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In Pictures: 2019’s ‘Buildings of the Year’
Gianni Botsford's striking "House in a Garden" in Notting Hill has been named as one of the world's 15 best new buildings, alongside Thomas Heatherwick's Coal Drops Yard, the Macallan's new visitor centre…
Property price inflation in prime world cities settles on ‘a high plateau’
'Prime residential real estate values are settling into a pattern of slower, steadier price growth,' says Savills, 'and we do not expect to see a repeat of the double-digit annual price growth seen pre…
How many square metres of resi property will $1m buy around the world?
Monaco, Hong Kong, New York and London are the most expensive cities per square metre in the world, says Knight Frank.
US developer claims portal published ‘inaccurate’ info about his $150m mega-mansion; sues for $60m
High-profile developer Bruce Makowsky files lawsuit against Zillow, claiming the real estate giant published 'misleading, false, and inaccurate information' about his $150m Bel Air super-home that 'corrupts…
Global luxury property price growth has slowed to its lowest level since 2012
Residential property prices in the world’s top 100 city and second home markets increased by an average of just 1.3% in the last year, according to Knight Frank's Prime International Residential Index.
London reclaims its title as the world’s top wealth centre, despite Brexit
"Hard Brexit, no Brexit, Brexit-lite: whatever the outcome, London will remain the leading global wealth centre in 2019.
‘The Mountain of Beverley Hills’ development plot gets a $350k price cut
157-acre site in Los Angeles was previously listed at a cool $1bn.
Elliman’s profits tumble by 75%
High-profile NYC-based brokerage still sold a whopping $28.1 billion worth of real estate in a 'tough' 2018
Ranked: The top ten risks to the global economy in 2019
The Economist Intelligence Unit identifies and assesses the ten most pressing risks to the global political and economic order.
Vancouver’s sharp market correction sees sales tumble by 39%
Transaction volumes in the Canadian city were over a third lower at the start of this year than the ten-year January average.
Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: The ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich
The Guardian's architecture critic Oliver Wainwright rails against esoteric planning rules that have allowed 'a new breed of needle-like tower' to punch through the New York skyline.