Trevor Leggett, chief executive, Leggett Immobilier, says that his firm has seen a steady increase of buyers in the first quarter of 2013 attracted by the lowest mortgage rates for 65 years and sensible pricing on behalf of vendors...

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has hired Leonid Zakharov to head the firm's strategic consulting for its office in St Petersburg. Having previously worked Knight Frank in St Petersburg for just over six years, Zakharov was seen as the perfect candidate for the job...

With the Dubai property market rapidly improving, a growing number of real estate brokerage firms in the emirate are reportedly on a hiring spree with hundreds of new broker vacancies arising in recent weeks...

The tiny state of Monaco plans to push back the sea to develop a luxury scheme, including a selection of high-end properties, in order to help plug the growing supply-demand imbalance...

The mainstream residential market in Hong Kong outperformed in April as developers sold remaining units before the introduction of new rules governing home sales, according to the latest Knight Frank Hong Kong Monthly report...

BRE is working with Franshion Properties (China) Ltd, one of China’s leading state owned developers, to give businesses an opportunity to showcase their most innovative and sustainable technologies in a new eco-city in China...

The first quarter of 2013 closed with the highest quarterly Madrid office take-up recorded since 2008 at approximately 160,000sqm, representing a 179% year-on-year rise, from 58,000sqm in Q1 2012, according to Savills...

Sales volumes on the Costa Blanca increased by 25% last month compared to April 2012, with buyers from Britain, Scandinavia and Benelux leading the charge, according to Taylor Wimpey España...

Would you get a company tattoo in return for a pay increase? Real estate agents in New York have agred to get their firm’s logo inked to their body in exchange for 15% wage rise...

In a bid to attract greater investment from Asian purchasers, Spanish estate agency Lucas Fox has teamed up with Asian property consultancy SQFT.  The Barcelona-based enterprise will showcase some of its residential and commercial opportunities in Cataluña and the Balearics to a delegation representing nine groups of Chinese and Korean investors...