International
‘It’s a great life out here’: Ex-Aston Chase agent makes it as a top LA realtor
'It's a wonderful life and totally incomparable to being an agent in the UK', says London-born realtor Jonathan Nash, who has gone on to sell nearly half a billion dollars worth of West Coast super-homes...
Beauchamp expands in Tel Aviv with luxury agency acquisition
MAKI has been rebranded and merged into Beauchamp Estates's Israeli operation, which launched last year.
Sydney super-home comes close to breaking Australian price record
A vast harbourfront estate in Point Piper has reportedly been picked up by a Chinese tycoon for A$95m, just shy of the A$100m record set in 2018.
Covid-19 has hit Rightmove revenues ‘ten times’ harder than other portals
Analyst Mike Del Prete has looked into Covid-19's effect on global real estate portal revenues, suggesting that the UK's number one portal has been hit significantly harder than international comparables.
Developer takes on America’s prime resi enclave in Hong Kong
Ronnie Chan's Hang Lung Properties has paid 20% less than the low-end valuation for the USA's portfolio of six mansions overlooking Deepwater Bay.
Montague rebrands; recruits Sobha man for Middle East expansion
Luke Banks has moved from leading luxury Dubai developer Sobha in the UK to helming the new Middle East division of Thomas Balashev's Montague Real Estate.
More countries see house prices begin to fall
The average house price across 56 countries and territories increased by 4.7% in the year to 30th June, reports Knight Frank, in a Global House Price Index that "offers a glimpse into the impact of Covid-19.
Hungarian resi development giant Cordia makes its first UK splash
“Our goal is to become one of the leading and most diversified residential development groups in Europe," says Cordia International's Chairman Tibor Földi.
‘Selling Sunset’ brokerage looks to expand in the UK
"You co-broke or go broke", says the London-based Managing Director of American celebrity real estate brokerage Nest Seekers, as it looks to expand its UK footprint.
Chinese mega-developer slashes all prices by 30%, potentially sparking a property price war
China Evergrande is cutting prices at all its mainland schemes by nearly a third as it tries to boost sales figures.
Guinness picks Ballymore for Dublin brewery site transformation
Diageo has signed up Sean Mulryan's Ballymore to develop the historic St James’s Gate Guinness brewery site, with an ambition to create a zero-carbon "visionary neighbourhood for living, entrepreneurship,…
Keller Williams enters 50th international market
'World’s largest real estate technology franchise' expands its presence in the Caribbean and South America; now has 240 market centres outside of the US and Canada.