International
Elliman’s profits tumble by 75%
High-profile NYC-based brokerage still sold a whopping $28.1 billion worth of real estate in a 'tough' 2018
Inside the Hong Kong mansion of the Harilelas, one of city’s wealthiest families
The South China Morning Post takes a guided tour of the ultra-wealthy Harilela family's extraordinary complex in Kowloon, which is home to over 90 people...
Ranked: The top ten risks to the global economy in 2019
The Economist Intelligence Unit identifies and assesses the ten most pressing risks to the global political and economic order.
The real Crazy Rich Asian palace is worth a cool $3.5 billion
Bloomberg reports on two abandoned palaces in a "swathe of untended jungle" in the heart of Singapore, that could be worth US$3.5bn if they were ever sold for development.
Change at the top for Purplebricks as revenues fail to meet expectations
Hybrid estate agency announces replacement CEOs in the UK and USA.
Rumours swirl around Savills & JLL
Comments made by JLL boss Christian Ulbrich lead to some interesting speculation about the two real estate giants...
UAE private island proposition lists at £360m
Buyers offered 660 acres of 'partially-developed' land backdropped by the Arabian Peninsula, with an array of waterfront homes, hotels and resorts...
Vancouver’s sharp market correction sees sales tumble by 39%
Transaction volumes in the Canadian city were over a third lower at the start of this year than the ten-year January average.
Paris apartment sells for record €39m
'European businessperson' drops huge sum in the 7th arrondissement after exiting London.
Wealth taxes are back in fashion – but they’re still a terrible idea
'There is simply no escaping the fact that wealth is far more difficult to tax than income,' argues Jan Zeber in The Spectator.
Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: The ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich
The Guardian's architecture critic Oliver Wainwright rails against esoteric planning rules that have allowed 'a new breed of needle-like tower' to punch through the New York skyline.
MIPIM Awards 2019: Resi finalists in pictures
New residential developments in London, Hamburg, Amsterdam and Copenhagen have been shortlisted by the MIPIM Awards judging jury.