One of the eternal questions posed in the canon of real estate academic literature is whether specialism pays, and if so, for who? In the case of Principals this would be defined as higher returns/valuations relative to a benchmark. In the case of Agents – or Capital Markets Professionals in...
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The Professor
Time for AAT
Around the world, landlords of all types are being asked by tenants, or even required by governments, to waive rents, grant rent holidays or write off arrears as tenants struggle...
The Analyst
No, Capitalism Did Not Fail
The world has been pretty dire in recent weeks. Seemingly out of the blue, the hard-earned gradual improvements that is human affairs came to a sudden chaotic stop. At...
The Analyst
Bailey goes up an inflation blind alley – but what role for BoE ‘monetary financing’?
This post argues that the new Governor of the Bank of England is wrong to address the Bank’s role in the crisis through the prism of traditional ‘price stability...
The Analyst
We’ll all be libertarians by the end of this crisis
The last few weeks has seen a great deal of ideological navel-gazing; from the end of globalism to the cancellation of capitalism, pundits are convinced this time is different,...
The Macro View
What next for crude oil prices?
The price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia has wreaked havoc on the global crude oil market. Brent crude, $74 a barrel just after the US drone hit on Iran’s General...
The Economist
After Covid-19… what will the market look like?
The property industry faces a ‘U’ shaped recession, which will lead to investors reshaping portfolios with liquidity in mind. In early April, the PMI indices from IHS...
Investor's Notebook
Prudent?
Since the financial crisis in 2008, interest rates have been low and borrowing costs for commercial property similarly low. With such low rates, relatively high yields...
The Analyst
A second chance for Covid-19 policy: get smarter to avoid another sudden stop
It is axiomatic of crises that things happen too quickly for decision makers to be able to plan ahead. Well they better be planning now. Desperate measures, little different to...
Alternative assets
Getting an edge – finding a system to beat the market
This is the second article in our series on how to develop an edge in the world of racehorse syndication. The first article reviewed the trials, triumphs and tribulations of...