International Markets
Brexit could take 75,000 finance workers out of London, warns the BoE
The financial sector is the bedrock of demand for prime London property... Job moves could have serious implications for the market.
Asia is now home to more billionaires than the USA
European billionaires are hunkering down; total wealth increased by 5% in 2016, while the number of billionaires in Europe increased by just three to 342.
New Zealand to ban foreign home-buyers in a bid to cool the market
NZ leader announces that "We have agreed on banning the purchase of existing homes by foreign buyers"
The business districts evolving into unbeatable live-work-play destinations
Financial Times: From Manhattan to the City of London, financial districts are emerging as bona fide lifestyle hotspots. Cathy Hawker reports for FT How to Spend It
Ranked: The world’s 80 most elegant cities
Paris, London & Vienna are the most stylish destinations on the planet, says a fashion retailer
Chamonix leapfrogs Val d’Isère & Gstaad in alpine property league
French resorts flying high while currency and clampdowns combine to put Swiss neighbours on a slippery slope
The Vancouver Experiment: A year on from the foreign buyer tax, how is the market performing?
Has an extra 15% charge on foreign buyers cooled Vancouver's runaway housing market? And will other cities follow suit?
China’s overseas buyers leave a ‘black eye’ for others investing
Bankers and analysts say Chinese investors need more localised services to help them navigate and avoid pitfalls in overseas markets
London property is still in ‘bubble risk territory’, warns bank
Toronto has the most overly-inflated property market in the world, says UBS
Global house price index ‘nearly back to its peak’ – IMF
The International Monetary Fund's Global House Price Index "is nearly back to its prior peak".
Britain is now the ‘fifth worst’ European country for buy-to-let investors
Ireland maintains the highest rental yield (7.08%) in Europe for second year in the latest "European Buy-To-Let League" table
The rebirth of Paris’s prime property market
Macron’s pledges to reform wealth tax have boosted prices in the French capital