The real estate industry is on the verge of significant infrastructure improvements, driven by the rise of electric vehicles (EVs) and the U.S. government's commitment to phasing out internal combustion engines by 2035. As EV ownership becomes more prevalent, property owners and managers must...
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Newcastle United
Buying a football club can still be lucrative – with the right business tactics. Many Newcastle United fans cheered the announcement on 7 October that their club had finally...
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Tough times for property investors
Industrial/residential is the new office/retail. In 1991, 37% of the UK institutional property market measured by IPD was retail; by 2001 this had risen to over 45%. In...
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The irony of China’s most recent bitcoin ban
Various aspects of cryptocurrency use have been banned in China numerous times over the better part of the past decade. The most stringent barriers yet, though, were announced on...
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Use UK land wisely
We take it for granted that we can go to a supermarket and buy all the food we need or get it delivered. However, as we look forward, that may not always be the case. The UK...
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Why the UK’s ambitious plans for a trade deal with the US have been shelved
A trade deal between the UK and the US was once counted as a great potential prize of Brexit. But now those plans have been delayed, with no clear timetable in sight....
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The property instinct and the utter futility of socialism
If you are like me, you regularly interact with people who remain unphased by America’s recent giant strides towards authoritarian socialism, of an economy run largely by...
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Collateralised loan obligations
Why these obscure products could cause the next global financial crisis. At the heart of the global financial crisis of 2007-09 was an obscure credit derivative...
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Hating landlords misplaces the blame
“No wonder people f—–g hate landlords.” That was what comedian Andy Richter tweeted (since deleted). What caused that reaction? A landlord wanted six month's advance rent on an...
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Remembering the truly forgotten, 20 years later
There’s a faded silver cup on my bookshelf. If you look closely at it, a faded imprint reads 'eSpeed: We Are Markets'. I received it at a securities industry trade show in the...