Prime streets, trophy assets and the yields between them.
The benchmark land survey is the second of Japan's two official readings each year, published on 16 September with a 1 July valuation date. Tokyo's prime still rises in double digits — but the survey's own half-year data says the fastest six months are already behind it, and the money has moved to the redevelopment frontier.
September 17, 2026 · 6 min read
Hong Kong's most expensive addresses are a supply story wearing a demand story's clothes. To know what the Peak is worth, count completed sales and watch who is forced to sell — which is almost no one.
September 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Eighteen months after Britain abolished the non-dom regime, prime central London has learned who lived there for the tax and who lived there for the life. The two groups sell at different speeds and different discounts.
September 11, 2026 · 4 min read
Dubai's handover wave is under way, and the cranes are still up. The buyer's question this autumn is no longer whether the city is real, but how much of the boom's off-plan supply was sold to people who will never live in it.
September 9, 2026 · 4 min read
Prime used to mean expensive. With money no longer free, the word must mean something stricter: scarce, liquid and wanted by more than one nation's buyers. The arithmetic that separates the label from the marketing.
September 8, 2026 · 4 min read
