Location: Asia
Chestertons returns to Polo in the Park
Chestertons has decided to return to Hurlingham Park as headline sponsor of Polo in the Park for the second year on the trot.
MIPIM 2015: Picks of the programme
Apparently there are some talks and stuff happening away from the proper business in Cannes' bars from 10th-13th March.
Black Brick launches Chinese website
Just in time to welcome in the Year of the Goat, Bruton Place-based buying agency Black Brick has unveiled a Chinese version of its website.
Strawberry Star announces top level hires as global expansion plans take shape
Giant real estate consultancy Strawberry Star Group has made a raft of new appointments, including a new CEO, as it drives some major global expansion plans forward.
£250m Teddington Studios scheme sold to Singaporean developer
Just three months after planning was given to turn one of the UK's best-known film studios into a £250m resi scheme, a buyer has been found in the shape of a listed Singaporean developer with a billionaire…
Wealth Centres: A field guide to the world’s ultra-rich residential hubs
Just shy of US$3 trillion of the world's private wealth is held in owner-occupied residential properties, says a new report by Wealth-X and the Sotheby’s International Realty.
Store Credit: The rise of luxury shop-top living in London
Living above commercial units can command a price premium, claims Mayfair estate agent Wetherell, as long as the brand downstairs is right.
Winkworth announces first new office opening of 2015
Venerable estate agency Winkworth has started its 180th year in sprightly fashion by opening up a new branch in Sway in the New Forest.
Favourable policies boost China’s luxury resi market
Mainland China's luxury resi market is set to experience another wave of increases in terms of both prices and sales volumes in 2015, Knight Frank has said.
Balance of Tower: Why London’s development boom could ruin the capital
There's "a cuckoo in the nest" in central London, says property search consultancy Property Vision, as it points out that there's a potentially massive over-supply of high-end resi units being delivered…
Hong Kong: Where property prices are as high as the buildings
Who'd pay Knightsbridge prices for Elephant & Castle living? That's exactly what buyers in Hong Kong are doing, says an incredulous Alan Page from over yonder.
Pricey Comparison: The world’s most unaffordable property markets
Hong Kong is the world's least affordable place to buy a home - with median house prices coming in at 17 times the median income - while the UK's overall multiple is a - relatively - benign 4.7.