Location: Asia
Where’s the Wealth? London, luxury assets and the UHNW landscape
The prime London market is closely linked to the private wealth of ultra high net worth individuals, says Savills' Sophie Chick in another installment of the agency's Prime London Autumn Spotlight.
Asian investors close in on £1bn Bankside scheme
It sounds like an Asian consortium headed up by Native Land is leading the race for Carlyle's monumental Bankside Quarter scheme by the Tate Modern.
‘London is an evergreen market and a must have for [Singaporean] property investors’ – JLL
Singaporean buying interest in London property remains high (writes Romesh Navaratnarajah, Singapore Editor of PropertyGuru Group) although a slight slowdown is expected this year due to constraints…
Heron Plaza site sells to Singapore’s UOL Group
Singapore-based UOL Group has bought the Heron Plaza site on Bishopsgate from Gerald Ronson's Heron International for £97m, with plans for luxury residential apartments, a hotel and retail units.
‘Dark storm brewing’ for China’s domestic property portals
"A dark storm is brewing in China’s local real estate market," proclaims Andrew Taylor, the co-founder of Chinese super-portal Juwai, as reports circulate that local realtors and agents are boycotting…
£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…
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...