I came across this video the other night. (If you can’t see it embedded above, click here.) It is a tour of the UK and Ireland’s different accents by Andrew Jack. It is an extraordinary demonstration of his skill. Did he get any of them… Read More
“The concentration of economic growth and prosperity in large metro areas defines the modern global economy, creating both opportunities and challenges in an era in which national political, economic, and societal trends are increasingly influenced by subnational dynamics.” -Brookings Institute The Metropolitan Policy Program at… Read More
I still have every passport that I have ever owned. The older ones are far more interesting because I was younger and always looking for creative ways to travel around the world. The older I get the less interesting my passports get. Now I find… Read More
Back before the 2008 financial crisis, I did a short stint working for a real estate developer in Dublin, Ireland. Most of our projects were in Ireland, but our consultant teams were sometimes from all over. One day we were having a meeting with our architect… Read More
Seeing how we’ve started looking at data from last year, I thought it would be interesting to look at global home prices as of Q4 2015. Here’s a chart from Knight Frank, which they refer to as their Global House Price Index: At the top… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js Merry Christmas and/or happy whatever you happen to celebrate around this time of year. Hopefully things have slowed down for you all and you’re relaxing with family and friends either at home or somewhere on vacation. I’ll be doing that here in Toronto and… Read More
In 2007, I spent the summer working in Dublin, Ireland for a boutique real estate consulting firm called Urban Capital. (For those of you who are from Toronto and know the industry, there’s no connection between the Urban Capital in Dublin and the Urban Capital… Read More
Atlantic Cities just posted an article on the world’s 5 largest housing bubbles. In descending order of real growth, they are: Israel Norway Switzerland Canada Germany Not surprisingly, Canada is on the list. There is, of course, lots of talk both locally and abroad about… Read More
