Location: Asia
Developer pitches Camberwell as ‘the new Chelsea’
A Singapore-based developer is pitching Camberwell as "the new Chelsea" to potential buyers of its latest scheme.
China’s top ten property developers building international markets
Chinese real estate developers are driving $34.6bn-worth of property investment outflows from China into markets around the world, with some significant projects in prime London tapping that wealth.
Chinese super-rich investor visas plummet 91%
As the financial ferment continues in China, it looks like the number of super-rich Chinese investors bringing their cash into the UK has fallen off a cliff.
Year of the Dragon: Hong Kong developer bags green light for £8.4bn Greenwich scheme
Hong Kong mega-developer Knight Dragon has been given the go ahead for its ambitious Greenwich Peninsula masterplan, delivering 15,720 new homes and a whole new district twice the size of Soho.
VanHan optimistic on PCL sales market
Thomas van Straubenzee and Rory Penn's boutique agency VanHan is expecting the market to pick up in prime central London over the next three months, and has tipped Mayfair as the hotspot to watch.
Digs Spenders: London’s £600m foreign student lettings market now a ‘key driver’
The 107,000 international students currently studying in London contribute a whopping £600m in rental income to the capital's lettings market, with some spending up to £1,500 a week on swanky digs…
USA is the world’s ‘clear number one’ for residential investability – Savills
"Investors in international residential real estate should combine an understanding of macro metrics and an appreciation of local, shorter term drivers of house prices when making buying decisions," says Savills as…
Hong Kong trumps London & New York as world’s highest value resi location
Hong Kong has held onto its crown as the world’s highest value residential location, recording an average price per square foot way above that of London or New York.
Uncertainty in Chinese stock market ‘likely to drive appetite for London property’
China’s economic crisis sent shockwaves through markets across the world, but Chinese investors are likely to continue investing in reliable overseas assets, including London property, says Black Brick's Camilla…
SBID International Design Excellence Awards 2015: Big ticket finalists
The finalists of this year's SBID International Design Awards have been announced, with public voting now open to source a winner in time for a presentation ceremony at The Dorchester on 27th November.
PCL buyers in restrained mood as price growth falls to five-year low
August is usually pretty quiet in prime central London, but a combo of higher stamp duty and global financial turmoil put buyers in particularly restrained mood this time around.
Stocks & Scares: How will China’s financial turmoil affect the UK property market?
The UK resi market may have lost some of the 'like-to-buys’ recently, but there is still no better place to invest your money, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...