All articles by Chris Brett
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InsightInternational capital – an alternative thought
International investors have long been dominating the headlines with regards to the UK real estate investment market and my recent travels have only reaffirmed the continued level of appetite for UK assets.
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InsightInvestor's chronicle: Type of cycle more important than where we are in it
As we pass the end of the first quarter, there is a sense of cautious optimism in the global real estate market, driven by better-than-expected economic growth and robust occupier fundamentals.
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InsightJapanese beef up their appetite for UK real estate
Recently, in the same week that Japan’s biggest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, announced it was creating 180 new investment banking jobs in London in the hope of boosting income outside Japan, Westfield revealed its plans to open Europe’s largest Japanese food hall at its west London shopping centre.
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InsightNo summer break for real estate investors
The end of H1 typically marks the start of the summer recess, but this year it seems the UK and European real estate markets do not want to take the traditional break. Global capital remains extremely active with domestic and global investors undeterred by continuing political instability.
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InsightThe omens are good for the property industry
The month of March, dominated by Mipim, tends to act as the annual barometer of the property market, a bellwether of sentiment for the rest of the year. However, can we extend this analogy to incorporate the entire property cycle?
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Insight2017 Predictions: global capital boom will escalate, politics permitting
What challenges await our real estate markets this year? I am not sure we can beat last year for obstacles, but despite everything, the market has remained positive.
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InsightInternational investment unabated after Brexit vote
I would argue that interest from overseas buyers remains unabated in London and throughout the UK across a variety of sectors since the EU referendum.
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InsightInternational investors in UK property are a fact of life
Think back to 2009, when London first raised its head above the global real estate parapet.
