‘This is just the start’: China’s passion for foreign property

A huge new wave of Chinese investment in overseas housing may be about to flow into the global market. In Hong Kong, Tom Phillips meets the salesmen who market British property to mainland China

Paris fashion week: Bouchra Jarrar shows she means business at Lanvin

New artistic director focuses on practicality and classic glamour at the Hôtel de Ville, a change perhaps inspired by falling profits

London houses are second most over-valued in world – UBS

‘Bubble index’ rates Vancouver as city with most unsustainable house prices and puts several other cities in middle of bubbles