Fund managers face shakeout

The worst is yet to come for the European real estate fund management industry, according to Andrew Thornton, CEO of … More

On Chinese Ghost Towns and Property Bubbles

A lot has been written about the economic wonder that China is said to be. Said to be, indeed. Because … More

Back to were we started off with this blog: March 2009. We’ve set off while the economy was based on quicksand: … More

Nederlandstalige lezers van dit blog maak ik graag attent op de werkgroep ‘Laten We Nederland Mooier Maken’ (LWNMM). Deze werkgroep, … More

Despite bottoming real estate markets, rallying stock markets, months of green shoots and some general optimism on the economy, many … More

Allright, it is official now: real estate markets have been bottoming out. Few of them are on the uprise, many … More

When deleveraging continues, which will be the case, consumer spending will most likely drop. Hence, retail sales will drop too. … More

So, the crisis brought us back to basics. Two feet in the mud, looking for what really matters in real estate … More