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Dear Diary, Part. 2: Still delulu, slightly more solulu. There’s this unspoken assumption that being Gen Z automatically makes you a digital oracle. Yes, I did grow up with the internet and gadgets, but I also remember a time when I wasn’t using tech 24/7. I remember...
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 increasingly evident that the younger voter potentially holds the key to election results in...
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 steps of Number 10 at a gathering to discuss diversity in real estate. So...
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; reports of big money acquisitions and disposals, possible company mergers...
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 explore why technology has largely failed to improve the home selling and buying process which sees sales transactions now...
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 making big strides in taking action, it is also noted that in some parts the pace...
Following one of the most turbulent geopolitical whirlwind years of recent times, a recurring theme that is rarely discussed is the flexibility of the “S” within the ever-present headline topic of “ESG.” The S of ESG is a loosely defined term, with a large number of...
"What exactly is it that you do?” It’s a question that will be all too familiar to anyone working in real estate. Readers, I’m sure, will be armed with plenty of words to describe your vocation and sector to friends, family and neighbours: built environment, real...
When Larry Fink, the head of BlackRock, announced "I don't use the word ESG anymore, because it's been entirely weaponised [...] by the far left and weaponised by the far right," some interpreted it as a signal that investors had lost interest, considering ESG as a...
What follows is not the charting of events we should expect now China has fixed its “invasion sights” on the island of Taiwan. Instead, it is a reflection on occupations that have already occurred, overlooked by those who predict a looming invasion. The First...
“A new magazine? Are you stark-raving mad?” That was the response of most of my “commercial” mates when I launched The Property Chronicle seven years ago. In some ways they were right; publishing is a tough old business and the traditional...