Overconfidence can be ruinous in real estate and elsewhere. Overconfidence is a cognitive error that we make routinely. It’s the tendency to hold a false assessment of our...
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Monopoly moves with the times
Just as the board game now comes in startlingly modern variations, real estate itself has evolved to match our changing world. he property board game Monopoly has been around...
Golden Oldie
Words are as revealing in property as elsewhere
This article was originally published in May 2020. The words we choose are revealing. In an amusement park, small electrically powered cars with rubber fenders all round are...
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Mind your LIP
Institutional investors are longing for long-income property, with its apparent low risks and high yields. Since the global financial crisis, the decline in bond yields has left...
The Analyst
Trousers first, then shoes
Why understanding the sequence of investment returns is so important For investors, the order in which returns arrive can make the difference between success and failure. Imagine...
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Unstructured data is your friend
Data is either structured or unstructured. Structured data is neatly arranged in rows and columns, like a spreadsheet. Unstructured data is messy and disorganised. It shambles...