Savvas Agathangelou
Co-Founder & Property Editor

Savvas Agathangelou

Savvas Agathangelou co-founded The Luxury Playbook and has spent years reporting from the prime postcodes the magazine covers — Mayfair, Knightsbridge, the Athens Riviera, Dubai's Palm crescents, and the southern Mediterranean coastlines where the world's wealthy keep coming back. His background is in international hospitality, and that frame shapes how he writes about property: the developer's choices, the architect's signature, the agency's bench of named brokers, the building's service standard once the buyer moves in. He files developer spotlights, agency profiles, and the seasonal "Properties That Defined" listicles, and he hosts the magazine's founder-and-leadership interviews on the Voices side.

Specialisms
Real EstateReal Estate Market InsightsReal Estate GuidesLeadership VoiceMarketing & Growth StrategyPeople & Founders

Background & credentials

  • Bachelor's of International Hospitality Management
  • Behavioral Finance Certification
  • HubSpot Growth-Driven Design Certification
  • Meta Media Buying Certification
  • Google Ads Professional Certification
  • Google Marketing Platform Certification

Recent stories

The Sotogrande marina in soft Andalusian light, palm-lined canals leading out to the Mediterranean — the 1962-planned community that quietly holds the highest-spend Spanish trophy addresses outside the islands.Prime Markets

Sotogrande: The Discreet Andalusian Trophy Market

Spain's most expensive residential addresses are not in Marbella. They sit twenty minutes east of Gibraltar, inside a 1962-planned community that has spent six decades refusing to behave like the Costa del Sol around it.

Is Dubai Still A Safe Place To Park Luxury Property Capital?UAE Property Notebook

Is Dubai Still the Safe Harbor for Luxury Property?

Dubai built its property market on the safe-harbor pitch. With prices stretched and the regulatory landscape shifting, our read on whether the pitch still holds.

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How Long Property Buyers Actually Hold

The data on actual property hold periods is more nuanced than the textbooks suggest. Our editorial read on how long serious buyers really hold property.

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Exiting a Property Position: Seven Playbooks

From outright sale to 1031 exchange to refinance-and-hold — seven playbooks property buyers actually use to exit a position.

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How Buyers Actually Use Leverage in Property

Leverage in property is more nuanced than the textbooks suggest. Our editorial read on how serious buyers actually use it, and where the math breaks down.

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Cash Flow vs Equity Build-Up: Which Property Buyers Should Prioritize

Two competing property strategies — cash flow now, or equity build-up over time. Our editorial comparison of which approach actually fits which buyer.

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London New-Home Supply Is Collapsing: Prices Will Follow

Just 19,969 new homes were completed across London in 2026, according to the Greater London Authority, against an estimated annual need of 66,000. That gap is nothing new. But the…

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Japanese Giants Spend Billions on US Homebuilders

America built roughly 1.4 million new homes in 2023, yet the country still faces a shortage of nearly 4 million units. The companies stepping in to close that gap are…

Is The US Housing Market Crashing Or Simply Correcting In 2026?United States Property Notebook

Is the US Housing Market Crashing or Correcting in 2026?

US home prices shot up more than 47 percent between 2020 and 2023, creating one of the most distorted housing markets in modern American history. That kind of run doesn’t…

Global Tensions In Iran in 2026 Are Forcing U.S. Home Buyers To Delay PurchasesUnited States Property Notebook

Iran Tensions in 2026 Push US Home Buyers to Delay

Every major geopolitical crisis in modern history has left fingerprints on the American housing market, and the relationship forming between Iran tensions and the housing market right now in 2026…

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Austin, Houston, Dallas Lead Texas Million-Dollar Homes

Texas added more residents than any other state in the country last year, and a meaningful slice of those newcomers arrived with serious money to spend. The million dollar homes…

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Why HNW Buyers Are Quietly Moving on Maui Property

Two years past the Lahaina fires, Maui's premium property market is seeing renewed HNW buyer attention. Our editorial read on what's driving it.

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Value Buying in Property: How It Actually Works

What 'value buying' actually looks like in property — beyond the bumper-sticker version. Our editorial read on the discipline serious buyers actually apply.

Why Did U.S. Luxury Home Prices Suddenly Flatline In January 2026?United States Property Notebook

Why US Luxury Home Prices Suddenly Flatlined in 2026

The luxury housing market has played by its own rules for decades. High-net-worth buyers pay cash. They shrug off interest rate swings. They treat prime properties as strategic wealth preservation…

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UK House Prices Had The Biggest Price Increase In A Decade

UK house prices spent much of 2025 trapped in an uncomfortable holding pattern, with buyers and sellers frozen by wave after wave of uncertainty. Political questions loomed large ahead of…

Which US Cities Offer The Best Value For Luxury Home Buyers?United States Property Notebook

Which US Cities Offer The Best Value For Luxury Home Buyers?

Luxury real estate in America exists in two completely different realities. The market is so geographically segmented that the very definition of what counts as luxury shifts dramatically depending on…

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FMM Seminar 2026 Conclusion

FinancialMarkets.media wraps up its first-ever digital marketing seminar, driving innovation and growth across finance and fintech. Limassol, Cyprus, March 2026. The inaugural FinancialMarkets.media (FMM) Seminar brought together some of the…

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Greek Banks Set to Sell Property at Scale: Buyer Guide

Greek banks are preparing to release a wave of foreclosed property to the market. Our editorial read on what foreign buyers should make of the timing.

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Why Foreign Buyers Are Moving on Spanish Property in 2026

Spain's prime property markets are seeing renewed international interest just as new tax measures take effect. Our editorial read on the timing question.

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How Crypto Buyers Reshape Dubai, London, Miami Property

From DAMAC's tokenized listings to Miami penthouses changing hands in stablecoins — how crypto buyers are reshaping property in three flagship markets.

Can Foreign Investors Actually Buy Property In Switzerland?Switzerland Property Notebook

Can Foreigners Actually Buy Property in Switzerland?

Lex Koller, the cantonal exemptions, the workarounds — our editorial read on what foreign buyers can actually buy in Switzerland in 2026.

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Property Cash Flow: A Buyer's Field Guide

Cash flow remains the single most-misunderstood property number. Our editorial field guide to what cash flow actually is, and how serious buyers calculate it.

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Barcelona Real Estate Is Pricing Out a Generation

Europe has a housing affordability problem, and it has been building for a decade. Across the continent’s major cities, property prices have pulled so far ahead of household incomes that…

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The End of Easy House Restoration in America

Cheap money, abundant inventory, the renovation arbitrage that worked through the 2010s — all gone. Our editorial read on the new American restoration economics.