International
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;
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.
Middle Eastern buyers pile into the UK’s prime country house market
Knight Frank has noticed a tripling in the relative number of Middle Eastern buyers spending over £5m on English country houses...
‘Seismic’ tax hike proposed for super-prime New York property
Recommendations by the New York Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform would even out the Big Apple's property tax system.
Here’s what it takes to be in the richest 1% around the world
Bloomberg has looked into what you need to earn around the world to break into "the 1%".
In Pictures: ZHA’s One Thousand Museum completes
Incredible images of the first and only resi tower designed by the late Zaha Hadid in the Western Hemisphere
PRCO picks up Waldorf Astoria brief
UK buyers are among the target audience for one of NYC's most-anticipated new launches