number of unscrupulous oligarchs is long overdue, hardworking people with nothing to hide should not become scrutinised to the extent where they feel unwelcome… As diplomatic...
Despite worsening relations between Russia and the UK, Russians are still investing in London – and they are not all oligarchs splashing ‘dirty’ cash, reports Emanuele Midolo Between 2007 and 2014, Russian investors gobbled up UK real estate at a staggering rate of knots. Data from JLL estimates that in early 2014 almost 10% of all money spent in property in London was Russian. In the luxury...
LonRes has just published the London residential review. Most anticipated news include Bitcoin payments, increased use of “proptech” - term used for all innovations in the property market and damaging effect on both sales and lettings that stamp duty land tax and the uncertainty over Brexit has on Prime London. Sales Market Overview It is evident that due to increased costs and market...
Guest column by our founder Alisa Zotimova in The Resident - luxury London lifestyle magazine published by Archant. Read the full article here The...
AZ Real Estate are proud to announce a sizeable acquisition of City Edge, a contemporary 136-apartment student accommodation block in Birmingham, on behalf of a private Russian buyer. Purchased on a leasehold basis for £10.6m, City Edge is located just a short bus ride from the Birmingham City University South Campus, which is the subject of a £41 million state-of-the-art expansion. Fully tenanted,...
A few days ago our founder Alisa Zotimova, has participated in the “2018: The New London Plan” – a property networking forum organised by Movers & Shakers. The speakers included: The main topic of the discussion was the strategic plan, which, after a consultation open to all London residents, was proposed to retain London’s position as a global...
There are three reasons for why 2017 is prime time to buy in London. Firstly, currency fluctuations have made London property much cheaper for euro, dollar and renminbi buyers. Secondly, there’s strong growth in rental demand and the trend is set to continue. Finally, prime developers are open to doing deals especially in London prime areas. In all, this is the time to strike and get your dream home in...
ULI Europe Trends Conference 2014 Ms. Zotimova has recently spoken at the Urban Land Institute’s European Trends conference that took place in London – she was part of a very distinguished panel discussing Generation Y and its impact on Real Estate sectors. Also on the panel were Elliott Lipton (First Base), Bill Hughes (Legal & General Property), Ben Page (CEO, Ipsos MORI) and Christopher Choa...
Please read a profile interview in “Property Week” magazine (main UK real estate publication) in October 2008 that Alisa Zotimova has given after her move from Moscow to London highlighting the differences of working in both markets and why she decided to move. PW 2008 Article - My Global Move...