Comment
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Let’s think like the Victorians and plan, fund and build the infrastructure we need for the long term
Short-term thinking has led to a stop-start approach, shaking confidence and hampering investment. We need consistent political commitment
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Editor’s comment – 21 February 2015
Gung hay fat choy! This week ushered in a new Chinese year,and with it a ben ming nian (unlucky time) for those born under the sign of the sheep
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View from China: Kaisa-ra sera
Investors drew a sharp intake of breath at the start of the year with the news that Kaisa Group, a Chinese property developer in the southern city of Shenzhen, had…
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The case for putting greater value on the rent-a-desk sector; and how to quantify market wisdom
Breakfast provided by Knight Frank at the Dorchester last week included two succulent sausages, rather than one
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Comment: A question of carbon
The term “embodied carbon” is probably one that most will have only vaguely heard of, yet the next few years could see it become a major issue for the property…
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Comment: cheap oil lubricates the economy
Cheap oil is bad for energy firms but is a boost for consumers and businesses
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In praise of the Conditions
The ingredients for a successful auction? Sellers and bidders ready to do deals. A charismatic auctioneer. And sale conditions that do more than merely set down the terms of contracts…
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Comment: time to listen to generation rent
More voters now support housing development than oppose it
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International capital and UK residential
International capital is driving ever more profound shifts in the way UK residential is being delivered.
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Editor’s comment: 2015 the year for M&A advisors
Lambert Smith Hampton looks set to deliver the first corporate agency deal of 2015. Flush with Countrywide’s cash, the firm is poised to bring ES Group into the fold. 2015…
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Real estate becomes a fixed-income investment
The slump in oil prices, a soaring Swiss franc, Grexit, Brexit, eurozone QE, Islamic State, Putin’s Russia, Ebola… and it’s just the beginning of February
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Energy sector cuts are not all bad news
Shell’s decision last week to cut $15bn (£9.8bn) in costs is one of the largest austerity programmes ever announced in British corporate history, and there could be more pain to…