Global Property Guide

What Global Property Guide does

Global Property Guide is a subscription-based data platform that aggregates international residential real estate market intelligence across more than 80 countries. The platform compiles and normalizes data from official sources including national statistics offices, central banks, and property portals, and exposes it through a unified suite of product modules covering rental yields (country and city level), house price indices, square meter prices, median asking prices, rent price indices, median rent prices, mortgage rates, transaction costs, property taxes, rental income tax, and rental laws. Coverage extends to 400+ cities across Europe, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Pacific, Africa, and North America, with historical time-series stretching up to 20 years for mortgage rates and 15+ years for house price indices.

The underlying technology is a data aggregation and analytics layer rather than an AI-driven system, applying standardized methodologies (for example, gross rental yield = median monthly rent × 12 ÷ median purchase price × 100) to enable apples-to-apples cross-country comparisons. Product delivery is digital-first via a subscription website, with interactive time-series trackers, an interactive world map spanning 85 countries and 38 metrics, downloadable CSV and Google Sheets exports, and quarterly market reports.

The business operates on a freemium model: free summary data drives top-of-funnel acquisition, while paid annual subscriptions unlock historical time-series, full datasets, and exports. A 45-minute free consultation and separately sold quarterly market reports provide additional monetization. Customers span individual international property investors, real estate professionals (agents, brokers, advisors), and financial institutions. Named enterprise users include UBS, Sotheby's International Realty, Bloomberg, IFC, Juwai, and Engel & Volkers. The company is founder-led and bootstrapped (no funding rounds disclosed), operating under the legal entity Global Property Guide LLC with operational presence in Tallinn, Estonia, and a team of 11–50 employees.

Name

Global Property Guide

Legal name

Global Property Guide LLC

Website

https://globalpropertyguide.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Global Property Guide is a subscription-based data platform that aggregates and standardizes international residential real estate market data across 80+ countries, serving individual investors, real estate professionals, and financial institutions with rental yields, price indices, and transaction cost intelligence.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Data Analytics

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (531210)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Valuation & Appraisal (BPAHANAC)

Keywords

• Real estate data analytics
• Rental yield intelligence
• Property market research
• International property comparison
• Residential real estate data

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription Access: Annual subscription required for full time-series data access, Google Sheets exports, and CSV downloads. Tiered access model with basic free content and premium paid tiers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Global Property Guide is a subscription-based data platform that aggregates and standardizes international residential real estate market data across 80+ countries, covering rental yields, house price indices, square meter prices, mortgage rates, transaction costs, and property taxes. The company sells tiered subscription access to its proprietary datasets, interactive time-series trackers, an interactive world map, comparison tools, investor insights, and quarterly market reports to individual investors and institutional clients.

