International Markets
Global real estate bounce ‘will extend into 2022’, predict economists
But Oxford Economics expects real estate returns to "temper considerably" by 2026, "falling well below their historical trend".
‘Behemoths like New York & London look to be awakening from their slumber’, but prime global city price growth to ease in 2022
Knight Frank's team flags five key drivers of global property price growth in 2022, and six international trends to watch.
A third of prime global cities are seeing double-digit property price inflation
Property markets in most prime global cities continue to run hot, reports Knight Frank.
Talking Heads: Chinese buyers have turned to the Home Counties
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.
Manhattan sees flurry of trophy home deals
A total of 16 $10m+ properties went into contract last week, reports Olshan Realty, the highest number since March 2013.
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…
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.