Keith’s weekly property news October 21-2021 My brief period of exhilaration and satisfaction at a job well done gave way to fret, discontent and worry mid-week as the Lira crashed past 9 and picked up pace meaningfully towards 10. That dark period of my life, say 2014-2018, when the house price increases in Lira could […]
Keith’s weekly property news October 17-2021 The information gap Probably this week, more than ever, I realised that there is a lot of information clients need to be getting, but that it is hard to disseminate, from online banking to CBI regulations to information about POAs and lawyer selection to the valuations process to how […]
Keith’s weekly property news October 11-10-2021 The sizzling summer heat has given way to a moody and rainy period here in Istanbul. Nonetheless, the property hunt goes full steam ahead. Last week saw us dipping our toes into Beyoglu, Besiktas, Kagithane, Zeytinburnu, the Asian Side and all corners of Şişli. We found surprisingly good deals, […]
Keith’s weekly property news October 3-2021 There has still been a lot of chatter about how the legislative changes on how the valuation reports are done and how it will impact the property market and CBI. For the secondary market, I feel the effect will be very muted, if at all. For the new-build market, […]
Keith’s weekly property news September 26-2021 Another zippy week in the Bullpen, with lots of movement on all fronts including in the direction of the Turkish Lira which broke all time lows and ended up at 8.88 to finish the week, thanks to a rate cut by the CB. Once again, Turkish assets are on […]
Keith’s weekly property news September 5-2021 Again, another intense week in the country. A nasty bout of insomnia laid me low mid-week. Thank you for the many well-wishes. Melatonin did the trick for regulating sleep again. I spent an incredible amount of time on the phone this week trying to put deals together with other […]