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Our experts on residential property investment and development share their thoughts on what’s happening in the sector
How build-to-rent communities are changing the US housing market
The rise of remote property investment is one of the more notable by-products of the altered post-pandemic housing market. While this trend has the potential to radically adjust...
Why a fall isn’t certain and wouldn’t help first-time buyers much anyway. The UK remains a nation of homeowners, with two-thirds of all dwellings belonging to the people who live...
Why the housing market is collapsing – and the risks to the wider economy. China has been trimming interest rates recently – in contrast to other major economies – as...
Especially in a desert. The rally in Dubai luxury villas has been as swift as it has been spectacular since the autumn of 2020, with anecdotal evidence of 50 to 70% cumulative...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...