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    Cities with biggest rise in residential prices revealed

    Manila and Budapest saw the strongest rise in annual price growth year-to-date and in Q1 2020 respectively, according to the latest Global Residential Cities Index from Knight Frank. Manila leads the annual rankings for the second consecutive quarter, with price growth of 22% in the year to March 2020, with Budapest following closely behind at […] More

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    Fewer US homes sold above list price in 2019

    The proportion of homes sold about the list price fell to a three-year low of 19.9% in 2019, suggesting last year was a less competitive one for buyers. The coolest top-35 markets were Miami (8.9% of homes sold above asking), Las Vegas (12.6%) and Tampa (13.3%). Las Vegas fell from 26.8% a year ago, which […] More

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    Property prices rise in 80% of key global cities

    Property prices in key cities across the world increased by 3.5% on average in the second quarter of 2019, led by annual growth of 25% in Xi’an in Chine, the latest international index shows. Overall, some 80% of the 150 cities covered by the Knight Frank index saw property prices rise in the 12 months […] More

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    Key cities around the world seeing prime property market slowing

    Mounting economic headwinds are contributing to slower prime property price growth in key cities around the world and leading policymakers in developed and emerging markets alike to cut interest rates. The latest prime global index from Knight Frank shows that residential prices across 46 cities increased by 1.4% in the year to June 2019, up […] More