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Our resident tech gurus look at the impacts of the latest technological developments
A few weeks ago, I was arranging a meeting with of his time between London, Dubai and Riyadh, this international man of built environment mystery isn’t well suited to a desk-for-hire in one city or another’s stock of flexi office space. Instead, he is one of a growing number of nomadic...
… and why ownership capital structures matter Much is written about data in today’s world. Those that have it, and more importantly those that control it, are seen as the new...
Following a look at historical proptech impacts and then the current innovation and productivity challenges faced by the wider real estate industry, this final piece in our...
Continuing our three-part series on proptech, a look at the innovation gap in real estate. Following our walk down proptech’s memory lane last week, today we will look at the...
Near-zero yields are making it difficult for pensions and endowments to hit the targets they need to meet their future obligations. It’s pushing disciples of the classic...
This article was originally published in September 2018. The market players are different and the transactions are significantly more complex than 30 years ago Perhaps the long...
The need for remote working and task automation to cut infection risk is boosting adoption, but proptech shouldn’t just be about damage limitation. According to MetaProp’s recent...
The ‘next normal’ – the same as the last normal but has just arrived more quickly than expected. Like so many events, it’s a case of expediting existing trends not starting new...
An introduction to Bitcoin, blockchain, and price volatility…
A few weeks ago, plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport hit the skids when the Court of Appeal ruled the Government’s decision-making process unlawful. For the moment at...