International Markets
Vancouver just hit foreign buyers with a new tax; here’s what happened next…
Locals and foreigners alike have "stopped pursuing deals" as the market reacts to the levy
Singapore government mulls building HDB flats in prime areas to promote equality
Singapore's National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said the government is considering building public flats in prime areas, like the planned Greater Southern Waterfront, in order to make the city…
Will leaving the EU cut regulation for landlords?
Cutting ties with Europe represents a huge shift for the Private Rented Sector
Billionaire population grows, but their share of world wealth ownership slips
There are more billionaires tooling around the globe than ever before, according to specialist researchers at Wealth-X, but the proportion of the world owned by these richest-of-the-rich individuals slipped…
Cooling measures spread as global prime property price growth escalates
Vancouver is the latest global real estate hotspot looking to curb property price inflation (following the lead of Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and more), bringing in a really quite chunky 15% levy…
Uncertainty hits New York’s townhouse market
London isn't the only place having a tough time of it.
Global house prices ‘almost back up to where they were at the start of 2007’
Global house prices are, on average, "almost back up to where they were at the start of 2007" trumpets the International Monetary Fund with its latest index.
Architects implore government to keep free movement following Brexit
All five professional bodies representing architects across the British Isles have issued a joint statement, after a big powwow in Belfast to discuss the implications of the UK referendum to leave…
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.