Location: International
Malaysian HNWs to double in three years
Malaysia's HNW community is set to double over the next three years, growing from 32,000 individuals to 68,000 in 2015, according to a report in the New Straits Times.
Currency Counts: Big savings for international buyers as London continues to appeal
Winkworth has shrewdly mapped out by exactly how much international buyers are benefiting from Sterling's slide, with Moody's downgrade tipped to stimulate yet more interest in the capital's property market.
Dear Mark Field MP: Have you never heard of “the straw that broke the camel’s back”?
Cities like Dubai, Geneva and Monte Carlo rub their hands together when they hear comments like yours, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Sotheby’s expands global realty network
Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC continued its quest for worldwide domination in 2012 with a truly stonking year;
Bank on the Swiss to run like clockwork
What has happened to London since the 'Greatest Show on Earth'? Let's take a leaf out of our European counterparts' book, says Rupert Collingwood...
Tory MP proposes tax on wealthy foreign buyers as London reaches “tipping point”
Conservative MP Mark Field has proposed a levy of on non-resident, non-British owners of property to redress the balance between "locked-out" Londoners and wealthy foreign investors who are "hoovering…
Homes on Tour: Hamptons overseas exhibition plan takes off
Hamptons International has decided to take the cream of its UK instructions on a tour of Hong Kong and Dubai in April.
A doer-upper’s Postcard from Hong Kong
Buying agent-turned developer Alan Page nips over to Hong Kong to see how hefty new (and mansion tax-like) taxes are tackling an overcooked property market.
Pylon Pile-On: No planning needed for 50ft phone masts
50ft-high mobile phone masts could be erected without the need for planning permission if a new Bill - intended to enhance the introduction of a 4G mobile phone network and create broader broadband coverage…
Native Land submits plans for a new Mayfair heart of art
Native Land has submitted a planning application for its site at 29-30 Old Burlington Street and 22-27 Cork Street in the midst of Mayfair's art-land.
Sleeping Giants: British buyers awake at last
British buyers lay the market's foundations and provide a bellwether for which areas will continue to be popular - and they've started buying again, says James Bailey...
Property Pay Survey: Resi agents earn average of £32,570 (only sector to report annual fall)
The influential RICS/Macdonald and Company "Rewards & Attitudes Survey" has been published and the results are rather revealing.