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Build. Demolish. Repeat

by Ben Thatcher | Dec 17, 2021 | Investor's Notebook, zLead Article, zOurWriters2

The Japanese housing depreciation dilemma. While Japan shares many characteristics of the West – a democratic political system and capitalist economic system – one area that distinguishes Japan as an outlier is the attitude the Japanese have to their homes. For many...

All that glisters is not gold

by Bill Blain | Dec 16, 2021 | Alternative assets, Golden Oldie

Originally published March 2021. The collapse of Greensill involved a predicable cast of unwise enablers, but it should serve as a warning to the growing number of alternative asset buyers on the dangers of complex deals which promise much but deliver less. Due...

2022 outlook for European real estate markets

by Hans Vrensen and Irene Fosse | Dec 15, 2021 | Investor's Notebook

Re-alignment in a post-Covid world Despite successful vaccination programmes and economic support policies, Covid-19 continues to impact our real estate markets. As the pandemic posts its latest resurgence, most European governments have been able to successfully...

The new enclosure

by Jonathan Silver and Tom Gillespie | Dec 15, 2021 | The Professor, zLead Article, zNewsletter

How land commissions can lead the fight against urban land grabs When Boris Johnson sold the 35-acre Royal Albert Docks in London to Chinese buyers in 2013, it was his biggest commercial property deal as mayor of London and one of China’s largest...

Death of the high street?

by Allison M Orr | Dec 14, 2021 | The Professor

Not yet, but further change is needed. The harbingers of doom have been ringing the death knoll on the UK high street for some time now. The Great Financial Crisis, the tightening stranglehold of online retailing, surging operational costs, the normalising of Company...