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  • Grosvenor estate: Ministers don’t get ‘basic economics’

    Property

    The Duke of Westminster’s multi-billion pound estate has chided ministers for failing to grasp “basic economics” in their bid to tackle the housing crisis. Mark Preston, who represents the business interests of Hugh Grosvenor, the seventh Duke of Westminster and owner of a Mayfair property empire, said the government risks choking housing supply if it [...]

    Hugh Grosvenor, dressed in a tailored suit, attending a high-profile business event, engaging with industry leaders.
  • Is it high time to buy in super-prime London?

    Wealth

    London’s super-prime market has been suffering from a glut of supply in the wake of damaging decision-making from successive governments. Ali Lyon asks, is the tide beginning to turn? To take a walk down Mayfair’s historic Upper Grosvenor Street is to be confronted by a quiet, but dramatic, changing-of-the-guard afoot in one of London’s most [...]

    London's super-prime homes still cost less than they did in 2014 (Photo by Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
  • Duke of Westminster’s £10bn fortune sends him to the top of the young Rich List

    UK Politics

    Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster, has dodged the property slump, to top the under 40 category on the Sunday Times Rich List.

    Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster, has dodged the property slump, to top the under 40 category on the Sunday Times Rich List.

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