A selection of the best property stories this month:

Property millionaires falling in UK:

Mansion Global

But £15m+ super-prime sales surging:

Mansion Global

New mansion tax for Kensington & Chelsea:

Evening Standard

No need for foreign buyers in the super-prime market:

Business Times

Join the Beckhams in Dubai:

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2185793/inside-dubais-luxury-property-xxii-carat-palm-jumeirah

Over-customised homes are harder to sell:

https://www.businessinsider.com/luxury-homes-customized-details-hidden-danger-trend-2019-2?r=US&IR=T

It’s a buyers market in the mountains – and great snow too:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2019-02-09/ski-chalets?srnd=real-estate-and-home

Multiple super-prime purchases for one buyer, in NYC and London:

https://pagesix.com/2019/01/27/ken-griffin-bewilders-insiders-with-record-setting-real-estate-purchases/

And finally… vegan penthouse for sale in west London:

https://vegnews.com/2019/2/65-million-vegan-penthouse-is-now-for-sale-in-luxury-london-complex

Property millionaires falling in UK:

https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/number-of-property-millionaires-falling-in-britain-122323

But £15m+ super-prime sales surging:

https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/surge-in-15-million-sales-means-little-for-the-rest-of-prime-central-london-121622

New mansion tax for Kensington & Chelsea:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/millionaire-residents-asked-to-pay-mansion-tax-towards-council-services-a4074051.html

No need for foreign buyers in the super-prime market:

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/real-estate/singaporeans-are-loving-the-luxury-homes-that-foreigners-cannot-buy

Join the Beckhams in Dubai:

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2185793/inside-dubais-luxury-property-xxii-carat-palm-jumeirah

Over-customised homes are harder to sell:

https://www.businessinsider.com/luxury-homes-customized-details-hidden-danger-trend-2019-2?r=US&IR=T

It’s a buyers market in the mountains – and great snow too:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2019-02-09/ski-chalets?srnd=real-estate-and-home

Multiple super-prime purchases for one buyer, in NYC and London:

https://pagesix.com/2019/01/27/ken-griffin-bewilders-insiders-with-record-setting-real-estate-purchases/

And finally… vegan penthouse for sale in west London:

https://vegnews.com/2019/2/65-million-vegan-penthouse-is-now-for-sale-in-luxury-london-complex

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