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“Now, one thing I tell everyone is learn about real estate. Repeat after me: real estate provides the highest returns, the greatest values and the least risk.”
03 Feb 14“Now, one thing I tell everyone is learn about real estate. Repeat after me: real estate provides the highest returns, the greatest values and the least risk.”Armstrong WilliamsI haven’t got a clue who the hell Armstrong is, but I like his style! Although the quote does come across as a little arrogant, aggressive and somewhat misleading …(wow, this guy’s an estate agent), the fact is that Mr Williams is actually right, on the basis, of course, that you look at long term forecasts and with the exception of …
The Retro Look
10 Sep 13We’ve gone for a Retro look for our cover on this issue, no particular reason other than we felt it would catch the eye. It’s important to us that we stand out on everything that we do ….. hopefully for the right reasons! One might argue that there’s been an element of Retro to the recent shenanigans at the border over the past few months. Seems like a “throw back” to the days of old; one will (I’m sure) be forgiven for applying this perception to the recent antics of what is meant to be a …
We are struggling! ……. Yes, I thought that might get your attention.
28 Jun 13We are in fact struggling with both our lettings and sales portfolio, both of which are diminishing. We had said that the market was buoyant and we had predicted that demand would at some point outstrip supply!Ladies, Gentlemen, Prophets of Doom, Sceptics, all those who dismissed my quarterly rants of cautious optimism………………… we have arrived!The past few months, (since I last put pen to paper) have been truly extraordinary. The demand for lettings has left …
New Beginnings
11 Jun 13“It’s tangible, it’s solid, it’s beautiful. It’s artistic, from my standpoint, and I justlove real estate.” Donald TrumpWell, Donald would say that, after all he is the greatest Property Guru ourgeneration has seen, but love him or hate him, he is without doubt a classiccharacter able to bounce back from serious downturns in his own investmentsand continue to set the trend and reaffirm that owning property is in fact a meansof security, a declaration of aspiration and most importantly it’s a home foryourself, …
“It’s tangible, it’s solid, it’s beautiful. It’s artistic, from my standpoint, and I just love real estate.”
05 Mar 13Donald TrumpWell, Donald would say that, after all he is the greatest Property Guru our generation has seen, but love him or hate him, he is without doubt a classic character able to bounce back from serious downturns in his own investments and continue to set the trend and reaffirm that owning property is in fact a means of security, a declaration of aspiration and most importantly it’s a home for yourself, your family and your wealth.I can already hear the grunts, and tones of disapproval by those of you who for one …
Impact of Financial Crisis
26 Oct 12Gibraltar: still one of only a few economies in Europe to post growth in what is widely regarded as the worst Global economic crisis since the 1930’s.What impact has the global financial crisis had on Gibraltar? Safe to say that the end of 2008 will be remembered by all as a period in which the phrase“oh sh*t” will have been used somewhat more regularly than normal – there was another phrase, but I think that might be a little too graphic for this magazine.Back in the 1980’s and early 1990’s (during the last …