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Do successful businesses affect local housing markets ?

by Gavriel Merkado | Jun 30, 2025 | The Fund Manager, zNewsletter

Annoyingly uncorrelated. A spark of an idea popped up. What if, the companies which had gained the most in the stock market in recent months and years had a positive impact on property prices and rents in the areas in which they operate? It stands to reason that if...

The unintended consequences of rotating valuers

by Dominic Smith | Jun 23, 2025 | Head Of Research, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

There is an old adage that only three things matter to a real estate investor—location, location, location. Is the RICS 2023 Red Book update changing that? The latest update introduced a new policy, to be implemented by April 2026, of mandatory valuer rotation,...

The Rolex problem: UK manufacturing

by Savvas Savouri | Apr 14, 2025 | The Economist, zNewsletter

As “problems” go, being told you are on a very long waiting list to buy an expensive Rolex, is up there as the foremost, of first world “frustrations”. Well, we need keep the Rolex Problem in mind when considering the “problem” of Trump’s tariffs hurting the UK...

British steel: Nobody joined the dots

by Bill Blain | Apr 14, 2025 | Head Of Research, The Analyst, zNewsletter

“The finest steel goes through the hottest fires. It feels no pain, no pity, no remorse, but stays sharp and ready.” After the last few weeks of tariffs, Trump and tech tribulations – time for some light but deeply unfunny comic relief…. The UK’s steel crisis. Over...

Germany’s appetite for economic self-destruction

by Charlie Crowson | Mar 13, 2025 | The Analyst, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

There’s no need to be beastly to the hun if the hun are being beastly to themselves. Who needs fake news when the real news is scarcely believable? The Daily Telegraph, Britain’s most traditional and patriotic broadsheet newspaper, is eulogising Germany (of all...

The unintended consequences of rotating valuers

Germany’s appetite for economic self-destruction

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