Journal
Market history, regulation, method and artificial intelligence. Every article cites its sources.
Automate without automating chaos: a five-step method
Map, pick the right use cases, measure, govern, train: how to stop an automation or AI project from locking in a bad process.
Real estate cycles: from Homer Hoyt to the 18-year cycle
Where the idea of an 18-year property cycle comes from, what the four market phases describe and what history really allows us to say.
AI in property valuation and due diligence: promise and safeguards
Hedonic models, document review tools, hallucinations and confidentiality: what AI brings to property valuation and where human judgement remains central.
London, July 2016: when property funds shut their doors
After the Brexit vote, seven UK open-ended property funds froze over £18 billion. A look back at a liquidity crisis and what it teaches.
Swiss data protection and AI: the framework in practice
Switzerland's data protection act already applies to AI. Transparency, automated decisions, transfers, the EU AI Act: the essentials for a small business.
Swiss real estate funds: understanding the premium
NAV, market price, premium and discount: how listed Swiss property funds work and why their premium collapsed in 2022.
Generative AI in business: what the research actually shows
Widespread adoption, rare financial impact, real but conditional productivity gains: sorting robust findings from debated ones and from hype.