International Markets
‘The winds of change are blowing through global property markets’ as price growth slows
Knight Frank's latest international index tells of cooling housing markets around the world, including at the top end.
The Guardian: Era of soaring house prices is ending as central banks raise rates
"It's over," declares The Guardian's Economics Editor, Larry Elliott. "An era of ever-rising house prices stimulated by cheap money is coming to an end."
Trendwatch: US buyers go bargain hunting in Europe
Knight Frank reports on the current surge of American interest in European property markets.
Prime resi prices continue to climb in major global cities
US cities have seen the highest rates of prime property price growth in the last six months, reports Savills, as the firm predicts a slight slowdown across most world cities in the second half of this…
Six ways to improve housing taxation around the world
“There is significant scope for countries to improve the design and functioning of housing taxes,” declares the OECD, as it advises high-income economies including the UK to cut residential transaction…
Resilient cities & resi opportunities: New trends & drivers in UK HNW real estate investment
Wealthy private client investors "have been operating against an unprecedented backdrop of macro-economic disruption," says Investec - but "these challenging times have failed to dampen sentiment and can…
Manhattan’s average rental price crosses $5k threshold for the first time
Rents in the Big Apple have soared by 29% over the last year to hit a record high.
Capital View: The global housing downturn will deepen – but this isn’t 2008
The US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden are now all in the third stage of a property market downturn, suggests Neil Shearing, Group Chief Economist at Capital Economics.
Rents bounce back in prime global cities as supply falls short
Knight Frank's latest index "confirms the extent to which top tier cities are seeing demand return and stock dwindle as workers, along with international students and corporate tenants return to the prime…
Six Years On: UK Vs EU house price growth since the Brexit vote
Average house prices across the EU-27 have increased by 39% since 2016, while the UK has seen 31% growth.
Mapping the migration of the world’s millionaires
High Net Worth Individuals are back on the move, suggests Henley Global; here's which countries they're mostly moving from, and where they're moving to (map via visualcapitalist.com)...
US luxury property market ‘coming back to earth’
Sales of high-end homes plummeted by nearly 18% during the three months to the end of April, the largest drop since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic