Global residential rents tick higher but affordability begins to bite
Slower growth in top-tier rental markets such as New York and Singapore 'points to the likely direction of travel for big city markets,' says Knight Frank.
Prime global rents climb to record highs, but the pace of growth is easing
Singapore and London have seen the biggest prime rental price increases over the last year, according to Knight Frank's latest city index.
Scarcity of stock fuels global prime residential rental price growth
'We expect rents to continue to outperform capital values for the remainder of 2023 and in the medium-term,' says the head of Savills World Research.
‘Global prime residential rental markets were a bright spot in 2022’ – Savills
Prime rental values increased by an average of 5.9% across the 30 cities tracked in the Savills Prime Residential World Cities Index in 2022, while capital values increased by an average of 3.
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