Is it the Rhineland model that is performing better than the Anglo Saxon one? Is it German thoroughness? Is it … More
Category: trends
US house prices hit bottom and mythical bird wins
Look at the headlines today: American home prices have hit rock bottom: US cities see house prices drop by 2.8% … More
Vietnam property market shows signs of recovery
Real estate investors should be looking at new frontiers these days. Away from the doom and gloom of established property … More
Back to basics and looking for a new equilibrium
So, the crisis brought us back to basics. Two feet in the mud, looking for what really matters in real estate … More
Investors should buy China property stocks, UBS says
Investors should buy shares of China’s property companies and makers of large home appliances, as both industries will benefit from … More
New rent index launched for UK residential sector
Propertyhawk lauched the Rent Index last week. The Rent Index is the first index of the UK residential private sector … More
Bull bias or start of upswing? It is Spring after all!
It is Spring again! After months of gloomy and straighforward bad news – on the financial sector, on the stockmarkets, on housing … More
Dutch housing prices slightly lower
Today, CBS (Statistics Netherlands) announced a y-o-y house prices drop, for the first time in decades. We have seen house … More
Crisis exposes real estate valuation flaws
Touching base on what some people call the essence of the current crisis in real estate: valuations. Many property companies … More
Cement versus Sentiment – the way ahead
This month’s EPRA Newsletter includes an interesting essay by Anatole Kaletsky, economic commentator of The Times of London, where he … More
RICS European Housing Review
The RICS recently published their annual European Housing Review (2009 edition). A must-read for every real estate professional engaged in residential properties … More
Boris Johnson attracting foreign investors…
Following up on a previous post: Welcome to the real world: UK real estate Boris Johnson is attracting foreign investors … More
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