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Asian and Middle East Real Estate HNW Investors Prefer London

The majority of overseas high net worth individuals pinpoint London real estate as their top target investment class, according to the inaugural International Private...

Commercial real estate cheaper in Europe

Sovereign wealth funds, institutions and private companies from the Middle East and Asia are getting advantage on the Eurozone crisis Summer 2012 European Market Indicators...

Why vacation rental properties are gaining popularity

Europe is the world’s largest holiday rentals market, and vacation rentals have always been an attractive accommodation option for European holiday makers. However, it...

Asian property markets outperformed US and Europe

Asian property markets outperformed those in the US and Europe during the last property cycle, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD). A new report...

Transparency in global real estate markets increases

United States, United Kingdom, Australia rank as world’s most transparent real estate markets MIST markets among leading improvers African, Middle Eastern, Latin American markets lag A biennial...

Property investors shift focus from Asia to Americas

The Americas was the best performing region globally for real estate investment value, according to the Q1 2012 CBRE Global Office Capital Value Index....

Global house prices static in Q1 of 2012

Europe's woes hit global house prices The Knight Frank Global House Price Index recorded its weakest annual performance since the depths of the recession in...

Prime London Market Report

In recent years a large number of Middle Eastern investors expres interest in purchasing properties in Londonand other parts of the United Kingdom. Fynders,...

Global residential property downturn gathers pace

The world's housing markets are clearly on the downturn so far in 2012, according to the Global Property Guide's latest residential property price indices...

World’s key cities property index turns negative

The Knight Frank Prime Global Cities Index recorded its first quarterly fall since 2009, with the average value of prime property in the world’s...

Most overvalued property markets

Having analysed 21 established property markets worldwide, The Economist magazine has compiled a list of the most expensive home prices when compared against rents. The...

Where are the world’s wealthiest people buying homes?

Most of the world’s richest people are opting primarily to invest in established property markets rather than buy homes in emerging destinations, a new...

World’s most expensive office market

Newly-released figures from Knight Frank show that London is no longer the location with the highest prime office rents in the world. Hong Kong replaced...

Global house prices edged higher in 2011

Global House Price Index could slip into negative territory during 2012 The property market in Brazil was the strongest performing globally last year, while Ireland...

Activity returns to Cairo’s real estate market

Future prospects of the real estate market largely dependent on Egypt’s ability to address many unresolved issues according to Jones Lang LaSalle Jones Lang LaSalle,...

Middle Eastern property investors eye Central London residential market

Regional investors account for 9% of total Jones Lang LaSalle London new property development sales in 2011 Property valued at US$ 180 million sold, up...

Global Outlook for Real Estate remains unclear

Macro-economic and political landscape uncertainty suggests that a cautious outlook for commercial real estate is likely to persist into 2012, according to a new...

Property investors eye Europe for bargain deals

Activity among property investors looking to take advantage of favorable conditions increased in Q4 of 2011, according to CBRE.