Location: Asia
Cushman and DTZ complete $2bn mega-merger
Global real estate megaliths Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ have completed a $2bn merger to create one of the world’s largest real estate services firms, with a combined total of $5bn in revenue, 43,000…
Five-fold jump in Thai buyers’ interest in London property
London property investments were attracting strong attention from Thai buyers during a three-day "Waterfront London" property exhibition in Bangkok last weekend, writes Andrew Batt.
Rowsley’s first Euro play backs Neville and Giggs’ ‘new Mayfair of Manchester’
Peter Lim, the Singapore-based billionaire part-owner of Salford City FC, has agreed to back football stars Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs' plans to develop a former police station in central Manchester into…
London’s off-plan sales strategy is ‘likely to give way’ to a more owner-occupied model – BNP Paribas
London's property prices will be "around 80% ahead of the peak of the market prior to the financial crisis" by 2020, says BNP Paribas, although the top-end - above £5m - is "still set to decline in…
Chinese/English property portal launches
For any Chinese investors who haven't lost their shirts over the last couple of days, a bilingual property portal has just been launched, pitching itself as a virtual "China Desk" for UK agents and developers.
Soukproperty.
Buyers from ‘untapped’ mainland China to take over as London’s biggest investors
Harrods Estates has predicted that UHNWIs from mainland China will soon take over as the biggest group of investors in prime London.
Rising interest rates and a slowing global economy top property market risk list
Rising interest rates are the biggest threat to property price performance in the UK, says Knight Frank, as it charts the biggest risk factors to the market.
Opportunities & Pitfalls: How macro machinations are affecting EMEA’s luxury property market
The ultra-wealthy's appetite for luxury properties in Europe, the Middle East and Africa is growing, says Sotheby's International Real Estate and Wealth-X, after the pair's UHNW Residential Real Estate…
EMEA’s Future-Prime Hotspots: Madrid, Dubai and Cape Town
With the per square foot price of property in London standing at between three and nine times as much as that of Madrid, Dubai and Cape Town, these three cities all present strong and improving value…
Six reasons why China’s Golden Week will be even bigger for UK property this year
As China's stock market volatility spooks even the most hardy of investors, there's a widespread anticipation of an exodus of Chinese money to "safe haven" property markets around the world;
London gears up for £100m short let boom as super-rich descend for the summer
An estimated £50-£100m will be spent on short let serviced apartments in prime central London over the next few weeks, as some of the world's wealthiest descent on the capital for their annual sojourn.
Hip Hoorays: The rise of ‘Brand Mayfair’ for wealthy youngsters
"Whatever your impression of Mayfair, maybe it’s time to think again," trumpets Chestertons as it argues that the area "is fast becoming a must-have area for wealthy youngsters."