Location: Asia
Global prime property slowdown ‘gathers pace’
A year ago, Knight Frank declared the start of "the Great Moderation" in the world's prime residential markets; the firm's latest Global Prime Cities Index bears out the prediction...
Brexit ‘barely relevant’ for most international buyers, says acquisition firm
'For all the political and economic uncertainty we face because of Brexit, the further you get away from the UK, the less significant it becomes', says Black Brick's Caspar Harvard-Walls, as the PCL agency…
‘World’s most expensive parking space’ goes for over £750k
A parking bay in the basement of a Hong Kong office block has sold for HK$7.6 million
Watch: Singapore floats extraordinary ‘island playground’, designed by WilkinsonEyre & Grant Associates
Singapore developer Sentosa Development Corporation has revealed a remarkable proposal to transform a couple of neighbouring islands into a vast "island playground in a global city", offering a realm…
8,000 Hong Kong agents ‘face elimination’ as deals dry up
Around 20% of agency jobs are 'on the line' as political headwinds continue to batter the market
Property investor creates $1bn resi portfolio targeting distressed developments
Atlas Residential is building a massive residential portfolio in the US, UK and China
Ranked: The world’s ‘most liveable’ cities in 2019
Vienna, Melbourne and Sydney have been named 2019's "most liveable cities" by The Economist's Intelligence Unit, after securing high scores for stability, healthcare, culture & environment, education and…
Knight Frank ‘significantly bolsters’ London China team with series of new hires
Lili Zhang has been recruited from Savills to run Knight Frank's enlarged and restructured residential China Desk in London
The $100m+ Club: Putting last week’s French Riviera & Singapore mega-deals in context
How do the sales of Villa ‘Les Cèdres’ and Nassim Road rank amongst all the publicly-recorded $100m+ transactions since 2006?
Berlin & Paris lead price growth as global prime resi markets slow
Average per square foot values in global prime cities trickled up by just 0.7% in the last year, says Savills. This compares to an annual increase of 5.1% in the year to June 2018...
Chinese property portal & Asian real estate platform merge to create international new-build powerhouse
Juwai.com and IQI Global have merged to create 'Asia’s biggest proptech group specialised in global new development properties'
Hong Kong buyers flock to London as unrest continues
Prime London estate agency records 'an unmistakable surge in enquiries from Hong Kong residents looking to buy property in London'