All articles by Mike Prew – Page 3
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InsightREITs must learn they are not masters of their own universe
German physicist Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976) won the Nobel Prize for his “uncertainty principle”, which states that the speed and position of a particle cannot be measured with equal precision.
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InsightIt’s all quiet on the western front as UK investors desert REITs
A US investor I spoke to this month likened UK REITs to a 1960s’ western.
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InsightREIT managements face punishment from investors
US baseball veteran “Yogi” Berra once said of a game: “It’s deja vu all over again.” Are REIT shares about to repeat 2011’s “year in two halves”?
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InsightTake an executive decision — reward REIT bosses for company performance
The Peltzman effect is named after the professor of economics at Chicago Business School. It is the tendency for people to react to regulation by increasing other risky behaviour.
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InsightTake an executive decision — reward REIT bosses for company performance
The Peltzman effect is named after the professor of economics at Chicago Business School. It is the tendency for people to react to regulation by increasing other risky behaviour.
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InsightREIT formula could multiply property’s prospects for recovery
The real estate industry also seems to suffer from bad maths. Its weakness is an embedded reliance on traditional rental-driven cycles, but this was superseded eight years ago by its ability to attract debt.
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NewsAny cheaper and REITs start to look attractive
The late British MP, Enoch Powell, once said that “for a politician to complain about the press is like a ship’s captain complaining about the sea”
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InsightSimple-minded REITs could risk their investment
Albert Einstein once wrote to his son: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” Property also needs momentum, and a dose of inflation can help
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InsightREITs run out of juice as stagflation threat looms
Lord Young, the prime minister’s ex-enterprise adviser, said last November that most Britons had “never had it so good”, echoing Harold Macmillan’s 1957 speech
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InsightReports of secondary property’s demise have been greatly exaggerated
Mark Twain forbade his autobiography to be published until 100 years after his death so he could speak his “whole frank mind”. Industry groups tend to think in parallel and REITs are no exception
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Insight
A 2010 REIT recovery will only be first of five years of ripples
Yesterday Americans commemorated Thanksgiving — the Pilgrim settlers’ gratitude after surviving a particularly harsh winter in 1621
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NewsCity view: Mike Prew - REITs failed to weather the financial storm
Rights issues have provided temporary shelter, but questions remain about the major property companies’ strategies
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NewsFortune favours the well capitalised
Expect more mergers as property cycle sifts capital’s ‘haves’ from the ‘have nots’
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NewsCity view: Mike Prew - Property’s perma-bears can hang up their hats - 17.03.2009
With investor confidence in REITs restored and real estate set to generate a positive total return in 2010, the performing bears have lost their audience
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NewsCity View: Mike Prew - 20.03.2009
REITs’ rights issues are a poor antidote for failing to sell enough during the boom
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