International Markets
Billionaires’ Rows: The world’s top ten ultra-prime addresses
Knight Frank identifies the ten global locations that have seen the most ultra-prime (US$25m+) property sales in the last five years... Six are in the USA, three are in Hong Kong - and one is in London
Singapore faces massive property over-supply
A glut of new-build homes coming to market could take four years to clear, thwarting price growth
Paris predicted to lead global prime property price growth in 2020
Knight Frank flags nine global prime resi trends to monitor in 2020, while picking which prime global cities are likely to see rising house prices in the coming year - and which are set for price falls.
Hong Kong’s wealthy seek safe haven in London’s prime property market
HNW buyers from the troubled region have splashed over £25m with one PCL agency in recent weeks, snapping up apartments in Whitehall, Marylebone and Kings Cross...
London named the world’s most ‘comprehensively attractive’ city for the eighth year
London, New York, Tokyo and Paris are the most “comprehensively attractive” and "magnetic" cities in the world, according to 2019's Global Power City Index
Hong Kong’s prime Kai Tak development plot goes for HK$15.95bn
A consortium of property developers has acquired the most valuable slice of residential development land on Hong Kong's former airport, for significantly less than the adjacent plot
Returns Trip: Global trends in holiday home ownership
"The second home market has changed significantly over the last decade," says Savills. "Once a discretionary purchase primarily for own use, today’s global market is driven by income returns."
Global prime property slowdown ‘gathers pace’
A year ago, Knight Frank declared the start of "the Great Moderation" in the world's prime residential markets; the firm's latest Global Prime Cities Index bears out the prediction...
Europe’s resi real estate investors are ‘bullish’ despite Brexit & regulatory concerns
Paris, Berlin and Frankfurt are the top picks for real estate investment in 2020, reports PWC
How global sporting events can help buyers unearth new property gems
The 2019 Rugby World Cup has been a thrilling advert for Japan - and the country's luxury property market, writes Penny Mosgrove...
Brexit ‘barely relevant’ for most international buyers, says acquisition firm
'For all the political and economic uncertainty we face because of Brexit, the further you get away from the UK, the less significant it becomes', says Black Brick's Caspar Harvard-Walls, as the PCL agency…
Damac chief warns Dubai must freeze resi construction or face oversupply ‘disaster’
Hussain Sajwani has told Bloomberg that property construction in Dubai should be frozen for one or two years to avoid "a disaster" of over-supply