International
Prime Global Cities: Events to keep an eye on in 2018 & beyond
From trains and planes to tax reforms and electioneering...
MIPIM announces 2018’s central theme: ‘Mapping World Urbanity’
Organisers of Riviera-based property palooza MIPIM have announced that its central theme for 2018 will be "Mapping World Urbanity".
‘A new phase of lower growth’ for global house prices – but +9% forecast for Paris prime resi next year
Knight Frank's latest Global House Price Index indicates 5.1% inflation in the year to September 2017
$80m mansion set to smash NYC price record
Off-market mega-deal goes down in the Big Apple
NY’s 432 Park Avenue tower sells three neighbouring $40m penthouses on the same day
Same-day deal could mean that a single buyer is creating a $120m super-penthouse on the 92nd and 93rd floors...
Aussie vendor slashes $275k after seeing a buyer’s worthy social media profile
"Feel-good decision" sees a six-bed Brisbane mansion go to the under-bidder, after the owners Googled prospective buyers
New President for Douglas Elliman
Scott Durkin has been named President (as well as COO) of the high-end US real estate firm
Caribbean beachfront site offered for Bitcoin only
"Bloody Bay" - A 13-acre stretch of Union Island in St Vincent and the Grenadines - is now on the market with an asking price of 600 Bitcoin
Malibu beach house set for LA’s biggest ever deal (thanks to $35m worth of contents)
$120m package would comfortably top last year's sale of the Playboy Mansion
Ireland named as ‘the worst place to live in Europe’
Switzerland has the highest quality of life in Europe, says uSwitch; the UK is fifth out of 15 countries
London has over 6,000 UHNW second home owners
New York leads the world in terms of overall UHNW presence, but the UK capital has a far higher proportion of mega-wealthy 'second homers'...
Parisian art house buys John Taylor Group
Fine art auction house Artcurial has made a significant move on the property sector, acquiring 150-year-old international estate agency group John Taylor.