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13 April 2022
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Hong Kong buyers currently have the biggest property footprint within the London market, new research from Benham and Reeves shows. The agent’s...
18 March 2022
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In this guest piece, Dennis Chan, head of international sales at Chestertons, gives his take on the off plan market and...
04 March 2022
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The ‘potent’ mix of the Covid-19 pandemic and the slow demise of the Evergrande Group, one of China’s largest development companies, is...
04 February 2022
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We often hear about the attractiveness of the British market to Chinese and Hong Kong investors, but new research has also...
15 November 2021
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A new thought leadership paper has asked whether the Home Counties – the typically affluent counties surrounding London – will be...
22 October 2021
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At various points throughout the pandemic, we have posed the question as to whether the UK’s major auction houses will return...
17 September 2021
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A UK-based private property investment and management company has launched the Sandstone Residential REIT, focused on traditional residential property across ten...
13 August 2021
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The outlook for Greece’s property market is buoyant, off the back of gradual lifting of restrictions and a surging vaccination programme...
23 June 2021
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The prime end of the market has been one of the hardest hit by Covid-19, but Euroterra Capital – known as...
26 May 2021
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Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and the start of the first lockdown in March 2020, major auction houses up...
19 May 2021
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The stamp duty holiday – which began in July last year and will continue in its current format until the end...
17 May 2021
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In recent times, regional property markets have seen a significant increase in investor interest. This upwards trajectory has been historically driven...
12 May 2021
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Despite the ongoing implications of Brexit and, more recently, the pandemic, the number of overseas landlords owning property in the UK...
07 April 2021
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Britain and Hong Kong have long had close relations, not least because it was a British colony until as recently as...
29 March 2021
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A new thought leadership paper has looked at where, what and why Chinese high-net-worth-individuals (HWNIs) and investors are buying and developing in...
22 March 2021
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International investors are increasingly focusing on the buy-to-let (BTL) property market in the North West of England, according to property investment...
10 March 2021
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Few places remain unaffected by the Covid-19 pandemic, with cases fluctuating across the nation, but still high overall. Domestically, as far...
03 February 2021
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The number of properties owned by overseas companies in England and Wales has fallen by 4,000 since the EU referendum in...
29 January 2021
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With 2021 nearly upon us, it’s time to look forward to what the next 12 months could bring from a property...
23 December 2020
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At the start of this year, you would have got very, very long odds on the prospect of UK-wide lockdowns, mandatory...
23 December 2020
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The UK's second tier cities are very often more appealing to international investors in terms of guranteed rental returns - as...
30 November 2020
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Sally Maier-Yip, managing director of 11K Consulting, the UK's leading China PR and comms agency, outlines why buyers from Hong Kong and...
13 November 2020
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Demand from Chinese investors for UK property soared in July after plummeting between April-June, during the height of the coronavirus lockdown. In...
30 September 2020
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18 September 2020
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A residential property and design consultancy for the prime and super-prime London market is seeking to disrupt the traditional model by...
14 September 2020
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At the start of 2020, the French property market had been flying, with demand for prestige property leading the way. Sales were at...
11 September 2020
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The Prime Central London (PCL) property market is the busiest it has been for over five years, according to estate agency...
19 August 2020
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Demand from Hong Kong buyers looking to 'safeguard' their money in London's 'reliable' property market is on the rise, according to...
07 August 2020
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Property buyers from Hong Kong are flocking to London, according to one of the capital's largest estate agents. Chestertons says that between...
31 July 2020
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Global super-prime property markets have performed strongly in recent months, despite the challenges of Covid-19 lockdowns. Knight Frank research shows that 153...
27 July 2020
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Despite the current thawing of relations between Westminster and Beijing, caused by controversial new laws in Hong Kong (a former British colony)...
24 July 2020
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Knowing exactly where you can go without having to self-isolate for 14 days upon your return to the UK will be...
08 July 2020
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Despite the uncertainties posed by coronavirus for the higher education sector, new student accommodation developments are showing no signs of slowing...
01 July 2020
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When putting together our recent three-part series on the Build to Rent sector, which concluded last Friday with a look at...
22 June 2020
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A recently-completed £85 million development in Salford has been a huge success with overseas property investors. Downtown, six interlinked apartment blocks inspired...
25 May 2020
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International investors make up a big chunk of Britain’s second home market, especially in London. Many of these investors hail from...
22 May 2020
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A thought leadership article from UK-China PR agency 11K Consulting has revealed that a country’s healthcare system, air quality and food...
08 May 2020
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A Chinese-led house buying boom is on the way in the UK, according to the CEO of Emerging Communications, a Chinese...
24 April 2020
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The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has had a dramatic impact on all of our lives, including those who operate in the property...
24 April 2020
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The coronavirus pandemic is currently dominating all our lives, and is all anyone can really talk or think about at present. In the property...
10 April 2020
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Hostmaker, the London-based short-let property management company, has entered administration, just a week after speculation of its possible insolvency was revealed in the Sunday...
04 March 2020
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Experience Invest, a London-based firm which provides property investors in the UK and overseas access to exclusive investments across a variety of...
