Markets & Geopolitics

RICS global construction monitor results Q3 2024: Activity growth slowing but remains positive

The Construction Sentiment Index for Q3 2024 indicates an easing in activity growth, while trends at sector level are more divergent.

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RICS commercial property monitor results Q3 2024: Are global real estate markets in early recovery?

The Commercial Property Sentiment Index for Q3 2024 tentatively points to global real estate markets moving towards a more positive trajectory. However, the latest survey results indicate considerable variation in the outlook for the next 12 months regarding different regions, countries and sectors.

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Housing markets in 2024 and beyond: overcoming the sector’s ‘wicked’ problems

The delivery of adequate housing across all tenures is a challenge familiar to many markets around the world. In a recent webinar, a panel of experts from across Europe discussed the drivers and barriers to creating a more sustainable supply of housing.

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Leading indicators: could change in fiscal rules unlock funding for 1.5 million new homes in the UK?

Leading Indicators is a column written by RICS chief economist, Simon Rubinsohn. This month, could taking a balance sheet approach to fiscal policy help the UK government realise its housebuilding ambitions?

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India building sector outlook: Can the country’s standout growth be sustained?

India’s property sector has outperformed global trends over recent years – but can it maintain this momentum? The second of two articles examines the data.

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India building sector outlook: What has contributed to the country’s standout growth?

With India’s economy and the property sector in particular performing well despite global trends, the first of two articles asks: what key factors are behind its standout growth?

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Why collaboration can promote innovation in public procurement

How do we encourage public procurement to be more pioneering? In a recent webinar, a panel of experts gave their views on how projects can foster more innovation and provide greater value for money.

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Managing construction costs and claims: How APAC is dealing with new pressures

Clear understanding of project plans and processes as well as contractual provisions can reduce the risks posed by inflation and disputes in the Asia–Pacific region, a recent WBEF webinar heard.

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Housing markets in 2024 and beyond: What does good look like?

In a recent webinar, a panel of experts from the UK, US, Germany and France discuss the current state of the residential market, challenges and potential solutions.

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APAC megaprojects: Six trends in contracting, supply chains and skills

We share the findings of our recent webinar.

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Making impact investment work: How capital can support society and the environment

Investors are increasingly interested in generating public benefit as well as returns. Experts at a recent WBEF webinar looked at what such investment has accomplished – and how it can develop.

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Leading indicators: Are we at the peak of the interest rate cycle?

While central bank efforts to combat inflation appear to be paying off, Simon Rubinsohn, RICS Chief Economist, cautions relief in real estate markets globally might not be felt until well into 2024.

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Leading Indicators: Is the COVID-19 housing boom overheating the rental market?

Against an otherwise gloomy economic backdrop, residential property values have risen across the world during the COVID-19 crisis. While politicians..

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Leading Indicators: More austerity is not the answer

Resurrecting the fiscal response to the last global crisis will not work this time around. A new approach, focused on sustainability and lessening...

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Leading Indicators: What now for the cost of money?

Leading Indicators is a monthly column written by RICS Chief Economist, Simon Rubinsohn. This month, are the world's major central banks really pre...

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Leading Indicators: Have we already given up on the green recovery?

Leading Indicators is a monthly column written by RICS Chief Economist, Simon Rubinsohn. This month, after all the talk of building back better...

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Leading Indicators: A rising tide to lift all boats?

All indications suggest that the global economy is bouncing back. But, perhaps unsurprisingly, the shape of recovery looks very different in the...

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Leading Indicators: A step closer to Universal Basic Income?

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Leading Indicators: Is the road to recovery paved with good intentions?

Leading Indicators is a monthly column written by RICS Chief Economist, Simon Rubinsohn. This month, he considers how pressures on balance sheets...

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Leading Indicators: Covid-19 and the new economic rulebook

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Leading Indicators: Is resilience in housing markets a double-edged sword?

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Leading indicators: Will bank collapses trigger further belt-tightening in real estate?

Leading Indicators is a column written by RICS Chief Economist, Simon Rubinsohn. In this article, he considers how the recent collapse of SVB, Signature, and Credit Suisse might impact upon interest rates, stability in financial markets, and the real estate sector.

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