Savills released the Autumn 2012 edition of its “World Cities Review.” This semi-annual report covers “the 10 cities shaping global real estate: Hong Kong, London, Moscow, Mumbai, New York, Paris, Sydney, Shanghai, Singapore (in photo above), and Tokyo. You can get the report as a free PDF here after registering.
The FT’s beyondbrics blog covered the current state of private equity investments in Latin America.
Western auction houses generally maintain a presence in China through offices in Hong Kong. Sotheby’s just changed all that with a deal that will allow it to operate in Beijing.
The World Property Channel noted that residential real estate prices are up in Austria and Germany … and way up in Hong Kong
The Wall Street Journal reported the Euro zone crisis is one of the factors that lead to Deutsche Bank’s decision to “cut back in Europe … and refocus on the faster-growing Asia-Pacific and Americas regions.” (Subscription required.)
The most recent post on the APRA Mid-South blog was about researching prospects in China and featured a good set of links for anyone interested in this topic. (Full disclosure: The post author also included a very kind shout-out to me and referenced the IFI Global Guide to China. Thank you very much!)
