If you could rewind 365 days to January 2015, would you short the Canadian real estate market? Given the predictions back then—of an imminent bubble burst and a housing market crash—hedging on real estate losses would’ve been a smart, speculative position. Of course, any active investors who did bet against the real estate market wouldn’t […]
“Investing in Emerging Markets and Kenya’s Real Estate Sector “ During the “2016 Money Show Forum” that was held in Hilton Athens from January 8 to January 10th 2016 the opportunity of investing in emerging markets was presented to the Greek investment community and professionals from mr Kosta Kioleoglou . The Money Show is […]
With the global stock markets currently in uncertain territory, many investors are once again turning toward bricks and mortar as a preferred place to put their money. The chaotic Chinese economy and ever-falling oil prices are two of the main factors making many other types of investment look particularly risky right now. However, the recovery […]
From the beginning of this year, local as well as global financial circumstances have created a very volatile financial environment around the world. Kenya who had recently been upgraded to a middle income economy, with its main support of growth being the real estate sector has been facing some serious turbulence that effected most of […]
Canyon Lake Ranch was once a playground for Christian day campers, and then was a corporate retreat with water-skiing, barbecues and cowboy shoot-’em-up shows. Hawks now circle above 108 sunbaked acres occupied by copperhead snakes, a few coyotes and the occasional construction truck. Soon this ranch will be a gated subdivision of 99 mini-mansions designed […]
During the 22nd Kenya Homes Expo held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi last month, a strange feeling clouded the atmosphere. There was something missing from this year’s expo in comparison with the last 5 years. For the first time since the Real Estate Market started its amazing course, producing millions of […]
Did you know that agriculture is, maybe, the oldest investment and one of the most lucrative business opportunities directly connected with the survival of the human race? Well, for dozens of centuries, vast fortunes have been created around the world from farming; plantations and agriculture, while hundreds of millions of people have been making their […]
Interest in real estate is creating a fallacy that the economy is growing and life is easy. The trend has now been for someone to buy a small parcel of land in the sun-scorched and dusty bush areas that ‘have potential to grow’ and wait for three or so years for the parcel to ‘appreciate’ […]
Over the last few weeks, the Kenya T-Bills have been both in several headlines and in the center of most economic talks. Everybody started to talk about them. So I believe it is important to understand what T-Bills are and what is happening with the T-Bill high yield increase. Treasury Bills (T-bills) are the […]
“Buy land. They’re not making it anymore.” Private investors who heeded the words of American author Mark Twain over the past decade will have profited happily. Land has always been one of the most secure investments. Land is a tangible low risk (when properly managed) asset class and has been producing wealth for landowners over […]
