Location: Asia
£13,400 psf! Hong Kong house smashes global asking price record
A new development at the top of Hong Kong's exclusive Victoria Peak has just smashed the record for the world's highest asking price per square foot.
Chinese investment into London resi leaps 84% in a year
Outbound investment from China to London has ballooned over the last 12 months, making it the most popular global destination for Chinese investment after a series of pushes from Mayor Boris et al to make…
World in London #4: Who’s Next?
In the fourth and final part of Savills' World in London 2014 report, Yolande Barnes asks which nationalities will be making an impact on London's property market in five years' time.
To Buy Or Not To Buy? That is the election
What with 2015 coming up and all that, these experts have differing opinions on whether now is the time to buy a property in prime central London...
World in London #3: Government Intervention and the Key to New Supply
In the third part of Savills' World in London report, Paul Tostevin looks at how government intervention affects the capital's prime property market, and how international developers are the key to unlocking …
World in London #2: London in the world
The second part of Savills’ World in London 2014 report sees Sophie Chick and Lucy Greenwood exploring the truth about international buyers in London, and analysing where our capital sits in the global…
World in London #1: Playing in the global city
In the first part of Savills' World in London 2014 report, Director of World Research Yolande Barnes explores what makes London such as star player on the international field...
Record-breaking Woolworth Building penthouse up for sale
One of the most prestigious apartments in the world - a nine-storey affair at the top of the iconic Woolworth Building in New York - has just hit the market with a whopping $110m price tag, a record for…
Foster+Partners buys back ownership
Foster + Partners has bought out its private equity backer 3i's minority holding in the business to return the architecture practice to 100% own-ownership
Dubai and Tokyo lead this year’s prime rental growth stakes
Knight Frank's quarterly comparison of prime rental prices around the world has reported strong rises for the Dubai and Tokyo markets in Q1, although Nairobi remains at the top of the annual rankings fo…
Marylebone’s Tasty Times: Chiltern Firehouse causes rent rises
Snazzy foodery the Chiltern Firehouse is responsible for a significant increase rents in the local Marylebone area, says Knight Frank.
Average rents have climbed by 10
New Head of International Business for Chestertons
Chestertons has appointed former Savills man Neville Page as the firm's new Head of International Business