Location: International
High-end US property rental firm raises $50m; plots significant London entry
Turnkey apartment operator Blueground plans to enter the London property market by the end of this year, building up a portfolio of 1,500 luxury rental properties by 2023
Sydney penthouse obliterates Australian price records
Mystery purchaser bags a three-storey spread at the Renzo Piano-designed One Sydney Harbour for A$140m (£74.4m), in deal described as a 'paradigm shift' for the Australian property market...
Watch: Singapore floats extraordinary ‘island playground’, designed by WilkinsonEyre & Grant Associates
Singapore developer Sentosa Development Corporation has revealed a remarkable proposal to transform a couple of neighbouring islands into a vast "island playground in a global city", offering a realm…
Berlin to impose five-year rent freeze from January
German city confirms a plan to freeze rental values to 2018 levels until 2022
In Pictures: Lisbon’s new Renzo Piano-designed waterfront neighbourhood
Prata Riverside Village is delivering more than 600 new homes on the banks of the River Tagus in Portugal
Knight Frank suffers amid high-end sales slump
Estate agency reports an 11% drop in pre-tax profits, blaming 'still slowing or constrained residential volumes' in the south east of England
Bel Air mansion lists at $225m, eyeing a third price record
Casa Encantada was once the long-term home of hotelier Conrad Hilton, and has twice been the USA's most expensive home;
Pop star skirts agents to market LA home directly to Instagram followers
Justin Bieber has asked his 120 million Instagram acolytes if any of them want to buy his $8.5m house in Beverly Hills. "I'll sell it with all the furniture", he commented; "MAKE ME AN OFFER"
Buffett’s HomeServices expands in Europe; London arm plots significant growth
American real estate giant's new Spanish & Portuguese outposts "will open referral channels and increase listings exposure" says London agency Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kay & Co - which plans to…
Xi’an & Budapest outperform as global cities see property price growth moderate
The average annual rate of property price inflation across the 150 cities tracked by Knight Frank's Global Cities Index has fallen from 6.7% in 2016 to 3.5% in 2019
Quintessentially Estates seeks super-prime partners in ‘ambitious global expansion plan’
Luxury property brokerage continues to hunt for prime resi property specialists in HNW hotspots around the world.
Sotheby’s sails into Cyprus
Luxury real estate network boosts its coverage in the Med