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Billionaire Ambitions 2022: Six trends for the world’s wealthiest people
The world's billionaire population fell by 3% last year, according to UBS, while the UK saw a 12.5% decline.
HNW Hotspots: Where the world’s wealthiest are looking to buy homes in 2023
London, New York & Dubai lead the way for HNWI home-buying intentions, reports Knight Frank.
UK Build-to-Rent sector set to grow 82% by 2028
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.
Mapped: The markets most insulated from rising mortgage costs
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
Rural home sales fall as city living moves back into fashion
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.
A fifth of landlords plan to reduce portfolio size as costs of living rise, claims research
'Landlords are making significant adjustments to their portfolios to cater for the fast-changing macroeconomic environment,' says Handelsbanken.
Mapped: Offshore-owned residential property in London
'There are far more properties held offshore than previously estimated,' says a new report.
The case for Nine Elms: How south London’s big riverside regen ‘has become a key destination for lifestyle’
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.
Build-to-Rent investment has almost doubled in the last year
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.
The UK’s super-rich headcount fell in 2021, but is set to rocket in the coming years
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…
The US luxury property market in 2022: Eight key trends
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.
‘Incredibly resilient’ branded residential sector to nearly double in size over the next five years
Savills has counted 640 branded residential developments around the world, delivering nearly 100,000 homes.