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Property price growth plummets in prime global cities, but ‘this is not a financial crisis as in 2008’
Prime global cities indices from Knight Frank and Savills reveal how Covid-19 has affected international property markets.
Hong Kong developer proposes a new émigré city in Ireland
One of Hong Kong's big property mavens is touting a plan to build a whole new city in Ireland, to home around 50,000 emigrants from his semi-autonomous Chinese hometown.
Beauchamp Estates launches new base in Saint Tropez
International super-prime agency now covers all 71 miles of the Cote d’Azur.
£25m ‘masterpiece in luxury’ hits the market in Dubai
'A home of this stature has never been seen in the UAE', say agents unveiling the 14,000 square foot ONE100 project...
Johns&Co appoints new Hong Kong head
Betty Yeung has joined the specialist new-build agency from Colliers.
Ranked: The world’s ‘most stressful’ cities
Santiago in Chile is the world's "most stressful" city, while Bern in Switzerland is the most relaxed, according to a survey of 33 OECD hubs.
Covid-19’s impact on global property markets ‘will likely be less than in the global financial crisis’
"A full house price crash [is] a distinct possibility," warns Oxford Economics as it assesses the potential fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic on global markets.
Caudwell reports ‘robust’ sales on the Côte d’Azur
Developer has found buyers for 13 of the apartments at Parc du Cap in 2020 so far, with outside space proving the clincher for most...
Bold & Reeves moves into the USA with LA partnership
Los Angeles-based luxury estate manager Mister Peele has licensed Bold & Reeves' proprietary property management software platform.
Interest in other countries ‘plummets’ as Hong Kong buyers hone in on UK market
Applications for British passports have 'skyrocketed' since the UK’s announcement of a path to citizenship, according to immigration specialists...
Estate agents are ‘de facto agents of the Russian state’, claims Parliamentary report
There's "a growth industry of ‘enablers’ including lawyers, accountants, and estate agents who are – wittingly or unwittingly – de facto agents of the Russian state", according to the Intelligence & Securi…
153 $10m+ sales worth $3.2bn: How the world’s super-prime markets fared under lockdowns
Activity may have plunged, but global super-prime property markets "outperformed expectations" under lockdown, reports Knight Frank, with 153 sales going through above $10m since March.