Location: Australasia

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.

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:

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.

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.

The Australian government has unveiled new proposals to curb foreign investment pouring into its real estate market. PM Tony Abbott

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…

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 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.

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.

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…

Mayfair-based buying agency Black Brick has hired a new business consultant to develop its network across Asia. Grace Ding

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'.