

The UK’s listed real estate sector was hard hit by the taper tantrums of 2015. It tried to recover but any hope of a return to the bull market conditions which prevailed from the lows of 2009 were snuffed out by Brexit. The sector hasn’t been the same since....
Listed Real Estate is in remarkably good health

Bond yields and real estate prices – where next?
US 10-year Treasury Bill rates have been at an all-time low, having fallen below 2% for the first time in 2017. UK government bond (10 year) yields have also been lower than they have been at any time and 10 year Treasuries in Australia are trading at all time low...
Bond yields and real estate prices – where next?

Prepare, Prepare, Prepare – Securing a career in Real Estate
We have always been told that success in the real estate world is down to “location, location, location”. Yet for students aspiring to join the profession a more important mantra is “prepare, prepare, prepare”. Competition for property related...
Prepare, Prepare, Prepare – Securing a career in Real Estate

Euro property investor – April 2018
I have been active in the European real estate markets for over 30 years with a focus on the more liquid north-western countries. I have worked for agencies (Knight Frank and CBRE), an accountancy practice (Touche Ross & Co) and investment banks Lazard Brothers...
Euro property investor – April 2018

Urban Big Data and Real Estate Markets
Most real estate value is created at the urban level, but some of the most expensive cities in the world are the least well-functioning. So, it does not follow that improvements in the ways cities are run will flow directly into increased real estate value, but they...
Urban Big Data and Real Estate Markets