21 February 2020
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Knight Frank has analysed sales data in the most exclusive global residential locations to list the top 10 ultra-prime streets and...
20 December 2019
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Estate agent Aston Chase has revealed that it has achieved more than £25 million worth of sales to Hong Kong buyers...
22 November 2019
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GuestReady Group, a leading short-term let and Airbnb property manager, announced this week that it has passed the milestone of $1billion...
15 November 2019
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Build to Rent operator Atlas Residential has revealed that it will deploy $1 billion (£900 million) through its affiliate Atlas Residential...
16 September 2019
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There has been a surge in the number of Hong Kong residents travelling to London to invest in residential property, according...
24 July 2019
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The French property market saw a record 970,000 transactions in 2018, up from 564,000 in the depths of the financial crisis. The...
15 May 2019
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Estimates by BNP Wealth Management predict that by 2026, Asia will be home to over 35% of the world’s investable real-estate...
21 December 2018
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The UK’s Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector is predicted to reach a total combined value of over £53 billion by...
19 December 2018
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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...
30 November 2018
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The average price for a two-bed city centre flat in the UK is £227,000, nearly £100,000 more than in Europe (£131,000)...
26 September 2018
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Fresh research examining the movement of prime residential prices in the world’s top cities since the start of the financial crisis,...
23 March 2018
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Research has revealed there are more than twice as many millennial millionaires in US cities than anywhere else in the world. The...
24 November 2017
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Knight Frank’s Global House Price Index has revealed that across the 55 countries tracked, house prices increased by 5.6% on average...
12 September 2017
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Central London commercial investment levels hit £11.5bn during the first seven months of 2017, marking a 24% rise on the corresponding...
01 September 2017
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Commercial property investment in the City of London last month totalled £2.1bn, boosted by the sale of the Walkie Talkie to...
22 August 2017
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There has been a sharp rise in amount of money Asian investors, particularly from China, are investing in London’s commercial property...
21 August 2017
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More than £1.bn was invested in the London hotel market during the first half of this year, which accounts for 55%...
09 August 2017
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Wealthy foreign investors, particularly from mainland China, are continuing to invest in Hong Kong’s ultra-luxury housing market as part of a...
27 July 2017
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The average lot size for commercial property investments in the City of London reached almost £110m last month, up 52% on...
27 June 2017
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Despite the introduction of higher property taxes, demand for residential property in Hong Kong shows no signs of slowing, especially from...
20 June 2017
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There was a 6.5% increase in global house prices in the year to March 2017, the highest annual rate of growth...
13 June 2017
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MortgageGym, which is planning to try and change the way UK consumers access the mortgage market, has announced the successful completion...
23 May 2017
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AIPP CEO, Peter Robinson, talks to Tim Morgan (below right), owner of ERE Property, a UK based company selling UK investment...
07 April 2017
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Property investors from China have replaced those from Singapore as the largest group of foreign property buyers in Malaysia, fresh figures...
31 March 2017
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Investment from China last year exceeded Singapore as the largest source of Asian capital in the global property market for the...
02 March 2017
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There has been a sharp rise in the number of opportunistic foreign investors taking advantage of effective discounts caused by the...
09 February 2017
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Investment volumes in London increased to £4.1bn in the final quarter of 2016, the latest Property Perspective report from CBRE shows. The...
09 February 2017
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Filled with glitzy glass towers and a fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, Hong Kong proudly proclaims itself to be ‘Asia’s...
09 January 2017
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Global house prices rose 5.3% on average in the 12 months to September 2016, with Turkey, New Zealand and Iceland recording...
04 January 2017
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Residential property sales in Hong Kong have increased significantly despite the government’s decision to more than double stamp duty last month...
08 December 2016
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International investors accounted for 78% of the commercial property acquired in central London in the last three months, as the fall...
11 October 2016
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House prices in London are at risk of falling sharply because they are grossly overvalued, according to research from UBS Global...
28 September 2016
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Residential property prices continued to boom in some parts of the world, with the five strongest housing markets in Global Property...
23 September 2016
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Five of the eleven Asian property markets for which figures are available saw house price increases during the year to Q2...
23 September 2016
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Residential property prices across the world increased on average by 4% in the 12 months to June 2016, with New Zealand,...
09 September 2016
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YT Realty Group Ltd, the Hong Kong-based investment company, has purchased the Travelodge Hotel close to Liverpool Street Station in London...
12 August 2016
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Prime residential property prices across the world’s major cities increased on average by 4.4% in the 12 months to June 2016, with...
08 August 2016
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Residential property sales in Hong Kong have plunged by 39% in the six months ending June compared with the same period...
05 August 2016
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The world’s wealthiest people have seen their fortunes take a major hit by the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. Gripped...
01 July 2016
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Property sales in Hong Kong fell by 11% in May compared with the corresponding month last year despite a 2% increase...
23 June 2016
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Government measures to rein in property prices and curb speculation in Hong Kong, including a 15% stamp duty for foreign buyers,...
10 June 2016
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London is now the destination of choice for the world's richest investors, according to recent findings from high-end agency Knight Frank....
09 October 2015
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I’ve seen a sharp rise this year in the number of foreign investors looking to establish a presence or even expand...