Location: Europe

The rate of residential property price growth across 100 prime global cities picked up a bit in 2019, reports Knight Frank, with Frankfurt leading the pack. But what about the year ahead?

Europe's biggest property networking event, MIPIM, has been pushed back from 10th March until the 2nd June.

Knight Frank, Savills, Grosvenor, Landsec, EY and others have all followed Cushman & Wakefield's lead, backing out of next month's MIPIM event over fears of the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

Salone Del Mobile in Milan has been pushed back from April to June, while Cushman & Wakefield has backed out of attending MIPIM in Cannes next month.

Hong Kong, New York, Tokyo, Geneva and London are the most expensive prime global cities, says Savills;

Matthew Jackson has decided to go it alone with new venture, Oakmont Private Office, after 'noticing the quality of service for premium property owners has dwindled over recent years'

Irish householder Hagan Homes has apologised after rolling our a marketing campaign featuring images of Harry & Meghan and describing its homes as 'fit for part-time royalty'

Annual international real estate expo Mipim has announced a new thing to tie-in with the 2020 event.

In Pictures: British property developer Caudwell bags €6m+ for a lavish contemporary penthouse flat at Parc du Cap in Cap d’Antibes

Castletown Cox in Co Kilkenny has been described as 'Ireland's most beautiful house'

Europe's highest court decides that US-based short-term accommodation platform does not need to comply with French property laws in landmark case

Knight Frank flags nine global prime resi trends to monitor in 2020, while picking which prime global cities are likely to see rising house prices in the coming year - and which are set for price falls.