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The turning point for property investment will be…

by James Roberts | Sep 18, 2023 | Golden Oldie, Head Of Research

Originally published May 2023. H2 2023 At the time of writing (March 20th 2023) the news is dominated by the recent collapse or rescue of a number of banks. It remains to be seen how this story will develop. However, initial signs are that regulators and the banking...

The Search for Expertise: Why Real Estate Investment Managers Need More Than Just Experience

by Chris Urwin | Sep 18, 2023 | Golden Oldie, Head Of Research

Originally published May 2023. Many use experience and expertise interchangeably, but they are different. While experience comes from exposure to a particular field, expertise develops when that experience is refined, codified, and transformed into a predictive model...

Crossing the flats, looking for mountains

by Garrison Keillor | Sep 18, 2023 | The Storyteller, zOtherDiversions

In homage to my ancestor David Powell, I rode a train across Kansas heading for Colorado, his goal in 1859 when he left Martha Ann and the children behind in Missouri and headed for the gold rush. Kansas is a state of vastness, some of it seems undisturbed since David...

Why your perception of climate change threats might depend on where you live – new research

by Thora Tenbrink | Sep 18, 2023 | The Analyst, zNewsletter

Our planet has just seen its hottest month on record, with many places on fire or flooded. Few events can be directly attributed to climate change, but the likelihood of extreme weather keeps increasing – and people are noticing. However, not...

Why China’s real estate crisis should make the global travel industry nervous

by Zhiyong Yang | Sep 18, 2023 | The Analyst, zNewsletter

Once upon a time – in 2019 – tourists from China were among the best-traveled in the world. They collectively spent more than US$250 billion abroad – nearly twice as much as their nearest competitors, the Americans – and logged more than 150 million...