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A number of experts in the Portuguese property market have pointed out that the Golden Visa scheme, which is set to...

To kick off the New Year, our friends at 11K Consulting - the UK's leading China PR and comms agency - have...

At the start of this year, you would have got very, very long odds on the prospect of UK-wide lockdowns, mandatory...

The UK has ranked highest for future residential real estate investment, in a survey of 500 investors, developers and asset managers...

Sally Maier-Yip, managing director of 11K Consulting, the UK's leading China PR and comms agency, outlines why buyers from Hong Kong and...

The Algarve has long been a favourite destination of the Brits, for its warm climate, golf courses, sun-kissed beaches and relaxed...

Demand from Chinese investors for UK property soared in July after plummeting between April-June, during the height of the coronavirus lockdown. In...

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the London lettings market in full force this month, accounting for 25% of all...

The 31 October 2020 is a big day for me and my family. It is the day we fly out of...

Ski resorts were at the centre of some of the earliest spikes of Covid-19 in Europe, including examples of super-spreaders in...

Demand from Hong Kong buyers looking to 'safeguard' their money in London's 'reliable' property market is on the rise, according to...

Property buyers from Hong Kong are flocking to London, according to one of the capital's largest estate agents. Chestertons says that between...

Despite the current thawing of relations between Westminster and Beijing, caused by controversial new laws in Hong Kong (a former British colony)...

When putting together our recent three-part series on the Build to Rent sector, which concluded last Friday with a look at...

International investors make up a big chunk of Britain’s second home market, especially in London. Many of these investors hail from...

Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic disrupting pretty much every aspect of daily life, the latest research from lettings management platform Howsy...

A few weeks ago we looked at how a Chinese house-buying boom is on its way in the UK despite Covid-19. Here,...

A thought leadership article from UK-China PR agency 11K Consulting has revealed that a country’s healthcare system, air quality and food...

A young entrepreneur hailing from the North West has secured £100,000 pre-seed funding for her housing app. Lydia Jones officially founded Manchester-based...

A Chinese-led house buying boom is on the way in the UK, according to the CEO of Emerging Communications, a Chinese...

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has had a dramatic impact on all of our lives, including those who operate in the property...

The coronavirus pandemic is currently dominating all our lives, and is all anyone can really talk or think about at present.  In the property...

The coronavirus crisis has shut down most aspects of normal life, but with us all being told to stay at home...

Coronavirus – also known as Covid-19 – has had a dramatic impact on the world since the first reported cases in...

Experience Invest, a London-based firm which provides property investors in the UK and overseas access to exclusive investments across a variety of...

Birmingham development partners Galliard Homes and Apsley House Capital have achieved £70 million worth of sales at their flagship apartment scheme,...

Last week PIT attended a roundtable discussion at WeWork Monument where the future of Build to Rent, the role of PropTech/AI...

Estate agent Aston Chase has revealed that it has achieved more than £25 million worth of sales to Hong Kong buyers...

There has been an overall 3.5% average year-on-year increase in the prices of properties in the 150 global cities tracked by...

With approximately 120,250 Chinese people living in London, accounting for 1.5% of the capital's population, and many young Chinese people coming...

Build to Rent operator Atlas Residential has revealed that it will deploy $1 billion (£900 million) through its affiliate Atlas Residential...

In recent years the kitchen has become one of the most important rooms in the home – and this is further...

In the second quarter of this year, Berlin was the city with the strongest rate of annual house price growth, according...

Greece’s appeal as a property investment destination is increasing once again as the country continues to bounce back from severe economic...

New global free-to-list property portal Residential People recently hit its first milestone in securing 800 consumer property enquiries for estate agents...

Juwai.com, the Chinese portal for overseas real estate, and independent ski property portal SnowOnly have signed a partnership aiming to bring...

The current uncertainty being caused by Brexit has had a clear impact on the number of Chinese residential acquisitions in the...

Estimates by BNP Wealth Management predict that by 2026, Asia will be home to over 35% of the world’s investable real-estate...

Brexit uncertainty is continuing to drive foreign investment in the UK, research by CashbackRemortgages.co.uk has claimed. A third of multi-million pound homes...

The Portuguese are currently enjoying the benefits of a strong property market which has been boosted by the attractive prospect of...

