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The world's billionaire population fell by 3% last year, according to UBS, while the UK saw a 12.5% decline.

London, New York & Dubai lead the way for HNWI home-buying intentions, reports Knight Frank.

Institutional investors are piling into the UK's build-to-rent sector, reports Knight Frank, as the firm highlights 15 areas that present particularly strong opportunities for BtR development.

Prime property markets are relatively insulated from mortgage rate hikes, says Knight Frank - but transaction numbers are still likely to drop-off in the coming years as the wider housing market cools

Knight Frank data shows a clear drop in rural property sales over the last year, while exchanges in regional towns and cities has increased by an equivalent amount.

'Landlords are making significant adjustments to their portfolios to cater for the fast-changing macroeconomic environment,' says Handelsbanken.

'There are far more properties held offshore than previously estimated,' says a new report.

More than half of all homes in the Nine Elms Masterplan are now either complete or under construction, says Savills - and the area is finally developing its own personality.

Nearly £1.2bn was pumped into the UK's build-to-rent sector in Q3, reports Cushman & Wakefield, up from £600mn in the same period last year.

Only a few nations saw their UHNW population fall last year; the UK was one of them - but Credit Suisse expects the number of dollar millionaires in Britain to surge by nearly two-thirds by 2026, well…

Rich Americans are piling back into international real estate markets, with a remarkable 92% US-based HNWIs now considering a property purchase abroad, according to a new survey by Coldwell Banker.

Savills has counted 640 branded residential developments around the world, delivering nearly 100,000 homes.