International Markets

Property markets in most prime global cities continue to run hot, reports Knight Frank.

Before the pandemic, only around one in 20 Chinese and Hong Kong home-buyers used to look for a home in England's Home Counties; now it's nearer one in five, according to a new study.

A total of 16 $10m+ properties went into contract last week, reports Olshan Realty, the highest number since March 2013.

“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.

Policy measures imposed to cool a runaway property market appear to be working in China - perhaps too well...

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…

"Predictions of ‘the death of the city’ now seem a distant memory," says Knight Frank.

'Rising vaccine adoption, low mortgage rates and improving economic conditions' are being cited as the key driving factors behind the turnaround.

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.

4% of purchases by ultra-high-net-worth individuals globally are motivated by this one factor, according to new research.

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.

“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 ch…