Location: Americas
Global real estate giants unite for massive $500m proptech investment fund
Venture capital firm Fifth Wall has assembled a remarkable consortium of 50 international property behemoths - including British Land, CBRE and Cushman & Wakefield - creating a half-a-billion dollar…
Eight Frank Lloyd Wright buildings have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Projects including Fallingwater and Taliesin added to World Heritage List as UNESCO recognises the 'profound influence' of America's greatest 20th century architect
New York is billionaires’ favourite city
The Big Apple is home to 85 billionaires, say Savills and Forbes. Singapore, in second place, has 79 resident billionaires, while Moscow, Beijing and London have 71, 61 and 55 respectively
Purplebricks backs out of America as operating losses double
Hybrid estate agency reports strong growth in the UK, but is winding down US operations as operating losses double
CBRE to buy Telford Homes for £267m
London property developer Telford Homes will become part of CBRE's US-based real estate development arm, Trammell Crow Company
Ecclestone’s mega-mansion sets new LA price record
Mystery buyer pays a record $120m for the famed 56,000 square foot chateau originally built for the Spellings
In Pictures: Google owner reveals ground-breaking Toronto waterfront masterplan
Alphabet-owned Sidewalk Labs has developed a smart city regeneration plan for 12 acres of Toronto's industrial waterfront, calling it 'the most innovative district in the entire world'
High & Mighty: Touring the world’s record-breaking ‘super-penthouses’
List Sotheby's International Realty surveys the rarefied market for top-floor apartments measuring 10,000 square feet or more, revealing the biggest deals over the last five years, and the most spectacular…
In Pictures: Bel Air’s $150m triple mansion building plot
The Park Bel Air has approved planning permits to create LA's last three giga-mansions
America’s super-rich splurge on London property, spending an average of £7.3m
Wealthy US buyers have returned to London in a big way this year, reports Knight Frank
£77m penthouse launched in New York
Going straight in as the most expensive open-market listing in the Big Apple, the 20,000 sq ft, five-storey residence at the top of the 172 Madison Ave building in NoMad is being sold as a white box,…
Peak Performance: Charting the evolution of prime property pricing across global cities
Knight Frank looks at the differential between the average prime property price and the top price achieved in ten global cities over the last five years