International Markets
New York is billionaires’ favourite city
The Big Apple is home to 85 billionaires, say Savills and Forbes. Singapore, in second place, has 79 resident billionaires, while Moscow, Beijing and London have 71, 61 and 55 respectively
FT: Why high-rise, high-spec property is high risk
Judith Evans reports for the Financial Times on the ailing market for luxury off-plan units around the world
Looming global housing slump ‘could cut world growth to a decade low’
Signs of a global house price downturn are already visible, warns Oxford Economics
Hong Kong buyers walk away from super-prime deals, forfeiting millions
A super-prime apartment sale and a major luxury land deal have fallen out of bed in Hong Kong as the trade war and protests hit home
Ranked: Which world cities have the highest quality of life?
Monocle magazine has compared 'quality of life' metrics to come up with a list of the 25 best global cities to live in this year
Berlin moves to freeze rental prices for five years
After a decade of runaway price inflation, radical rent controls are slated to come into force in January (if approved), and be back-dated to June 2018
America’s super-rich splurge on London property, spending an average of £7.3m
Wealthy US buyers have returned to London in a big way this year, reports Knight Frank
Watch: JP Morgan’s Luxury Property Outlook
Knight Frank's Rory Penn, Alex Koch de Gooreynd and Mark Harvey provide some useful insight on the key trends driving the luxury resi markets in London, Switzerland & France, revealing who is buying, what…
Peak Performance: Charting the evolution of prime property pricing across global cities
Knight Frank looks at the differential between the average prime property price and the top price achieved in ten global cities over the last five years
Ranked: The world’s ten ‘most educated’ cities
Nearly 60% of Londoners hold at least a Bachelors degree
Property price growth in prime global cities sinks to its lowest level since 2009
Knight Frank declares 'The Great Moderation' for global prime property inflation, as price growth sinks to a near-decade low
Residency as a luxury good: Marketing global ‘golden visa’ programmes
As the world’s most popular programmes proving a significant draw for international investment, property advisors must constantly develop their understanding of where interest is coming from, and how…