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Knight Frank: elite housing is a desirable investment world ultrahaynetov

03.03.2017
Homesoverseas.ru editorial office
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The international consulting company Knight Frank has just published the annual survey The Wealth Report 2017, conducted jointly with the consulting company New World Wealth. It is based on surveys of 900 representatives of the world's leading private banks and investment advisors to manage the assets of which are about 10 000 customers total cost of more than $ 2 trillion.
The report discusses in detail about the preferences and trends observed over the last year with the formation of the investment portfolios of the world ultrahaynetami - people whose condition is between $ 30 million.

Of course, one of the main investment focus is ultrahaynetov property. So, in 2016 the share of elite residential real estate in their portfolio was 16%, commercial real estate - 24%. Taken together, the share of real estate in the structure of the global investment portfolio took 40%. The share of real estate investments in the structure ultrahaynetov from Russia and the CIS countries accounted for 29%, in the elite residential real estate had 10% of commercial property - 19%.

Moreover, among the real estate segments of interest to the ultra-rich people, luxury housing in the first place - 60% are interested in investing. 44% are interested in offices, 29% - commercial real estate, 24% - health care facilities.

In the past year among regions of the world the biggest increase in prices for elite real estate has shown Australasia (+ 11.4%), Asia (+ 5.1%) and North America (+ 4.5%). Europe and the Caribbean settled in the middle of the rankings with moderate dynamics of + 0.5% and -0.3%, respectively. Latin America (-2.7%), Middle East (-3.3%), Africa (3.4%) and Russia and the CIS countries (-5.5%) show a negative trend under the pressure of several factors: a weak currency , slowing economy, rising inflation, low oil prices and growing political risks.

In 2016, the pace of the elite real estate prices in 100 cities around the world slowed down and grew by 1.4% against 1.8% in 2015 to 60 out of 100 cities showed a positive trend. In the 39 cities there was a fall in prices, 18 of them are in Europe. Ten leading cities in 2016 in terms of growth of prices for elite real estate has undergone significant changes as compared to 2015. For example, double-digit price growth showed nine cities in the world, three of which are in China. Shanghai (+ 27.4%), Beijing (+ 26.8%) and Guangzhou (+ 26.6%) took the first place ranking. Vancouver, in the lead in terms of growth of prices in the past year, down 7 place with growth of 14.5%. In the top 10 of the world market leaders in 2016 also included two European cities: Amsterdam (+ 10.1%) and Gstaad (+ 10%), and 3 cities in North America: Toronto (+ 15.1%), Vancouver ( + 14.5%), Seattle (+ 9.7%).

The top 20 global markets including three German cities: Berlin (+ 8.7%), Munich (+ 8%), Frankfurt (+ 4.5%). Popular among Russian ultrahaynetov Monaco in 2016 closed the top 50 with an increase in prices of 1.02%. Last year, Monaco is in the top 10 (+ 10%).

London, very popular among the wealthy people of the world, ranked 92 in the ranking of 100 cities with an indicator of the annual fall in prices for elite real estate at a rate of 6.3% in 2016. (In 2015, London took 54 place with growth of 1%.) In the fall in prices in London are more affected by increasing stamp duty on the purchase of real estate worth 1.5 billion pounds. Influence Brexit was not as dramatic, in contrast, even increased the attractiveness and accessibility of the London property for foreign buyers on the background of sagging of the pound sterling.

Monaco leads the world in the value of real estate for 6 years: here for $ 1 million can buy only 17 square meters. m. gentrification. In Hong Kong and New York for $ 1 million, you can buy 20 square meters. m and 27 sq. m., respectively. At the same time, London has become more affordable for overseas buyers in 2016 here you could buy 30 square meters. m gentrification to 22 square meters. g. 2015 m

Interestingly, in 2016 the company Knight Frank for the first time developed an index of the 40 most significant for ultrahaynetov cities in the world, which were assessed on four key criteria: the number of ultra-rich people who live in the city, the volume of private investments in real estate of the city, with an emphasis on foreign capital, the number of internal and international flights of the first and business classes, the forecast of the number of ultrahaynetov in the city to 2026 Thus, in the top 10 most important cities in the world for ultrahaynetov entered in 2016: London, New York, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Singapore, San Francisco, Beijing and Tokyo.

The most popular location to buy property in the ultra-people from all over the world - this is Europe. 100% ultrahaynetov from Russia and the CIS countries, 89% - in the Middle East, 80% - in Africa, 34% - Australasia, 39% - Asia, 55% - in Latin America, 52% - in North America already have in Europe the elite real estate. In second place in popularity - North America. In turn, real estate in Russia and the CIS are only 9% ultrahaynetov from North America, 4% - from Europe.

The most popular country to buy a "second home" in ultrahaynetov the world is the United Kingdom. Ultra-rich people from Russia and CIS countries also acquire residential property in Switzerland, France, Monaco, Germany.

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