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Dubai gets tough on private bankers

by Matein Khalid | Aug 14, 2023 | The Fund Manager, zOurWriters1

Every private banker and real estate broker I meet assures me that a soft landing is certain and Dubai property’s meteoric ascent will continue, as if we did not live through two 60% drawdowns in 2009 and 2014. My macro crystal ball told me different, so I was...

Inflation: I’m wishing on a stat, to follow where you are…

by Savvas Savouri | Aug 7, 2023 | The Economist, zOurWriters2

If being entirely honest, we’d accept our wish-lists invariably include items that, without some huge leap of wealth, opportunity, or technology, will always remain beyond us. Well, whilst most elements on my wish-list are unicorn-like, there is one wishful thought...

RICS must learn the Alison Rose lesson

by Undercover Investor | Jul 31, 2023 | The Fund Manager, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

It’s all a matter of judgement… It was predictable for those of us with a few grey hairs that the woke agenda would eventually be checked by a good old dose of common sense, but I will admit that it has taken longer than I had expected for there to be a major news...

John Ryley’s Nineteen Eighty-Four

by John Ryley | Jul 31, 2023 | Investor's Notebook, zOtherDiversions

After 39 years working as a journalist, and 17 years as the head of Sky News, John Ryley retired in May. In a series of articles for The Property Chronicle he reflects on how the news business has changed and how it will develop in the future. “It was a bright cold...

The gathering stranded asset storm in commercial real estate

by Andrew Baum, Luke Graham and Jimmy Jia | Jul 31, 2023 | Head Of Research, zNewsletter

In the spring 2023 issue of the Property Chronicle, “stranded asset” was playfully cited as real estate’s phrase of the year. We tend to agree. Not only is commercial real estate (CRE) facing a once-in-a-generation disruption at the hands of remote and hybrid work,...