What property features are the world’s richest house hunters looking for?

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Research from leading, high-net-worth mortgage broker, Enness Global, has revealed which luxury property features have seen the biggest surge in popularity since the start of the year.

From waterfront views to private pools, in-house chefs and wine cellars, the world’s super-rich home buyers have a slightly different list of property requirements compared to the average buyer.

Enness Global has compiled a list of the most searched features across six global property playgrounds of the super-rich based on their search trend score and year on year change. The search trend score reveals which property features are currently seeing the greatest search volume.

Most popular property features 

It seems as though wherever you are buying at the top end of the market, the same property features hold the greatest interest amongst buyers.

New-builds, a spa, a furnished property, a garage, a garden, a good view and a waterfront property consistently ranked in the top five features across London, Monaco, Singapore, New York, Honk Kong and Dubai.

A new property was of the greatest interest to buyers in London, Singapore, New York and Hong Kong.

In Monaco, unsurprisingly with space at a premium, homebuyers searching for a property with a garage was by far the most sought after requirement, double that even of the next most popular search term of ‘new’.

Biggest increases in interest 

However, while these traditional property features will always hold a strong level of interest, a number of additional features have seen a sharp uplift in buyer search interest so far this year when compared to the same time last year.

Sea views, a library, private pools, upgraded and modern homes, home gyms, a wine cellar, a chef, security, a games room and a sauna are some of the most common features to have seen an increase.

In London, searches for properties with upgraded specifications above and beyond that of the regular home have seen the largest increase (+67%), along with wine cellars (+50%) and home gyms (+28%).

In Monaco, interestingly searches for a sauna (+122%) have seen a surge, with both a sea view (+77%) and view in general (+45%) also growing in popularity, perhaps as people were confined to their properties for a number of months this year.

In Singapore, homes with a games rooms (+118%) have seen the largest uplift in interest, while in New York, private pools (+245%), home gyms (158%) and wine cellars (+42%) have increased in popularity.

In Hong Kong, searches for homes with a garage (+731%), sea view (+205%) and library (+113%) have increased the most, with a sea view (+368%) and a library (+184%) also increasing in popularity in Dubai, along with private pools (+166%).

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