Demand for ski property jumps, pushing prices in one resort up by 17% in a year
“This year has been an anomaly. We don’t expect this frenetic pace in Swiss resorts to continue,” says Kate Everett-Allen in Knight Frank’s new Ski Property Report.
Chinese house prices dip for the first time in six years
Policy measures imposed to cool a runaway property market appear to be working in China – perhaps too well…
Four British enclaves make it into Time Out’s top 49 ‘coolest neighbourhoods’ list for 2021
Nightlife/travel guide Time Out has published its list of the world’s “coolest neighbourhoods” in 2021, highlighting four UK enclaves as being the right mix of mainstream fun and artisanal hipster for its readers.
Global cities bounce back, as urban property price inflation overtakes national averages
“Predictions of ‘the death of the city’ now seem a distant memory,” says Knight Frank.
Sales hit three-decade high in revived Manhattan market
‘Rising vaccine adoption, low mortgage rates and improving economic conditions’ are being cited as the key driving factors behind the turnaround.
Residential property boom pushes value of global real estate up 5%
Property is now the world’s most significant store of wealth, says Savills; more valuable than all global equities and debt securities combined, and worth almost four times the entire global GDP.
£2.3bn of London property purchases were driven by education last year
4% of purchases by ultra-high-net-worth individuals globally are motivated by this one factor, according to new research.
Global house prices climb at fastest rate since 2005
Knight Frank’s Global House Price index is rising at its fastest rate since Q1 2005. A third of tracked property markets have seen prices escalate by at least 10% in the last year.
A new place to call home: Seven perspectives on global residential property market shifts
“The pandemic has sent shockwaves through residential property markets across the globe,” says Savills, as seven of its most insightful experts share their thoughts on how shifting priorities and lifestyle choices are affecting residential real estate markets around the world.
Ranked: Which countries have seen the highest rates of property price inflation over the last ten years?
New research has looked into how the average property values in OECD nations changed in comparison to annual wages and wider inflation rates over the last decade.
Dutch cities lay out plan to curb property investors
Cities including Amsterdam and Utrecht are hoping to boost housing affordability by stopping private property investors from buying up stock.
How priorities are changing amongst prime & super-prime buyers
Lifestyle and security are the most important elements for UHNW purchasers, writes Steve McGregor, but those things will look very different in a post-pandemic world…