Factor-model analysis of global real estate markets — what drove prices, what is driving them now, and what the data says next.
New York property market update for May 2026: Baseline Market up 5.3% YoY but down 2.2% over the last three months, with Elevator Building factor jumping 5.2% in Q4 2025.
Read more →A guided tour through the London factor model: what's driving prices right now, the current 12-month return on every major factor, and where to go next for postcode-level or long-run detail.
Read more →Does a better EPC band actually translate into a higher per-sqm price? London's 30-year EPC factor and Paris's GES coefficient, side by side, with the current 12-month read and the regulatory context.
Read more →London's EPC-rating factor peaked at +3.5% in 2022 and has since fallen to −3.6% (−4.1% YoY). Paris's GES coefficient over the same window: barely moved. Same regulatory backdrop, opposite market reaction.
Read more →In all four cities we cover, the hedonic size factor has fallen since 2020: NYC −9.3%, London −4.5%, Paris −1.9%, Singapore −0.5%. Smaller properties are gaining on larger ones everywhere.
Read more →Once you hold property characteristics fixed, Singapore HDB resale is up +54.7% since Jan 2020, NYC +45.5%, London +22.5%, Paris −1.4%. Paris is the only market that did not come back.
Read more →Singapore HDB resale factor model update for May 2026: Log Building Age drives +4.9% YoY repricing while Room Density swings sharply through 2025.
Read more →Paris property market update for May 2026 — factor-model decomposition of DVF data showing Baseline Market, Log Floor Area, GES Score and Sqm per Room moves through April 2025.
Read more →New York property market update for May 2026: Baseline Market +5.3% YoY but -2.2% over the last 3 months, while Elevator Building factor adds +5.3% YoY.
Read more →London property market update for May 2026: October 2025 factor model shows Baseline Market +9.4% YoY, Floor Area -3.8%, and energy_score -4.1%.
Read more →The Singapore Price Tier histogram has a heavy right hump. Probing covariates: post-2010 BTO flats sit overwhelmingly in the +2/+3 buckets (68%) while pre-1990 stock looks roughly bell-shaped. The model's seeing two HDB markets stacked on top of each other.
Read more →Paris property market update for May 2026: factor-model decomposition of DVF data through April 2025 shows Baseline Market down 3.6% YoY while Log Floor Area drags 3.2%.
Read more →London's Location Premium and Price Tier factors have moved in opposite directions since 2020 — prime postcodes paid a premium while top-tier homes underperformed.
Read more →Quality-adjusted prices rose 15.2% year-on-year — the strongest gain since the pandemic. Beneath the headline: flats fell 7.2%, the floor area factor hit a new low, and new builds staged a 7.1% recovery. What you own matters more than ever.
Read more →Three decades of London property cycles, decomposed factor by factor. What Brexit did to the flat premium. Why the COVID boom was a location rotation, not a space premium. How the rate-rise correction hit flats and new builds while outer London held firm.