Location: MENA

London trumps Hong Kong and New York for the dubious honour of being the most expensive world city to live and work in, with a price per head for renting residential space plus working space coming in…

London-based Assael Architecture has announced plans to open an office in the United Arab Emirates, in an effort to get closer to property investors looking to put money into London.

Mayfair-based consultancy The Collection LLP has promoted Matt Smith to Partner, overseeing all property acquisitions.

Architecture and design firm Perkins+Will has secured the services of one of the world's top "mega building" specialists, Jo Palma.

Sotheby's International Realty has announced plans to expand the brand into five additional Gulf countries within the next 12 months.

New research has looked into the correlation between luxury retail and property sales in London, and it turns out they're pretty closely linked.

London is playing host to some of the most innovative design in the world just now, particularly at the luxury end of the property market.

"Investors in international residential real estate should combine an understanding of macro metrics and an appreciation of local, shorter term drivers of house prices when making buying decisions," says Savills as…

Hong Kong has held onto its crown as the world’s highest value residential location, recording an average price per square foot way above that of London or New York.

The Luxury Property Show is returning - for the ninth year - to the Hurlingham Club in November, hosted again by Melissa Porter off of the TV and sponsored again by Rightmove Overseas.

Mayfair is "the ultimate destination for high net worth renters," says Tunstall Property, "followed by Knightsbridge and Belgravia respectively." Marylebone, however, comes out on top for rental investments.

Dubai-based developer Meydan Sobha is launching a batch of mansions - a large chunk of its £7bn landmark resi scheme in the Emirate - exclusively to the UK market.