Archive for the ‘Surveys’ Category
by Overseas Property Mall on Monday, May 3rd, 2010 in International Real Estate Trends, Research, Surveys

Knight Frank, in conjunction with Citibank has just released its 2010 Wealth Report. The 25 page PDF document confirms what we have already pieced together from multiple reports as 2009 progressed from the first quart throughout the second half:
Prime property — which suffered last at the hands of the financial crisis, but suffered just as hard –experienced a rebound in many locations in 2009, while many more (71% according to the report) locations continued to suffer.
by OP-Mall on Monday, October 26th, 2009 in Research, Surveys

A summary of the findings of this index are as follows:
- House prices increased in nearly half of the reporting countries, suggesting a possible recovery may be on the horizon
- The quarterly drop in house prices worsened in fewer than 25% of these locations
- Israel is the top performer from 2Q 2008 to 2Q 2009, with an annual increase in house prices of 12.5%
- Taken quarterly, Norway saw the largest increase from Q1 2009 of 5.3%
- Dubai was the biggest loser over the year, dropping 47%, and was second worst on a quarterly basis, losing 7.5% from Q1 2009
Liam Bailey, head of residential research for Knight Frank has assessed the data and takes the following from it:
by OP-Mall on Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 in Stats, Surveys, Trends
Mercer’s latest Cost of Living Survey for Worldwide Cities has seen some changes from last year. In a flash overview, Tokyo is now officially the world’s most expensive city to live in for expats. Johannesburg is the cheapest. The top ten are dominated by European and Asian cities, while a major reshuffle took place thanks to currency fluctuations.
UK’s London dropped a massive 13 ranks to position 16 and New York has now joined the top ten. Here are the top ten at a glance:
| Rank 2009 | Rank 2008 | City | Country | Index 2009 | Index 2008 |
1 | 2 | TOKYO | JAPAN | 143.7 | 127 |
2 | 11 | OSAKA | JAPAN | 119.2 | 110 |
3 | 1 | MOSCOW | RUSSIA | 115.4 | 142.4 |
4 | 8 | GENEVA | SWITZERLAND | 109.2 | 115.8 |
5 | 6 | HONG KONG | HONG KONG | 108.7 | 117.6 |
6 | 9 | ZURICH | SWITZERLAND | 105.2 | 112.7 |
7 | 7 | COPENHAGEN | DENMARK | 105.0 | 117.2 |
8 | 22 | NEW YORK CITY | US | 100.0 | 100.0 |
9 | 20 | BEIJING | CHINA | 99.6 | 101.9 |
10 | 13 | SINGAPORE | SINGAPORE | 98.0 | 109.1 |
by OP-Mall on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 in Surveys, Trends

The latest global rankings survey by Mercer shows that the best places to live worldwide according to their survey are Switzerland, Germany, Canada and Austria. Being featured several times in the "top 20 cities to live in" each of these countries is present not once, but several times.
by OP-Mall on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 in Billionaire Homes, Stats, Surveys, Trends

The billionaire capital of the world is New York City according to Forbes latest posting of the top cities for billionaires. With 55 billionaires, New York reigns number one even after losing 16 billionaires since last years rating.
by Overseas Property Mall on Friday, March 27th, 2009 in London Property, Surveys, Trends, UK Property

London landlords are facing a tough time attracting tenants as a record number of properties are flooding the market, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
The best-presented property is still finding tenants – but only if the landlords charge a competitive or discounted rent.
by OP-Mall on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 in Research, Stats, Surveys
The latest annual Cushman & Wakefield Office Space Report takes a look at the world’s commercial markets and gives us a comprehensive overview on office costs all around the globe enabling companies to determine lucrative markets.

by VivaReal Network on Saturday, February 7th, 2009 in Colombian Property, Research, Surveys

This report analyzes data provided by Colombia’s Central Bank (El Banco de la Republica) as well as information taken from the DANE (Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadisticas), Colombia’s Superintendencia Financiera, and the DNP (Departamento Nacional de Planeacion).
We hope to provide a realistic picture on the Colombian real estate market and it’s potential for growth in both the short term as well as the long term level.
by OP-Mall on Thursday, January 15th, 2009 in International Real Estate Trends, Research, Stats, Surveys

Luanda in Angola, is apparently the most expensive city in the world
London-based human resources consultants, ECA International released their latest Cost of Living report late last year, on first look not much had changed from the year before. However, some of these cities still posed a surprise in terms of expense. Especially Luanda in Angola surprised us, since nobody would think them to be ranked the most expensive city in the world.
by OP-Mall on Saturday, November 29th, 2008 in Research, Surveys

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The Knight Frank Global House Price Index Q3 results have confirmed that the annual house price growth, except in Dubai has slowed from the June Q2 report of 4.8% to 3.8% in the third quarter.
With the US and Latvian market remaining at the bottom of the index, the UK is also spiraling towards the bottom. Average prices fell by 0.3% on a quarterly basis and more than half of all countries showed quarterly price falls, with one third now also showing annual price drops.
It is clear that every country in the world is more or less affected by the global credit crunch. An alarming concern is also the fact that prices fell in half of the lists countries during the third quarter of this year.