International
EcoWorld completes Willmott Dixon deal ‘to become local player in the UK market’
The new JV has 12 resi-led development sites in and around London lined up for build-to-rent and market-sale schemes
JP Morgan scion’s private island asks $125m
Gatsbyesque enclave off New York is a once-in-a-lifetimer...
Sotheby’s Realty launches short-term rentals arm in Italy
Sotheby's International Realty "Retreats" offers holiday lets and short-term home rentals in Italy, from €5,000 to €250,000 per week
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