Recent Articles
KICKING THE “SUSTAINABILITY” CAN DOWN THE ROAD: GOVERNMENT SHIFTS STANCE ON EPC TARGETS.
The push to decarbonise and achieve energy efficiency from real estate is having an ever-increasing impact on all parts of the property sector. Whilst it is accepted that the sector […]
Is Gen Z threatened by the introduction of AI in surveying?
This is a daunting time to be embarking on a career as a graduate surveyor in the property industry. My cohort, I realise, is not the first to have left […]
A young persons’ guide to MIPIM
Le Marché International Des Professionnels de L’immobilier, known as MIPIM, has cemented its status as THE premier event in the global real estate industry over the past three decades. Every […]
Financial Sovereignty: A promise only Bitcoin keeps
“Bitcoin’s too volatile!” “It’s a bubble – a scam even!” “It doesn’t have any value; it’s not backed by anything!” As a systematic trading developer in the crypto space for […]
Digital real estate is alive and kicking
A bamboozling concept to some and mere stupidity to others, nothing quite garners such a dismissive response as the mentioning of Metaverse real estate in the CRE space. Mark Cuban […]
Should young people care about the recession?
Did you hear that the UK was in recession was a question that popped up at the pub in the last week or so. The resounding replies were “and waters […]
650 monkeys walk into the commons.
The start of an incredible joke or the subject of Banksy’s 2009 Devolved Parliament. Either way we’re losing patience, across party lines, of the chimpanzees in suits who are running […]
What have farmers got to do with it?
Ask anyone what a farmer does, and the answer is usually quite simple; we grow food. Filling people’s plates three times a day (or more) is what farmers are famous […]
The Swing Generation
In this election year in both the USA and the UK the traditional focus on swing constituencies/states is being challenged by the notion of the swing generation. It is becoming […]
Overheard in the pub
The super-active Knight Frank (KF) LinkedIn team would have been frightfully happy the day they posted a photo of their Senior Partner, William Beardmore-Gray (Ampleforth and KF Lifer), on the […]
Local authorities as property developers
The property papers over the festive period made for interesting reading. Really, they did! There were glad tidings of course and the usual jaunty optimism prevalent amongst Real Estate people; […]
Why have estate agents become scared of the phone?
I’ve operated as an estate agent for over fifty years and seen a lot of change, not all of it for the better. In this series of articles, I shall […]