Location: Europe
Monaco is still the world’s most expensive real estate market
Principality holds onto the global top spot despite a slight drop in values in 2020.
French duo Lacaton & Vassal win the 2021 Pritzker Prize
Paris-based social housing specialists scoop architecture's highest honour.
International buyers pick up units at Caudwell’s Cap d’Antibes scheme
Purchasers from the UK, CIS and Germany have bought into Les Oliviers since the beginning of the year, despite the ongoing travel restrictions.
Christie’s adds luxury Rome brokerage to global network
Rome Exclusive has become the third new CIRE affiliate to be announced in as many months, following other firms in Jersey and New Delhi.
MIPIM to return to Cannes in September
Property industry conference organiser will hold a "special hybrid event" in France later this year, marking a return to in-person networking.
Goldman Sachs buys German modular housing pioneer
Goldman Sachs has acquired the majority stake in Germany's Oikos Group, following on from a £75m investment in British modular housing firm Top Hat in 2019.
Dubai villa sale sets 2021 benchmark
Swiss family splashes c.£22m on a custom-designed villa on the most sought-after frond on Palm Jumeirah, marking the biggest deal in the region so far this year.
Irish property mogul Ronan plots a return to London next year
Johnny Ronan once again has "ambitions on the scale of Battersea" in London, says Ireland's Business Post, and expects to have his first return project underway next year.
Knight Frank picks Notting Hill as one of the world’s top ten neighbourhoods ‘primed for growth in a post-pandemic world’
KF's Wealth Report 2021 identifies ten "up and coming" prime residential locations around the world, including four in Europe.
Bloomberg: Swiss Wealth Tax rakes in cash as Covid stokes global debate
"Switzerland’s wealth tax offers a rare real-world example of how a levy on assets can work, just as such ideas gain traction elsewhere in the wake of the coronavirus crisis," writes Bloomberg journalist…
‘Million Dollar Listing’ brokerage moves into Portugal
Nest Seekers plans to bring its brand of "American-style glamour" to the European property market.
New Sicily base for Italy Sotheby’s International Realty
Latest opening is a ‘direct response to increased interest in the area in light of the pandemic’, says Italian branch of the luxury real estate network.