Location: International
Engel & Völkers appoints new COO
Paloma Pérez Bravo has taken on responsibility for the entire franchise business and all market centre operations in the EMEA region
Hong Kong’s prime Kai Tak development plot goes for HK$15.95bn
A consortium of property developers has acquired the most valuable slice of residential development land on Hong Kong's former airport, for significantly less than the adjacent plot
Watch: Real estate agent invokes The Joker to sell luxury townhouse
In the face of stiff competition, Australian agent Christian Gravias has almost certainly produced the strangest real estate video of the year.
WSJ: Inside a Chinese Developer’s Nearly $3 Billion Bet on the Storied Waldorf Astoria
375 private apartments in Manhattan's famous Waldorf Astoria are due to come to market next year...
Wilben founders launch high-end interiors venture
Luxury developers William & Benjamin Samuels unveil their new platform, Imbuel, promising to simplify the high-end design process for developers and homeowners around the world...
Returns Trip: Global trends in holiday home ownership
"The second home market has changed significantly over the last decade," says Savills. "Once a discretionary purchase primarily for own use, today’s global market is driven by income returns."
WSJ: Pitching a New York landmark’s puzzling penthouse
Buyers can't seem to work what to do with the 'oddly shaped' five-storey space atop Manhattan’s Woolworth Building, reports the Wall Street Journal...
Global prime property slowdown ‘gathers pace’
A year ago, Knight Frank declared the start of "the Great Moderation" in the world's prime residential markets; the firm's latest Global Prime Cities Index bears out the prediction...
Europe’s resi real estate investors are ‘bullish’ despite Brexit & regulatory concerns
Paris, Berlin and Frankfurt are the top picks for real estate investment in 2020, reports PWC
Famed Guinness estate sells for ‘over €20m’
Luggala, a 5,000 acre swathe of Co Wicklow, has been described as 'a piece of art come to life'
Unfinished Bel Air mansion faces demolition over safety concerns
City officials are calling for a vast luxury new-build project in Los Angeles to be torn down to the foundations
Purplebricks reports flat revenue as market weakens further
High-profile hybrid agency says 'significant losses' have now been reversed...