International
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…
International property portals team up to offer global mega-listing network
International uber-network
Buyers circle €300m Grand Marnier mansion in Saint Jean Cap Ferrat
Villa les Cèdres in Saint Jean Cap Ferrat has been put up for sale
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.
‘Risk of oversupply’ as London’s serviced apartment market matures
The serviced apartment sector is continuing to grow at quite the pace - 10
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 wi…
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 …
Inside Mainland China’s most expensive home
A 32-bedroom, 72,441 square foot new-build palace has come up for sale in Suzhou, about 100km outside of Shanghai, for a cool CN¥1,000,000,000 (around US$150m), probably making it the most expensive r…