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Riches in the Niches: Real estate investors need a niche

by Brad Hargreaves | Oct 21, 2024

It's not good enough to do "multifamily" or "office" any longer. Real estate sponsors must have a niche. As the real estate industry enters its third year of elevated interest rates, investors are increasingly looking to niche opportunities to find something—anything—that pencils out. While this...

The Storyteller

Honouring the men who went ashore

by Garrison Keillor | Jun 19, 2023

I was an infant when Allied forces crossed the Channel and landed at Normandy in 1944 and none of my uncles were there. The only D-Day vet I knew was my high school biology...

The Economist

UK CRE investing

by Savvas Savouri | Jun 12, 2023

UK commercial real estate (CRE) valuations are languishing at post-COVID lows, amid fears the sector faces “banking covenants being breached” and struggles with regard to...

The Economist

When has there ever been certainty?

by Savvas Savouri | Jun 5, 2023

None can deny whose strong arms made the winning difference in World War II. The same fingerprints can be found on the remnants of the Berlin Wall, and on the Iron Curtain not...

The Economist

The FCA’s listings reforms are welcome – but regulation alone won’t lure firms to London

by Dr Gerard Lyons | May 30, 2023

With promising companies either leaving London or deciding not to list here in the first place, this week’s reforms to the UK’s stock market regime could not come soon enough....

Residential Investor

The road to even higher rents is paved with good intentions

by Harrison Griffiths | May 22, 2023

Pretty much every renter in Britain has a horrible landlord story. Whether it’s a mouldy bathroom, exaggerated damage costs after a tenancy, delayed repairs, surprise rent...

The Storyteller

Why I am not joining the strike

by Garrison Keillor | May 15, 2023

I salute the Hollywood writers who went out on strike this past week but I can tell you that we essayists won’t be joining them. For one thing, the essay is deeply imbedded in...

The Fund Manager

UK Government gets personal with RICS

by Undercover Investor | May 9, 2023

"The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill" is making its way through the legislative process and is now in the House of Lords. As one would hope from one’s government, there is a...

The Storyteller

The Beauty of Being a Guy

by Garrison Keillor | May 1, 2023

When you bang up your knee so it swells up like an elephant’s and it brings tears to your eyes to take a step, the orthopaedic guy gives you a knee brace to wear requiring four...

The Analyst

Diseases gave us the rise of Christianity, the end of the Aztecs and public sanitation. How might future plagues change human history?

by Adrian Esterman | Apr 26, 2023

“Every once in a while a book lands on your desk that changes the way you perceive the world you live in, a book that fundamentally challenges your understanding of human...