‘Cities are springing back to life’: Super-prime property sales surge around the world
"We expect super-prime sales to end 2021 on a high," says Knight Frank, as it flags a significant jump in US$10m+ deals across seven major global wealth hubs so far this year.
How Covid-19 is affecting prime property markets around the world
Savills has surveyed 50 of its top people in property markets around the world to gauge levels of buyer and seller pessimism and positivity, and assess how the Coronavirus pandemic is changing the residential…
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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.
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Most prime global cities are likely to see property prices increase in 2021 – Knight Frank
Prime property markets around the world have proven "largely resilient" in the face of this year's happenings, reports Knight Frank.
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