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Rise and Fall: The shift in household growth rates since the 1990s

by Daniel Bentley | Mar 7, 2019

Daniel Bentley and Alex McCallum, February 2019 Over the past two decades, UK household formation rates have undergone a striking change. After many decades during which the...

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How Big Data Could Prevent Miscalculating Revenue Forecasts in the UK Property Market

by Simon Banks | Mar 4, 2019

Purplebricks, the online estate agent, was in the headlines last week for all the wrong reasons: shares nose-dived by 40%, revenue forecasts came in short of £35m and management...

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Banning Tenant Fees: The Impact on the Rental Market

by Simon Banks | Feb 26, 2019

Tenants have been made to feel somewhat of an afterthought in the rental process ever since the lettings boom of the early 1980s. The business of the UK residential lettings...

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Millennials — different burdens to bear

by Independent Strategy | Jan 16, 2019

It’s popular to group millennials together as one cohesive group and compare like-for-like. But they are a diverse bunch that share as many differences as they do similarities....

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GERMAN REAL ESTATE FUNDS

by Alexandra Weis Marcel Schuster | Jan 11, 2019

Empowered by its economic strength, Germany is one of the most interesting markets for foreign investors, even though its legal system is not based on common law. Having...

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Property Stereotypes

by Searchlight Post | Jan 9, 2019

After many years in the property industry I thought it time to reflect on my experiences and the people I have met. The young estate agent: a raging mess of hormones and...

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Housing – maths versus emotions

by Independent Strategy | Dec 11, 2018

INVESTMENT CONCLUSION The UK housing bubble is a myth. Current price declines are principally function of Brexit-related uncertainty. While you’d have to be mad to buy until this...

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Kent: the right track for investors

by Ben Keating | Oct 17, 2018

With stamp duty rates crippling the London residential market, many investors have naturally been looking to areas further afield. A lot of articles in the press have focused on...

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Broken Estate Agency Market

by Michael Day | Sep 19, 2018

Who will be the winners in the “broken estate agency” market? We know that the current and foreseeable UK macro property market position lacks stability with Brexit,...