Product overview

Global Property Guide is a data-as-a-service platform providing comprehensive international real estate market intelligence. The offering consists of a unified data platform with 17 distinct product modules covering rental yields (by country and city), house price indices, square meter prices, median asking prices, rent price indices, median rent prices, mortgage rates, transaction costs, property taxes, rental income tax, rental laws, investor insights, quarterly trackers, quarterly reports, country comparison tools, and an interactive world map. Data spans 80+ countries with coverage across Europe, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Pacific, Africa, and North America. The platform aggregates official data from government sources, central banks, national statistics offices, and property portals, updated on quarterly or biannual schedules depending on the metric. Users can access raw data, time-series trackers, market reports, and analytical case studies through a subscription model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rental Yields (Countries) Gross average rental yields for 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom residential properties across 80+ countries, calculated using median property prices and rental rates from local real estate listings. Updated biannually for international property investors comparing cross-border yields.
• Rental Yields (Cities) Gross average rental yields for 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom residential properties in cities across 80+ countries, sourced from local real estate listings. Updated biannually for city-level yield comparisons.
• House Price Index Global house price changes over 1, 5, 10, and 15 years across 80+ countries, including nominal and inflation-adjusted data. Sourced from government websites and national statistical offices. Updated quarterly.
• Square Meter Prices Average square meter prices for residential properties in 250+ cities across 75+ countries, based on national statistics offices, central banks, or property portals. Updated quarterly for international property investors.
• Median Asking Prices Latest median asking prices for 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom apartments across 400+ locations in 80+ countries, sourced from local property portals. Updated biannually.
• Rent Price Index Global rent price changes over 1, 5, 10, and 15 years across 60+ countries, sourced from national statistics offices and official organizations. Updated quarterly.
• Median Rent Prices Latest median monthly asking rents for 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom apartments across 400+ locations in 80+ countries, sourced from local property portals. Updated biannually.
• Mortgage Rates Current and historical housing loan interest rates from countries worldwide, with focus on longest available fixed-rate mortgage terms. Dataset spans up to 20 years. Sourced from central banks and national statistical offices. Updated quarterly.
• Transaction Costs Average transaction costs for real estate deals in 80+ countries, including buying costs, selling costs, and roundtrip costs. Updated annually.
• Property Taxes Real estate taxation data across 80+ countries including property transfer tax, annual property tax, rental income tax, and capital gains tax rates. Updated annually.
• Rental Income Tax Standard tax rates applied to rental income across 80+ countries at different income levels ($1,500, $6,000, $12,000 per month).
• Quarterly Trackers Interactive time-series data trackers for rental yields, square meter prices, median property prices, median rent prices, mortgage rates, and house price indices. Updated on quarterly cycles with downloadable exports.
• Quarterly Reports Global Residential Market Reports providing comprehensive quarterly analysis of international real estate markets, available for separate purchase on top of the subscription.
• Compare Countries Investment rating tool enabling side-by-side comparison of property markets worldwide, comparing yields, prices, and other key metrics across 80+ countries.
• World Map Interactive world map with 38 real estate metrics across 85 countries, allowing users to switch between house prices, rental yields, costs, and more for global property market analysis.

Quantifiable outcome

• Covers 80+ countries with 38 real estate metrics for comparative analysis
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Savills: International real estate advisor publishing residential and commercial research across global markets. Comparable on cross-country research and residential focus, but as part of full-service agency operations.
• Zillow Group: U.S. residential real estate platform with extensive proprietary housing data, Zestimates, and consumer-facing analytics. Comparable on residential real estate data depth, but U.S.-focused and primarily consumer rather than cross-border investor.
• Knight Frank: Global real estate services firm that publishes widely cited residential research such as the Global House Price Index and The Wealth Report. Directly competes in the cross-country residential data/research category, but as part of a much broader brokerage and advisory portfolio.
• CBRE: World's largest commercial real estate services firm with substantial research output (e.g., Global Real Estate Market Outlook). Overlaps on global real estate market intelligence, but anchored in commercial and investment sales rather than residential retail-investor data.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global real estate services firm producing international market reports and indices comparable in scope to GPG's dataset. Differs in scale, client base (largely institutional investors), and commercial real estate focus.
• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle): Global real estate services and investment management firm with research arm publishing cross-border market analytics. Comparable as a source of institutional real estate intelligence, though broader and deeper on commercial.

Direct peers

• PropertyShark: Subscription-based real estate data platform offering detailed property-level and market-level data. Direct peer on subscription data model, but U.S.-centric rather than globally comparative.
• Juwai: International property portal that aggregates cross-border listings and market intelligence. Comparable as a go-to resource for international property buyers and as a B2B data partner; also an existing GPG enterprise customer.
• Numbeo: Crowdsourced international data platform covering cost of living and real estate prices across many countries. Most directly comparable peer in terms of cross-country scope, freemium/subscription model, and data-aggregation business model.

Emerging players

• REalyse: U.K.-focused real estate data and analytics platform serving institutional investors. Adjacent peer with overlapping institutional customer profile but narrower geographic scope and earlier stage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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