Location: Australasia
Global Construction Costs Compared: London prices ‘beginning to threaten the viability’ of projects
New York, London and Hong Kong are the most expensive locations for construction in the world, with cost premiums of between 40% and 60% compared with many European cities, and a "severe construction…
Global house prices ‘step up a gear’ as all eyes turn to the Fed
Knight Frank's Global House Price Index increased by 2.7% in the year to September 2015, as five of the 55 tracked countries posted double-digit growth and the pace of China's decline slowed.
Mapped: Prime property price movements around the world
Measuring the performance of luxury resi markets in fifteen world cities over a one and five-year period (2010 to Q3 2015), this handy map from Knight Frank and EY has exposed some key macro trends at-a-glance.
Simon Barnes doubles resources and unveils rebrand
Top property advisor Simon Barnes has hired a new consultant and unveiled a full rebrand designed to "take the company into a new chapter".
Simon Barnes
In Pictures: World Interior of the Year 2015
A fantastical creation in Rome has been crowned World Interior of the Year (Residential) 2015 at a swanky ceremony in Singapore.
China: The new billionaire capital of the world as Wanda’s Jianlin tops the rich list
China is now home to 596 dollar billionaires after the mega-rich population grew by 68.
Interior Blog Awards: Winners
The Amara Interior Blog Awards took over Firmdale's Ham Yard Hotel - and much of Instagram - last night; here's who won what:
BEST ARCHITECTURE BLOG
Dezeen
English Buildings (WINNER)
Homeli
Cooling measures drive Singapore developers into UK & Australian markets
Seven rounds of cooling measures brought in by the Singaporean government between 2010 and 2013 have triggered a giant wave of investment overseas, according to new research.
Infographic: Rugby Winners Vs Property Winners
Caps off to CBRE for prising a property angle out of the Rugby World Cup.
Is there a correlation between winning nations and house prices?
Australian government forces more sales in $1bn foreign investor crackdown
The Australian government's new crackdown on "illegal" overseas investors has already started snaring some pretty big fish.
Owners of residences in Sydney's exclusive Elizabeth Bay are under scrutiny
China’s top ten property developers building international markets
Chinese real estate developers are driving $34.6bn-worth of property investment outflows from China into markets around the world, with some significant projects in prime London tapping that wealth.
USA is the world’s ‘clear number one’ for residential investability – Savills
"Investors in international residential real estate should combine an understanding of macro metrics and an appreciation of local, shorter term drivers of house prices when making buying decisions," says Savills as…