Leo touch for 10 Trinity Square
The award-winning and internationally recognised hotelier Grace Leo, has been appointed Vice President of the Beijing-based multinational developer Reignwood Investments U.K. Limited where she will play a pivotal role in the redevelopment of the landmark Ten Trinity Square (pictured).Joining her...
Continue Reading • 5 Aug 2014
Savills, Deloitte to sell The Gerkin
Savills and Deloitte Real Estate have been jointly instructed to sell London’s iconic The Gherkin, with marketing of the iconic 505,000 sq ft (46,914 sqm) office building about to start with interest expected from all corners of the globe. Designed by Lord Foster, the 40-storey skyscraper...
Continue Reading • 31 Jul 2014
Luxury rentals decline in HK
Luxury apartment rents on Hong Kong dropped by 2.6 percent in the quarter ending June 2014, according to the latest research report from Savills.It noted one contributing factor was weakening demand from the financial sector.Townhouse rents fell more heavily, by 3.7 percent in Q2, alongside...
Continue Reading • 31 Jul 2014
New launches in the Philippines
Having recorded 5.7 percent GDP growth at the end of the first quarter, the residential property market in the Philippines is rocketing ahead with more new launches announced by leading developers.In its Philippine Property Market Monitor report for July 2014, JLL noted that Anchor Land Holdings...
Continue Reading • 28 Jul 2014
How to exit your student investment
For the last eight years, I have had the good fortune to be a part of Pinnacle MC Global Network. Pinnacle has changed beyond all recognition since I started, reflecting the changes seen across this industry, seeing new competition come and go, and a constant movement towards increasing the...
Continue Reading • 28 Jul 2014
Vietnam call for realtor regulation
Vietnam’s National Assembly has called for industry regulation as part of a draft Law on Real Estate Trading currently being debated.The law, members said, should clarify requirements on licensing real estate brokers.Speaking to the media Phan Trung Ly, Chairman of the NA Legal...
Continue Reading • 17 Jul 2014
London buyers urged not to wait
Thai buyers looking at London are being urged to consider making their purchases ahead of the introduction of a capital gains tax in April 2015.Frank Khan, Head of Residential for Knight Frank Thailand, explained there is limited supply of prime London property while there is a huge demand from...
Continue Reading • 10 Jul 2014
Indonesians go to the polls
Indonesians go to the polls tomorrow (Wednesday) to elect a new president, with one candidate intending to allow foreign property buyers to purchase luxury units priced at least IDR2.5 billion (THB6.9 million) in larger cities and on Bali.Presidential candidate Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi,...
Continue Reading • 8 Jul 2014
Price growth slows in Malaysia
The Malaysian House Price Index (MHPI) shows that residential prices across the country are stabilising, according to the central bank.In Q4 2013, MHPI rose by only 9.6 percent compared to a higher growth of 12.2 percent a year ago. This is also the first time that the index was below 10 percent...
Continue Reading • 25 Jun 2014
Dubai in the Singapore spotlight
Residential property prices in Dubai continue to lead the rest of the world with a recorded price growth of 27.7 percent over 12 months to the end of March 2014, according to the latest Knight Frank Global House Price Index which ranked the emirate top among 54 countries.Other factors that...
Continue Reading • 25 Jun 2014
Why Asian buyers love luxury homes in Dubin and Paris
News reports earlier this month identifying Singapore-based buyers as the leading overseas buyers of luxury residential property in Dublin. Ireland, raised eyebrows with a number of market watchers.Knight Frank, in its European Cities Review research report, also noted that Singapore buyers are...
Continue Reading • 25 Jun 2014
EcoHouse: We will deliver
EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian social housing investment developer EcoHouse has hit back at claims that it will fail to deliver returns to its thousands of global investors, and maintains that it is fully committed to completing its social housing projects in the South American country.As many as 800...
Continue Reading • 25 Jun 2014
UK village up for sale
An entire village in the southwest of England is being marketed for sale with a price tag in excess of £11.5 million (THB628 million). The Bantham Estate in south Devon (pictured) is on sale for the first time in 90 years through estate agents Strutt & Parker. It features 21 houses over...
Continue Reading • 4 Jun 2014
RM2m limit for Johor landed homes
The ruler of the Malaysian state of Johor has backed plans for a new RM2 million (THB20.23 million) ceiling for foreign buyers of landed property in the state.The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, said earlier this week that the current RM1 million limit is unsuitable for...
Continue Reading • 4 Jun 2014
Cuba to offer visa with property
Cuba has become the latest country to offer residency visa alongside property purchases made by overseas buyers and investors.The Caribbean island republic joins the likes of Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Ireland as one of a growing number of countries that offer some form of residency visa with...
Continue Reading • 30 May 2014
New standard for London landlords
The Mayor of London has launched the U.K. capital's first ever rental standard, a city-wide badge of accreditation that aims to help millions of Londoners rent property with confidence, and to give the city's 300,000 landlords peace of mind that they are complying with the law and doing the right...
Continue Reading • 29 May 2014
Scotland is best for UK student property investments
A new report has identified Scotland as offering some of the best investment opportunities to U.K. student accommodation property investors.In its annual report on the sector, real estate firm Savills revealed how student property investments reached £950 million during the first...
Continue Reading • 28 May 2014
London seminar goes ahead
A London property seminar organised by CBRE Thailand’s International Property Division will go ahead in Bangkok this weekend.Attendees will discover more information about London and its property market, and why property investments in the U.K. capital continue to be lucrative. They will...
Continue Reading • 28 May 2014
Towers to target London shortage
New research by CBRE has found that the resurgence of high rise living – driven by a need to build up rather than out – means that 13,600 residential units are currently under construction in new towers in London, with a further 70,000 units now in the planning pipeline. That’s...
Continue Reading • 19 May 2014
Exclusive Fiji resort on the market
The Koro Sun Resort & Rainforest Spa in one of Fiji’s most exclusive hotel pockets has been listed for sale through CBRE Hotels and Wests Realty Fiji.Strong growth in Fiji’s tourism market is expected to underpin significant interest in the recently expanded resort, which is being...
Continue Reading • 8 May 2014