International Markets
Lockdown drives a surge of UK interest in overseas properties
There's been 33% year-on-year jump in the number of visits to Rightmove Overseas during the Coronavirus lockdown.
Global housing markets ‘are displaying a surprising degree of resilience’
Residential activity is recovering quickly in many international markets as Coronavirus lockdowns are eased.
Major visa shift could open the door to UK citizenship for hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers
One of the “biggest changes in our visa system in British history” could drive a surge in demand for UK property from Hong Kong residents, as they look to flee more authoritarian rule.
Monaco is still the most expensive prime real estate market in the world
The average price paid dipped by 1.3% last year, says Savills, but a square metre in Monaco still costs €48,150.
Covid-19 has ‘brought to an immediate halt the unbroken upward trend in global HNW growth over the past decade’
Dollar millionaires now control nearly a third of the world's total private wealth, reports Wealth-X, after "a decade, and more, of plenty" - a period that has been ended by the pandemic.
The Telegraph: Why coronavirus could end London’s status as a safe haven for foreign property buyers
Writing for the Daily Telegraph, Melisa Lawford casts doubt on whether the UK capital will be able to regain its world-wide appeal when travel restrictions lift.
Prime property prices are likely ‘to display some resilience in most markets’, says Knight Frank
Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong saw the weakest property price performance of any prime global cities in Q1, reports Knight Frank, as the Coronavirus crisis struck first.
How Covid-19 is affecting prime property markets around the world
Savills has surveyed 50 of its top people in property markets around the world to gauge levels of buyer and seller pessimism and positivity, and assess how the Coronavirus pandemic is changing the residential …
London falls out of the top ten most expensive global cities
Hong Kong is still the world's most expensive city to buy a home, according to a new report from CBRE, followed by Munich and Singapore.
What can Madrid’s market data tell us?
No one really knows how a global pandemic will affect the UK housing market, but it's interesting to see how other countries - slightly further down the line - are faring as restrictions are gradually…
Russian investors put their faith in Moscow real estate
Sales soar in the city's apartment market as oil-related woes send the rouble crashing to a four-year low
What do new listing volumes around the world tell us?
International and US markets saw new listing volumes tumble by 50-75% as lockdowns were put in place, notes top real estate analyst Mike DelPrete, giving some clues as to where transaction numbers are…