International Markets

Hong Kong tops CBRE's list once again, with London down in eighth place. 30 of the 35 profiled cities have seen residential real estate values rise in the last year, led by a Spanish property boom.

The International Monetary Fund's House Prices at Risk tool is designed to flag property markets at risk of significant price drops at least a year before the market turns

Ken Chu, Chairman & CEO of Hong Kong property developer Mission Hills Group, defends the city-state's proposed new property tax in the South China Morning Post.

The new real estate tax regime 'will take a little time to get assimilated', writes Frederick Peters, CEO of Warburg Realty in New York, for Forbes - but 'if it makes the subways run on time, it will…

State budget deal includes new one-time sales tax, pitched at over 4% on homes worth more than $25m

Venerable PCL enclave picked alongside up-and-coming districts of Boston, Dubai and Shanghai in rundown of 18 locations 'set to outperform' in the year ahead, after suffering one of the biggest slowdowns…

The Irish Independent reports on a surge of UK-based buyers snapping up homes in Ireland.

Hong Kong has tumbled from first to 22nd place in Knight Frank's global property price growth table, while Central and Eastern European countries are now out-pacing bigger EU nations.

European city plans to write a rental ban into new-build leasehold conditions.

Hong Kong is once again the most expensive place in the world for expatriate rental accommodation, with average monthly costs of US$10,929, followed by New York, Tokyo and London.

'Prime residential real estate values are settling into a pattern of slower, steadier price growth,' says Savills, 'and we do not expect to see a repeat of the double-digit annual price growth seen pre…

Monaco, Hong Kong, New York and London are the most expensive cities per square metre in the world, says Knight Frank.