International

On to the really big picture now, and Knight Frank’s Global House Price Index has recorded a 6.6% rise in average prices in the year to March, the highest rate of growth since Q2 2010.

German fund manager Patrizia Immobilien AG has significantly bolstered its resi investment and asset management capabilities in the UK, by appointing former CBRE and Grainger big-hitter Andrew Pratt.

House prices in the UK are 31% too high in relation to rents and over-priced by 21% compared to incomes, according to research by the OECD.

The Royal Albert Docks are to be turned into London's third financial district by Chinese developer ABP, working with UK developer Stanhope and architects/masterplanners Farrells.

Property developers from London still need buyers from Southeast Asia, says PropertyGuru's Andrew Batt from Singapore, despite a notable increase in the number of British buyers who have returned to the…

Budgets for international corporate relocations are on the up, according to a new survey by Knight Frank, with Asian activity driving the market and the UK's spend remaining fairly static.

Mark Prisk, the Housing Minister, has claimed that landlords' responsibilities for checking the immigration status of their tenants, as proposed in the Queen's Speech, will be a "light touch".

London's biggest estate agency franchise, Winkworth, is going international, signing a master franchising agreement in India and opening a new office Bangalore.

Bath-based property developer Charlcombe Homes has become newest of the "HOPE Builders" with international charity Habitat for Humanity and the Home Builders Federation.

Berkeley Square-based investment and asset management firm, Amaanah Investment Group, is launching a sharia-compliant prime resi fund aimed squarely at Gulf investors looking to invest in London residential…

A specialist service for buyers of vineyard properties has definitely got legs, according to Christie’s.

More multi-millionaires call London home than any other city, although there are more billionaires in New York, and more millionaires in Tokyo, according to new research by WealthInsight.