Buffalo Traffic Jams

Sometimes it makes sense to get away from it all and really unwind.

To keep creative, keep on top of stress, retain an optimistic outlook and maintain enthusiasm, you have to rest the mind....

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Time to take decisive action

Near death moments can be fortuitous. People can have life transforming realisations and make radical decisions because they suddenly realise how precious life is....

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UK v Spain

Being in Spain the other day made me realise that while the UK property market has taken a battering since the end of 2007, albeit with the recent illiquid recovery, Spain is nursing a much more painful headache. Simple demand-supply stats tell you the story....

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Nothing is more important than buying under market value

I was speaking at the A Place in the Sun show recently in Birmingham. My talk was on How to Manage Risk and Still Make Money....

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Is Bad The New Good?

If you are having a bad day, think again. It may be a good one. And if you are having a good day then think again, it may not be as good as you think it is.....

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Theres more than meets the eye with the recent recovery in property prices

House prices are being reported as increasing month by month.  In particular, the south-east is reporting some increases but this is normal as property inflation tends to ripple out from the south-east....

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The current view on the UK market

What is happening to the UK market? Are we at the bottom of the market? Are we on the turn? Will there be a major recovery? Is there another boom around the corner? Or are we headed for a further dip? To work this out we need to look at the current demand/supply relationship, the short term factors. Then we need to take a look at the longer term drivers. This should give us an idea as to where we are headed.......

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The Economic Predictor

When it's a bull market the risk is leaving the party too late.  When the market goes bearish the risk is arriving too late.  This is the psychology of humans.  We underprice risk when everyone else is buying and we overprice risk when all the world is sitting on its hands....

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The Recovery Olympics

Saturday is the day I reserve for any expressions of laziness that I need to vent. Reading Friday's FT and FT weekend is often a much-indulged delight....

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How to stay motivated

The economic storm clouds started to assemble in the late summer of 2007. We are now a season away from entering summer 2009. And we have yet to reach the bottom. This is a long, uncertain storm. And it is often hard to predict the path. The only certainty is uncertainty. So it is crucial to keep ourselves and our teams motivated....

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