Location: Australasia
Douglas Elliman rolls out specialist celebrity division
Knight Frank's strategic partner in the US Douglas Elliman has launched a new Sports & Entertainment division to cater to the "unique needs" of celebrities.
Eye of the Buyer: A good looking agent can raise a sale price by 2.3%
An Australian business school claims that “attractive real estate agents do achieve substantial price premiums”, quantifying that premium as +2.
Global luxury property prices now 46% up on 2009’s low-point
Global prime residential property prices increased by 3.9% in the year to March 2015, according to Knight Frank's index, with North America and Australia pulling up the rest of the world.
KWM boosts high-end real estate team with yet more Eversheds talent
Law firm King & Wood Mallesons has hired a raft of new partners as it continues to develop its high-end real estate capability in London.
A two-speed recovery: Global housing markets since the Great Recession
The world's property markets have aligned themselves into two fairly distinct groups since the Great Recession, says the latest global housing update from the International Monetary Fund:
How will Australia’s foreign investment clampdown affect its residential property market?
Under pressure to cool a soaring housing market, the Australian government's proposed clampdown on foreign property buyers has raised a few eyebrows around the world.
Big spenders, high flyers and real estate buyers: The Wealth Report 2015
The ranks of the global super-rich are growing, Knight Frank tells us in its flagship annual report, and the UK is playing Mecca to the money - for now.
New Australian clampdown ‘sign of international backlash against wealthy Chinese property investors’
The Australian government has unveiled new proposals to curb foreign investment pouring into its real estate market.
PM Tony Abbott
Money Talks: The impact of currency fluctuations on PCL buyers and owners
In the last four months alone, the same hypothetical house in one of the best parts of prime central London has become 16% cheaper for a Swiss buyer converting francs, but a mind-boggling 47% more…
Another country clamps down on foreign buyers
Hot on the heels of Australia's proposals to stem the tide of foreign buyers snapping up its top-end real estate, Taiwan has announced plans to impose a whacking great 30% tax rate on overseas property…
Australia to curb foreign property investment ‘within weeks’
Australia will be unveiling plans to put the brakes on foreign investment into its resi property market "within weeks" in a bid to curtail soaring prices.
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.