National overview of the retirement village sector

The dramatic increase in the number of Australians turning 65 over the next 20 years is now an established demographic fact. Treasury projects a doubling of the seniors’ population by 2050, with an economically signifcant reduction in the ratio of taxpayers to retirees. To support this growth there needs to be a large corresponding increase in the amount of purpose-built housing, so that the 8.1 million Australians who will be over 65 by 2050 continue to have the choice, independence and autonomy that they expect and deserve.

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Home grown, independent real estate brokerage serving the greater Portland Metro Area, Columbia and Yamhill counties, and the Oregon Coast. Top Ten firm by sold dollar volume, according to the Portland Business Journal's annual ranking.

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The Return of Risk: Subprime Sneaking Back

whitePaper | May 24, 2022

Subprime financing is on the upswing, and for a lot of people that’s a problem. The mortgage meltdown is widely identified with subprime lending so why should the return of such loans be welcomed?

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Real Estate and Real Innovation

whitePaper | March 23, 2022

“The real estate industry is facing numerous challenges ...” — this is often the opening sentence to current articles about the future of the industry. And indeed, the real estate industry is moving more and more into the public eye due to increasing socio-political and regulatory tasks. The tasks range from the creation of affordable living space in the housing industry and the need to adapt development models on the commercial property market to the new workplace models. In addition, those involved in the market must equally deal with the changed view of sustainability criteria, which are now summarized under the abbreviation ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance).

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Property Management and Technology Predictions for 2023

whitePaper | January 11, 2023

In this section, we'll go over some of the most important trends that we can expect to see in the year 2023. Although we have already seen some of these happening in the past few months, they may begin to become even more significant as we get into the new year

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The new safe haven: Making the case for European real estate long income

whitePaper | September 15, 2022

With inflation hitting multi-decade highs, central banks in major developed markets have finally been forced to abandon the long-running era of easy monetary policy; interest rate hikes rather than cuts characterise the new regime. At such times, when government bonds are less of a safe haven, investments offering resilience and stable returns are hard to find. Real estate long income offers the potential to deliver on both counts.

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The state of the workplace

whitePaper | March 23, 2022

It’s hard to overstate the transformation that work has undergone during the pandemic. While some progressive organizations had implemented remote work policies previously, the vast majority of professional employees were in a routine of traditional commuting and in-office working, and found their lives and schedules upturned in 2020.

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Revolutionizing the Global Real Estate market

whitePaper | May 23, 2022

Due to lesser volatility and better returns, the real-estate industry has been a consistently favored asset class among investors. Driven by the myriad of benefits associated with property investments. The demand for international real-estate has also seen an upsurge. Just in the past seven years, the total sales value of international real estate assets has increased from $70 billion to $370 billion. Among all the nations. The countries in Asia-Pacific have shown a steady increase in capital outflow into international property investments. Among all the countries, the individual and corporate investors from China alone have spent an estimated $150 billion in real estate overseas in 2017. However, such overseas transactions are riddled with many challenges, including the lack of direct access to a suitable foreign bank and inhibiting government restrictions on transactions. Even when cross-border remittances are made, there is the obstacle of increased transaction costs and delay in receiving payments.

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