Global | The Property Chronicle

Rates up, REITs down…

by Alan Carter | Nov 15, 2022 | Golden Oldie, The Analyst

Originally published October 2022. But this writer believes there’s plenty of hope for landlords. The sector had a tawdry H1 with significant underperformance against the All Share Index for all the obvious reasons. As interest rates have risen sharply, the major...

Real estate investors reject a free lunch

by Chris Urwin | Nov 14, 2022 | Golden Oldie, The Analyst

Originally published October 2022. Success depends on recognising a good thing. Do you indulge in magical thinking? You probably don’t want to think so, but many people believe they can influence outcomes that are randomly determined. Consider games of chance....

Greatest dry white wines in the world?

by Mark Roberts | Nov 10, 2022 | Golden Oldie, Uncorked

Originally published September 2021. This wine connoisseur gives his informed opinion. Most wine drinkers would probably plump for those made from the ubiquitous Chardonnay grape – French, in particular. Bottles from Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune are the stuff of...

Bankers need to be personally liable to avoid future financial crises – new research

by David Blake | Nov 10, 2022 | The Professor, zEditor's pick

Most financial crises have plenty in common. They tend to start in the banking sector and involve excessive borrowing, together with an asset bubble, usually related to property. The global crisis of 2008 was no different, with the asset bubble focused on US real...

Terroir part 1 – intro and soil

by Robert England | Nov 9, 2022 | Golden Oldie, Uncorked

Originally published October 2021. There are no two ways about it: the French are mad. As a Francophile I feel comfortable in asserting this. Their country is beautiful, they’re deliciously un-PC and their food and drink is the best in world. No debate. It just is....