International
Hong Kong: Where property prices are as high as the buildings
Who'd pay Knightsbridge prices for Elephant & Castle living? That's exactly what buyers in Hong Kong are doing, says an incredulous Alan Page from over yonder.
Pricey Comparison: The world’s most unaffordable property markets
Hong Kong is the world's least affordable place to buy a home - with median house prices coming in at 17 times the median income - while the UK's overall multiple is a - relatively - benign 4.7.
Swiss Please: Currency windfall drives ‘overnight’ surge of investors to London
Last week's surprise removal of the EURCHF floor and another cut in the deposit rate has already driven a surge of enquiries from Switzerland's wealthocracy looking to shift assets to Blighty, say property…
Savills partners up in Paris
Savills has announced a tie-up with top-end Parisian firm Agence Varenne.
Chestertons moves into Saudi Arabia with a ‘significant new investment’
Chestertons has amped up its Middle Eastern presence with a joint venture with Saudi-based MEDAD Valuation International (part of the Najeeb Abdullatif Alissa Holding Company).
New York’s ten ’emptiest’ skyscrapers revealed
The Executive Plaza has been labelled "The Emptiest Skyscraper in New York City" after official figures showed that 74% of the owners actually live elsewhere.
When will HNWs finally conclude that London’s not worth it?
It might be no bad thing that last year's stamp duty overhaul puts paid to the era of gazumping, sealed bids and garages being sold for millions, says Will Hollest, but what message about London does…
Burj Khalifa penthouse sale named as Dubai’s deal of the year
It's been confirmed that an apartment in the world's tallest tower was the biggest sale to go down in Dubai last year.
According to data compiled by Reidin.
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat named ‘world’s most exclusive residential address’
Glitzy international agency Engel & Völkers has been looking into the biggest deals of the year and reckons it's come up with a rundown of the most exclusive addresses on the planet right now.
In Pictures: London’s Top Ten Addresses for Russian Buyers
Some of the most favoured addresses, from Kensington Palace Gardens to The Knightsbridge
2015 to offer a ‘more level playing field’ across global prime cities
The world's luxury residential markets "face a diverse range of challenges and opportunities in 2015" says Knight Frank in it's Prime Global Cities Forecast, with New York likely to have the best of the…
Axis All Areas: Corcoran and John Taylor enter global luxury ‘alliance’
US real estate brokerage The Corcoran Group and Euro-centric luxury property agent John Taylor have "entered into an alliance" to service HNW buyers and sellers around the world.