The Spinningfields development in Manchester. Amount spent on deals drops to £9.1bn in the second quarter The London office market is suffering from Brexit uncertainty but data shows the impact is more widespread in London . Investment in UK commercial property slumped by a third in the second quarter of the year as buyers held […]
BUYERS were tempted back to the market in London in May, according to latest research by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), although the South East continued to see prices tumble. The latest survey of RICS members across the UK also reveals that while the overall market outlook for the near term is still […]
A few days ago, the Kenya Bankers Association, released the latest House Price Index (HPI) of the 1st Q of 2019. This report marks clearly the declining trend that the housing market has been experiencing over the last two years in the most incontrovertible and uncontested way, a negative growth of 2.78% marking the weakness of […]
he global property boom is over as slowing growth, high prices and rising risks point to the end of the long recovery from the financial crisis, UBS has warned. Rock-bottom interest rates have kept prices rising but the result is that buyers are stretched and are facing record low returns on investment in prime property. Prices […]
GETTY When we come across a market overflowing with two years’ worth of inventory supply, we’re sure of one thing: Real estate prices have hit their lowest. As supply increases across major cities in America, buyers can afford to patiently scout for the right investment opportunities. Gone are the days of fighting over a limited […]
Due to the Greek economic slump, which began in 2008-2009, Real Estate faced a huge decline. For almost a decade prior to the global financial crisis of 2007–2008, the real estate market and property values increased with an impressive ratio. The main reason for this incredible performance of the real estate sector was the unlimited and […]
Investment into the UK property market123RF The expression ‘safe as houses’ is used to indicate an utterly secure, no-risk situation. In Victorian times, it is believed to have meant something slightly different, instead indicating a state of absolute certainty. Whichever way you look at it though, for more than two centuries, houses have been the […]
Billions have been flowing into a corner of the tech industry focused on the housing market. And now there are start-ups to help landlords manage properties, or homeowners manage sales, or tenants manage their packages. But hardly any of it touches the central problem of housing: For many people, it costs too much. “None of that investment, nor the […]
Real estate in general is a tricky investment option. People have the wrong belief that since real estate is an asset-backed investment and it has liquidation value, it is risk free. That is completely wrong. Property does provide more security compared to some of the other types of investments but it is not risk free. Its […]
Mr Kosta Kosta Kioleoglou, regional managing editor, Africa Plantation Capital. PHOTO| COURTESY In Summary During the financial cycle, capital flows affect prices, while the physical cycle (of demand and supply) determines vacancy, which then drive rents and values. (Kioleoglou Kosta) Everyone gets into property investment with varied reasons and for an investor, it is to […]
