Location: Asia
China’s ‘Silk Road urbanism’ is changing cities from London to Kampala – can locals keep control?
Jonathan Silver of the University of Sheffield and Alan Wiig of the University of Massachusetts Boston explore how China's vast "Belt & Road" investment initiative is transforming neighbourhoods around…
86% of tracked countries saw property prices rise in 2018
Hong Kong has tumbled from first to 22nd place in Knight Frank's global property price growth table, while Central and Eastern European countries are now out-pacing bigger EU nations.
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.
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.
PRCO rolls into Asia with trio of big-name real estate clients
Luxury comms giant launches Hong Kong and Shanghai offices under the PRCO Asia banner
Inside the Hong Kong mansion of the Harilelas, one of city’s wealthiest families
The South China Morning Post takes a guided tour of the ultra-wealthy Harilela family's extraordinary complex in Kowloon, which is home to over 90 people...
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.
The real Crazy Rich Asian palace is worth a cool $3.5 billion
Bloomberg reports on two abandoned palaces in a "swathe of untended jungle" in the heart of Singapore, that could be worth US$3.5bn if they were ever sold for development.
Luxury sales hit new heights in Hong Kong
The number of transactions above HK$20m reached 4,000 for the first time last year in the world's least-affordable housing market