Prime Global Cities Index

Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe.

Miami leads the world for house price growth as coastal living and low taxes prove too good to resist for remote workers. 

Pay cuts for remote workers, the UK mortgage war heats up and which city is leading the global house price boom?

Prime prices across 46 cities increased at an average rate of 8.2% in the year to June 2021, up from 4.6% in March.

Globally, prime residential prices are rising at their fastest rate since Q4 2017.

The Knight Frank Prime Global Cities Index is still registering prime price growth despite the pandemic.

The new lockdown’s housing market impact, the global property rethink and the outlook for classic car investment

Our latest quarterly look at luxury prices shows Auckland, Seoul and Stockholm performing strongly – all markets that are either thought to have handled the crisis well or applied a lighter touch to…

This is our first opportunity to take the pulse of prime residential markets around the world since our PIRI 100 Index in The Wealth Report 2020. A lot has happened since December 2019. 

A year ago we announced the start of 'the Great Moderation' in prime residential markets. Twelve months on the slowdown has gathered pace.