Location: Asia
Mayfair ‘on track’ to reclaim title of London’s best address
In the wake of yesterday's extraordinary revelations by British Land, a timely report by Knight Frank has backed Mayfair to regain its reputation as London’s premier address, after a "step-change" in…
City Minutes: The view from New York, London & Hong Kong
The rise of New York's Midtown district, Hong Kong's new-build resi recovery and the most obvious risk to London's future growth;
Wentworth buyer confirms Four Seasons deal for Trinity Square scheme
The Chinese buyer of Wentworth Golf Club, Reignwood Group, has teamed up with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts to deliver a series of serviced residential apartments and a 5* hotel in the Port of London Authority's…
Cordea Savills widens London resi development fund zone
Investment manager Cordea Savills has broadened the remit of its London residential development fund, to look at "select locations" across Greater London rather than maintaining the prime central focus…
Prime markets in key global cities are ‘increasingly moving together’
Now they're officially in bed together (more here), Knight Frank Residential and US brokerage Douglas Elliman have decided to pool their resources on the research front too.
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…