Knight Frank’s Global Residential Cities increased by 6.1% in the year to June 2017, down from 6.9% last quarter. In other areas...

The Apprentice is now back on our screens, but one of its former candidates – Zeeshaan Shah from series 9 –...

Knight Frank’s Global House Price Index has revealed that across the 55 countries tracked, house prices increased by 5.6% on average...

There has been a sharp rise in amount of money Asian investors, particularly from China, are investing in London’s commercial property...

There was a 30% rise in the number of foreign buyers of property in Montreal in the first half of this...

Wealthy foreign investors, particularly from mainland China, are continuing to invest in Hong Kong’s ultra-luxury housing market as part of a...

The average price of a home across 150 cities worldwide increased by 6.9% in the 12 months to March 2017, the...

Residential property prices in Portugal increased by 7.9% in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period of...

Despite the introduction of higher property taxes, demand for residential property in Hong Kong shows no signs of slowing, especially from...

There was a 6.5% increase in global house prices in the year to March 2017, the highest annual rate of growth...

MortgageGym, which is planning to try and change the way UK consumers access the mortgage market, has announced the successful completion...

Real estate markets across Germany’s main cities are starting to look increasingly attractive to international property investors, especially those in southern...

Property investors from China have replaced those from Singapore as the largest group of foreign property buyers in Malaysia, fresh figures...

Investment from China last year exceeded Singapore as the largest source of Asian capital in the global property market for the...

The Chinese city of Shanghai has become the number one destination for property investment in Asia Pacific, replacing Tokyo in top...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of opportunistic foreign investors taking advantage of effective discounts caused by the...

Overseas investors were increasingly active in the UK property market during 2016, accounting for a significant share of all transactions, according...

Filled with glitzy glass towers and a fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, Hong Kong proudly proclaims itself to be ‘Asia’s...

Beijing’s mayor has pledged to stop residential property prices in the Chinese capital from rising in 2017 in an attempt to...

Global house prices rose 5.3% on average in the 12 months to September 2016, with Turkey, New Zealand and Iceland recording...

Trevor Abrahmsohn, director at Glentree Estates offers his thoughts on what property market trends we can expect over the coming year.  2016 has...

Portugal’s property market remains relatively strong, but fewer investors from overseas are talking advantage of an innovative visa programme that enables...

Residential property sales in Hong Kong have increased significantly despite the government’s decision to more than double stamp duty last month...

Since the shock Brexit result was announced in June, and the consequent drop in value of the pound, there has been...

Residential property prices in Australia’s leading inner-cities like Melbourne and Brisbane could tumble by as much as 15% by 2019, according...

Global property investment volumes have dropped for the first time in seven years as investors moved away from growing international risks,...

Chinese cities continue to dominate Knight Frank’s latest Global Residential Cities Index, which at 5.5% in Q2 2016 recorded its strongest...

New Zealand's housing market was the second best performer after China in the Global Property Guide’s latest survey, with the average price...

A growing number of investors are targeting Vienna’s pied-a-terre market, where attractive yields are on offer in key up-and-coming districts, according...

Residential property prices continued to boom in some parts of the world, with the five strongest housing markets in Global Property...

Five of the eleven Asian property markets for which figures are available saw house price increases during the year to Q2...

Residential property prices rose in 17 of the 22 European housing markets for which figures were available during the year to...

Residential property prices across the world increased on average by 4% in the 12 months to June 2016, with New Zealand,...

The Prime Minister Theresa May has warned that Britain’s exit from the European Union will not be straightforward for the economy,...

Investorist, which claims to be the world's largest off-plan property marketplace, is holding a week-long event in China next month. The event...

As of today, foreign investors will have to pay an additional property transfer tax of 15% to acquire residential property in...

Following Lewis Hamilton’s comfortable victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, we delve into the fast lane to take you...

A major Chinese manufacturing firm will invest more than £1bn in Sheffield over the next 60 years, including around £220m by...

Global house prices continued to increase but the top performing markets are seeing a slowdown in the rate of price growth...

Hotel prices in the UK have fallen for the first time in four years adding further fuel to the suggestion that...

Foreign investors are expected to push through deals for properties in the Australian state of Victoria before an increase in taxes...

Three property schemes in northern England will receive multi-million pound investment from China, Chancellor George Osborne has announced. £1.2bn will be pumped...