Location: Asia
Knight Frank to hit $1bn turnover in 2017
Knight Frank LLP, the self-proclaimed "world’s leading independent property advisor", has had a rather good year.
Magic Castle: Extraordinary holiday home in Warwickshire bags the RIBA Stirling Prize
An extraordinary modern holiday home shoehorned into the crumbling walls of an ancient moated castle has won the RIBA Stirling Prize 2013 for the best new building of the year.
London developers turning to Thai buyers
Bangkok will see an increase in the number of London property exhibitions over the coming months as more UK developers include the Thai capital on their Southeast Asia sales events, says PropertyGuru's…
Winkworth opens in Guildford
Winkworth has opened its 93rd UK office, and fifth new one this year, in Guildford, Surrey. This latest branch is part the agency's plan to capitalise on booming markets in London's commuter belt;
Foxtons floats for £649m
Foxtons will start life on the London Stock Exchange with a value of £649m (a cool $1bn), right at the top-end of the expected £550-650m range.
Shares in the estate agency were valued at £2.
Osborne: “Let’s not pretend there’s a housing boom”
George Osborne has told the Institute of Directors that the property market is not overheating.
Asia’s UHNW population to eclipse Europe’s in eight years
The global UHNW population is bigger than ever, with 199,235 individuals holding a combined wealth of US$27.8 trillion, according to a report by UBS and Wealth X.
The battle of Britain goes on in Singapore
No less than six London property projects exhibited their developments in Singapore last weekend – with two further projects from outside the capital trying to tempt local buyers and investors to splash…
Grosvenor and Colliers make a move on Brunei
One of the first London Property Exhibitions to take place in Brunei happened last week, notes PropertyGuru's Andrew Batt, with agents describing both the levels of interest and sales as being far better…
Full house in Fitzrovia for Marcus Cooper and Oakmayne
Marcus Cooper's magic touch has been in evidence again.
Latest property slump was no worse than the last two – ONS
"Real house prices have been broadly flat since 2009", according to the latest Economic Review from the Office of National Statistics, with the fall in resi construction being "similar in scale to previous…
“Busiest ever” roadshow for Benhams as SE Asian investors target London’s prime fringes
Reports from the ground suggest that South East Asia's famed appetite for investing in London's property market is showing no signs of waning.