Global Realty

Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Tower reaches 116 floors, challenging the UAE’s Burj Khalifa for the world’s tallest building title as the Kingdom accelerates economic diversification, attracts international investment and expands its real estate ambitions.

Cyprus plans tighter golden visa rules as it pursues Schengen membership, reviewing thousands of existing permits and considering new investment priorities. The proposed changes put investor compliance and the programme’s economic benefits under scrutiny.

For more than four decades, St Kitts and Nevis has occupied an unusual position in global investment migration. It pioneered citizenship by investment in 1984. Now, Premier of Nevis Mark Brantley believes the model is entering another transformation.

Migration law expert Lisa Chanesman explains why New Zealand’s Active Investor Plus Visa is gaining traction among global investors and how it fits into wider wealth planning, residency diversification and long-term mobility strategies.

Latvia is recasting its Golden Visa regime around a €150,000 fund investment, replacing traditional property and bank routes as tighter security screening and declining programme use reshape investor residence in the Baltic state.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Irish castle purchase highlights a wider trend: global wealth is turning to Ireland’s great estates, drawn by privacy, scarcity, political stability, EU access and the country’s unusually insulated Atlantic geography.

China’s Tianjin 117, the world’s tallest unoccupied skyscraper, is edging towards completion after years of delay, offering a striking case study in how architectural ambition, prestige and political symbolism can run ahead of genuine property-market demand.

Malta is gaining traction among Asian investors seeking European residence, family security and long-term mobility, as interest grows in the Malta Permanent Residence Programme and wider residence planning.

Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Tower has reached 107 floors and 430 metres, reviving a one-kilometre development wager as war disrupts regional trade and tests confidence across the Red Sea and Gulf.

A global housing ranking reveals a vast affordability divide, while fresh BIS and OECD data show why property remains increasingly tied to wealth, credit and mobility. Pictured: Shenzhen, China.