International Markets
The Rain in Spain: European decision bad news for holiday home owners
Owners to sacrifice the money they unfairly paid on their mortgages to bailout the country's ailing banks
Vancouver brings in 15% non-resident tax to put the brakes on the property market
The British Columbia Government in Canada has rubber-stamped a 15% levy on foreign buyers of Vancouver property, in a bid to thwart spiralling house prices - but it's given the industry just eight days'…
Chinese buyer enquiries ‘up 30-40%’ post-Brexit
No 1 Chinese property portal Juwai.com has also sent in some useful post-Brexit observations.
Ranked: The world’s most transparent real estate markets
A new report has ranked 109 of the world's real estate markets according to their transparency.
How have the world’s top resi markets been performing this year?
The latest instalment of Knight Frank’s Global Residential Cities Index, which tracks the performance of mainstream house prices across 150 cities, sees Shenzhen continuing to lead the world rankings…
Fly Net Worth: Big rise in private jet charters to the UK
We've heard lots of anecdotal evidence suggesting an influx of overseas HNWs to these shores recently, but here's an interesting indicator: the number of private jets flying into London from Asia rocketed…
London property lenders put on hold as Brexit uncertainty grips
Singapore's third largest lender, UOB, has suspended its loans programme in London "for the time being" in the wake of Britain's vote to exit the European Union, and a UK bridging lender has "paused" second…
Prime global rents fall for third quarter in a row
Top-end rents around the world have fallen for the third consecutive quarter, says Knight Frank, as London slips to 11th in the firm's prime rental rankings.
Overall, prime rents dropped by 0.
46% of Chinese buyers expect demand for UK property to increase post-Brexit
46% of potential Chinese buyers of UK property think that demand will rise in the wake of a British exit from the EU, according to a survey by Juwai.
Russian real estate buyers rein in their overseas spending
The amount spent by individual Russian buyers on overseas property investments has reached its lowest point since the Central Bank of the Russian Federation started keeping track.
Eurozone buyers ‘snapping up bargains in London’ as currency wobbles offer discounts
Euro buyers have been grabbing £26,000 discounts on London property, says Stirling Ackroyd, as EU Referendum nerves caused sterling to nosedive in June.
Manhattan 2020: Visualising a new skyline as the new-build boom returns
New-build apartment sales in Manhattan "are poised to reach a level not seen since last decade’s boom cycle by 2018", says New York brokerage CityRealty, as condominium development activity in the best…