Location: Australasia
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.
2015 to offer a ‘more level playing field’ across global prime cities
The world's luxury residential markets "face a diverse range of challenges and opportunities in 2015" says Knight Frank in it's Prime Global Cities Forecast, with New York likely to have the best of the…
Black Brick hires new business consultant
Mayfair-based buying agency Black Brick has hired a new business consultant to develop its network across Asia.
Grace Ding
Was this the best Black Friday deal of them all?
An early contender for Bargain of the Year, this 34,250 square foot Grade II-listed mansion in Devon has just been sold for £600k, after being deemed 'simply too big for most people'.
Emerging Prime: On the future of high-end real estate in emerging markets
An ambitious project by international property portal Lamudi has produced a research paper on the future of real estate in the world's emerging markets.
RANKED: House price growth across the G20 member countries
Summing up this week's G20 summit of world leaders in Brisbane, the ever-balanced BBC said the event had delivered 'more than expected on some issues, but somewhat less on others'.
Black Brick looks to Angola for future HNW clients
Prime central London buying agency Black Brick has given a fascinating insight into its business and market position, releasing an analysis of its property purchase and transaction data since it was…
We are an island nation: A kitchen island nation
Bravery means something rather different in today's Kensington, says Doer Upper Alan Page as he dwells on what his grandfather would make of it.
In Depth: On residential property price statistics across the globe
The Bank for International Settlements - the bank of the world's central banks - aims to keep global finances on as even a keel as possible.