International
Not in my back (vine)yard: Goodbye Saint Tropez
Who needs Saint Tropez when you've got Frome, asks our resident Doer Upper Alan Page as the French authorities force him to take on his first English Country project...
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International in Perspective: It all matters to someone
Russians, Chinese, Ukrainians, Indians... There's always someone "dominating" London's property market, says James Bailey as he gears his Belgravia agency up for full global proficiency.
Dubai and Tokyo lead this year’s prime rental growth stakes
Knight Frank's quarterly comparison of prime rental prices around the world has reported strong rises for the Dubai and Tokyo markets in Q1, although Nairobi remains at the top of the annual rankings…
JLL eyes up SE Asia’s residential sector
To tap into the growing wealth and demand for real estate investments, JLL aims to expand its residential services in the Southeast Asian region, reports PropertyGuru's Muneerah Bee from Singapore.
Indian buyers and developers make £1bn move on Mayfair
After an extraordinary eighteen-month-long buying spree, ultra high net worth purchasers, investors and developers from India have become the dominant overseas force in the Mayfair property market, according…
Chinese buyers to become ‘biggest overseas force in London’s property market’ by 2016
Harrods Estates has signed an agency-wide partnership with Chinese mega-portal Juwai.com, as new figures are released on the scale of Chinese investment into the capital's property market.
Is it over for the ‘Safe Haven’ effect in Europe’s luxury markets?
“The critical question is whether prevailing wealth flows will alter now that the worst of the Eurozone crisis is over,” says Knight Frank's Head of International Resi Research Kate Everett-Allen,…
Savills joins forces with Marbella agency
Another week and another international tie-up for Savills; this time in sunny Spain, where the real estate behemoth has gotten into bed with Marbella’s longest established estate agency.
Global property price growth slows
The pace of global property price growth halved last quarter, according to the latest from Knight Frank.
The agency's Global House Price Index rose by 0.6% in the first quarter of 2014, down from 1.
What makes luxury real estate buyers tick?
The rich in the US, UK, Brazil and China are "more likely to purchase a lifestyle property now than they were five years ago," says Sotheby's International Realty in its new Luxury Lifestyle Report,…
Rocksure launches London and Manhattan prime resi funds
Luxury property shared ownership outfit Rocksure has just launched dedicated London and Manhattan Funds, and will shortly be looking to buy four high-spec two-bed apartments in London.
London sales in Singapore are ‘static’
Sales of London property at exhibitions in Singapore and Hong Kong have remained largely static year-on-year, according to internal research conducted by CBRE Singapore, says Andrew Batt.