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Residential Investor

Home Advantage: A new centre-right vision for housing

by Bartek Staniszewski | Jun 19, 2023

I was dismayed when the Spring Budget was announced to realise that it made almost no mention of housing. Besides a few pounds spent on a couple of homes for veterans and some funding of questionable significance to support clearer routes for housing developers to deliver "nutrient neutral" sites...

The Economist

How far will UK house prices fall?

by Shaun Richards | Jul 9, 2020

Sometimes you spot something that you cannot let pass and that has happened this morning. There is an interesting article in the Financial Times Alphaville section by a couple of...

Political Insider

Boris, don’t copy FDR – it won’t end well

by Philip Booth | Jul 2, 2020

In the run-up to his big speech yesterday, all the talk was of the Prime Minister promising a ‘Rooseveltian’ New Deal for Britain. Fortunately, when it came to it, he wasn’t...

My World 2021

The Global (particularly Africa) Investor

by Martin Woodcock | Jun 11, 2020

My World: June 2021... This is part of a series of articles where our contributors describe how they think things will look a year from now. Thank goodness the world is getting...

My World 2021

The estate agency guru

by Michael Day | May 28, 2020

My World: June 2021... This is part of a series of articles where our contributors describe how they think things will look a year from now. The industry will experience...

My World 2021

The no BS UK listed real estate investor

by Alan Carter | May 25, 2020

My world: June 2021... This is part of a series of articles where our contributors describe how they think things will look a year from now. Offices will recover, thanks to desk...

My World 2021

Gurus, Seers and Randomness

by Colin Lizieri | May 21, 2020

My world: June 2021... This is part of a series of articles where our contributors describe how they think things will look a year from now. I have a teaching aid I use with new...

Residential Investor

German residential prices hold steady so far – studies

by Charles Kingston | May 15, 2020

The price level for German residential housing has remained so far unchanged since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to German consulting group F+B, whose CEO...

The Farmer

What climate targets mean for land values

by Emily Norton | May 8, 2020

Farmers will gain new opportunities from carbon oﬀsetting, which will change how land is used and valued Investors are increasingly familiar with the concept of stranded assets:...

The Analyst

Retail real estate after the apocalypse

by Antony Slumbers | Apr 30, 2020

There will be no reversion to the norm – much retail property will keep losing value. But the sector can be better than ever, thanks to proptech A recent conversation with a...