International
Learning from other cultures is key to shaping our industry
As Europe's biggest networking jamboree faces an exodus of big names over coronavirus fears, Chris Dietz of global real estate community LeadingRE explains why meeting new people and learning about different…
Coronavirus fears prompt leading interiors trade fair to be postponed & a major agency to pull out of MIPIM
Salone Del Mobile in Milan has been pushed back from April to June, while Cushman & Wakefield has backed out of attending MIPIM in Cannes next month.
American billionaire continues ultra-prime buying spree, bagging a fashion designer’s Hamptons compound
Ken Griffin has reportedly bought Calvin Klein's seven-acre Atlantic-front compound in the Hamptons.
Sales success for Sydney’s first hotel-branded residences
Buyers have splashed over $650m (£332m) on apartments at Crown Residences at One Barangaroo, with a record 12 units fetching over £10m apiece.
Chestertons boosts franchise operation with two heavyweight hires
International estate agency Chestertons has recruited a pair of senior players from Sotheby's International Realty to help build its franchising arm.
Hong Kong ‘in a league of its own’ & London ‘at a turning point’: Prime global city markets in seven charts
Hong Kong, New York, Tokyo, Geneva and London are the most expensive prime global cities, says Savills; London has fallen down the rankings, but the property market here now "appears to be at a turning…
Rooms at the top: the cutting-edge homes appearing on high-rise roofs (FT)
The Financial Times's Edwin Heathcote discovers some new architectural gems sprouting on top of buildings in Bethnal Green, Battersea, Covent Garden, New York and Mexico.
Chinese mega-developer announces ‘biggest ever nationwide price cut’
Evergrande is offering 25% off across the board as the country's real estate market teeters 'on a cliff edge'
The world’s ‘Very High Net Worth’ population surged in 2019
The number of "very rich" people (not merely wealthy, but not ultra-wealthy either) escalated by 10% in 2019 - a sharp acceleration from 2018's meagre 1% growth rate...
Grafton awarded Britain’s highest architecture honour
Irish architecture practice picks up the 2020 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
Amazon founder Bezos buys record-breaking LA mansion for $165m
Billionaire Jeff Bezos has reportedly bought the Jack Warner Estate in Beverly Hills off-market from media mogul David Geffen, setting a new Los Angeles property price record.
Niami finds a buyer for his $50m LA ‘Opus’
It's being reported that movie producer-turned-property developer Nial Niami has secured a buyer for his "Opus" speculative new-build mansion on North Hillcrest Road in Beverley Hills