Global | The Property Chronicle

Craigmore commentary: the return of the land

by Forbes Elworthy | Aug 10, 2022 | Golden Oldie, The Farmer

Originally published April 2022. Land prices should now out-perform other asset classes, especially when compared to their underperformance during the previous period of deflation, argues this writer. In November I suggested that inflation would continue, rather...

Three reasons concrete doesn’t live up to its environmental claims

by Alice Moncaster | Aug 10, 2022 | The Analyst, zLead Article, zNewsletter

Up to 8% of all global anthropogenic human-made emissions are due to just one material, cement. And our use of it is rising. The cement and concrete industry is encouraging this use, for example, by claiming that using concrete will reduce the “whole life” carbon...

If all the vehicles in the world were to convert to electric, would it be quieter?

by Erica D. Walker | Aug 9, 2022 | Investor's Notebook, zLead Article, zNewsletter

If all of the vehicles in the world were to convert to electric, would it be quieter? – Joseph, age 10, Chatham, New Jersey If everyone everywhere received a free electric vehicle at the same time – and owners were required to travel at really slow speeds across...

Drama is life trying to get our attention

by Garrison Keillor | Aug 9, 2022 | The Storyteller, zOtherDiversions

When an old man prepares for open-heart surgery, he maintains a confident demeanor and so does his good wife. He has an excellent surgeon and the procedure has been around since he was a teenager, pioneered by Dr Walt Lillehei of Minneapolis. All is well. Stay calm...

Real estate under the anti-money-laundering spotlight

by Fiona Raistrick and Clarinda Grundy | Aug 8, 2022 | The Analyst, zOurWriters2

The latest UK Anti-Money Laundering (AML) National Risk Assessment (2020) assessed the UK’s property sector as high risk for money laundering (ML). It attributes this to certain attributes and features of the sector, market participants and transactions undertaken...