Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan, has been predicting the collapse of the global financial system for 12 years. You would guess that he should have revelled in the recent events that brought the world to its knees, but he predicts that worst is still to come. At the Discovery Leadership Summit last [...]
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Last year I attended the 2009 leadership summit put on by Synchronized and Discovery health, and it was an excellent event.
Discovery are doing a repeat in 2010, and if you are interested in what makes business leaders tick, money, politics, and business strategy, and can afford the registration fee then I really recommend the event. It is not Real Estate focussed but will motivate you and perhaps encourage a little lateral thought.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
When I watched the closing ceremony of the soccer world cup, glued to the TV as the full sized elephant mannequins drank water from a watering hole in what looked like a sandy Kalahari desert to the sounds of the Ladysmith Black Mambazo , I was overcome with pride and the realisation that IN South [...]
Thursday, June 17, 2010
“Supply always comes on the heels of demand” – Robert Collier.
I am sure Robert Collier would agree that the opposite is also true. By “reducing supply will eventually increase demand” as too much money chases too few goods. It’s no secret that we are coming out of one of the worst recessions on record, [...]
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Two weeks ago I joined a group of property people on a road show (property Wealth Network) where we presented in the four major centres, on various property topics. The event was a great success and the venues filled up as the week progressed with the final function in Cape Town being overbooked with [...]
Monday, May 10, 2010
We know that when property prices bubble it’s not good.
A bubble, defined as a “trade in products or assets with inflated values” is really hard to predict and as most of you experienced over the last 2 years, is only evident when prices of houses deflate fast and we realise that the air escapes [...]
Monday, April 26, 2010
“Most of us know these lines from one of Robert Frost’s famous poems: ‘Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.’
Creating wealth is undoubtedly the road less travelled by. Only a few have taken this path, not because they had [...]
Monday, April 12, 2010
PROPERTY WEALTH NETWORK
It is well documented that it comes to investing in Property knowledge is power. The world economy is improving and property will regain its status as a safe haven for investors, a perfect time for a seminar on property. Eight Thought leaders have got together to bring you an evening of thought provoking [...]
Monday, April 12, 2010
February was a bumper month for property prices as a result of increasing confidence in the economy.
According to the latest ABSA house price index, house prices lower range (sizes of between 80m²-140m²), the average value were UP by 9,6% (y/y), with an average value of around R725 200 in March. So quite simply, if [...]
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
“On Saturday 27 March, a record 126 countries and territories, over 4 000 cities, towns and municipalities and hundreds of millions of people across the globe took a stand for climate action by switching off their lights during Earth Hour 2010. It was an inspiring global confirmation that people do understand the role they can [...]
Justin is the Executive Chairman and co founder of www.Privateproperty.co.za , Africa’s busiest property portal. Over the last two decades he has accumulated wide experience in the property business, as developer and investor in Commercial, Residential and Industrial property types. Justin is a risk taker who loves the impact technology is having on the property industry, "the ultimate flattener" and is regarded as an opinion leader in this space.