International
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.
Out for the Count: Landmark Italian castle on sale for the first time in 650 years
Now this is what you call a landmark listing. An 80-room castle in the foothills of the Dolomites that's been owned by the same family since the fourteenth century is to go under the hammer next month.
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…
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
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'…
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
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.