Seoul and Tokyo lead global prime residential growth in 2026 according to the latest research from Savills.

Savills places the Portuguese capital among the five global markets with the highest appreciation potential in 2026, alongside Seoul, Tokyo, Madrid and Cape Town.

Entrepreneurs are more likely to consider property investment rather than a pension to build their wealth, according to research from Brown Shipley, a Quintet private bank. The survey among entrepreneurs and wealthy individuals in the UK found that entrepreneurs are more likely than wealthy individuals overall to have amassed wealth through investment in property, and less likely to have done so through a pension. Almost a third of entrepreneurs (30%) state that property inve