BUSINESS Next month Coming next month in FROM AROUND THE WORLD Russians
David Disick discovers what Russia’s super-wealthy are buying right now and how you can reach them.
China
With an aging population and not enough youngsters to look after its retirees, a new law requires Chinese people to care for mum and dad. We check the market for retirement homes.
Dubai
It’s back! With price hikes to match the high rises, we ask, has this desert kingdom found firm foundations at last or is its property market built on sand?
THE BIG ISSUE
Alternatives ‘Alternatives’ are investments that are property related but not residential.
They could be car parking spaces, farmland, bamboo plantations or even cemeteries. And they’re being marketed aggressively to the general public.
But how good a business proposition are they? Are they a handy sideline for OPPs while we wait for confidence to return to home buying, or best left to financial advisors?
Read our in-depth report.
THREE WISE (WO)MEN Stand design
Some are so gorgeous that visitors just sit down and sign up right there. Some are so stark they look like monastic retreats.
We’re talking about stands. They’re your own little shops, but how can you make the most of a space a few metres cubed? Can you go all-singing, all- dancing without paying the earth to the organiser?
Busy? Minimalist? Poster design? Models? Free sweets? What works and what doesn’t? And we hear of some howlers.
… ETHICS
Whistleblowers The boss is spending cash earmarked for building. Projected returns are invented. You’re worried you’re working for crooks.
Do you shut up or speak up? Who do you tell? What are the legal implications?
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