Inflation is the surest way to trigger a Pavlovian response from politicians, whereby they blame monopolists, middlemen, greedy entrepreneurs, profiteers, and price gougers. In 1793, French Revolutionaries fueled inflation by running persistent deficits that they monetized. Their response was to...
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UK house prices: history says the market is in for a long slowdown not a crash
It’s going to be easier to get on the property ladder following a recent decision by the Bank of England to relax some of the criteria for getting a mortgage. Combined with...
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Will the UK’s 20-year housing bubble ever end?
Originally published March 2022. UK house prices have been in a bubble for almost 20 years, which makes it one of the longest-running bubbles in history. This is very...
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Alternative-use property moves into investor spotlight
Originally published January 2022. It’s time to widen the net. Social changes accelerated by Covid-19 are shaking the property investor community to its core as risks increase...
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Britain has fallen out of love with its housing market
Originally published April 2022. Long-held assumptions about rising house prices are being shattered by the affordability crisis. When Nigel Lawson described the NHS as “the...
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Tinkering with the mortgage market won’t solve the UK housing affordability crisis
UK borrowers may see the return of larger, longer-term loans as the government plans a comprehensive review of the mortgage market with the aim of boosting access to finance for...
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Cities need to embrace green innovation now to cut heat deaths in the future
In late June 2021, North America’s most severe heat wave in history hit British Columbia and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. In many areas, temperatures soared above 40 C, 15 C...
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What EU resi investors can learn from the US
Originally published May 2021. Institutional investors in Europe face a housing supply problem – but America has already found the solutions Despite the trauma of the 2008 global...
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The perpetual tragedy of New York’s rent control
Last week (June 21), in its biannual circus, New York City housing regulators once again decided how much landlords will be able to raise rents. Despite inflation raging at...
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Walt Disney’s radical vision for a new kind of city
Originally published October 2021. Since Epcot’s inception, millions of tourists have descended upon the theme park famous for its Spaceship Earth geodesic sphere and its...