Analyses
The well known secret
no Mall owner wants to disclose
The “trend” for Malls in Romania was initiated by the success of the first 3 projects, created by two companies. Anchor Group developed two projects in Bucharest, with one of them (”Bucuresti Mall”) still being a “cash cow” for the company and the second one (”Plaza Romania”) being very profitable until the opening of... »
25 clients desperately searching to invest
but they still find “all the mistakes of the past”…
This summer was quite a busy one for my company. But except the deals we got involved in, there were also plenty of cases where we received requests from potential clients, for which we did not proceed. Mainly because we do not broker the “normal” apartments that you find in the adds, we have... »
“Miss, 39 years old,
searches (only) for serious relation”
Romanian Real Estate market, Autumn 2010 After the Second World War and the civil one that followed, Greece was a poor, destroyed country. Some Greek movies, comedies, were offering few moments of happiness to people. The most popular ones were describing / criticizing the society’s habits, perceptions or prejudices. In one of these movies the most... »
Foreclosures in Romania
6 + 6 tips to get started
(part 2, to read part 1, please press here) During the summer I had repeatedly stated that soon we enter in a new period, the one of foreclosures. Either starting with this winter or for sure during 2011 the problems of Romanian economy and Real Estate market will be transformed into something more painful: An... »
Foreclosures in Romania
6 + 6 tips to get started
(part 1) During the summer I had repeatedly stated that soon we enter in a new period, the one of foreclosures. Either starting with this winter or for sure during 2011 the problems of Romanian economy and Real Estate market will be transformed into something more painful: An endless list of foreclosures, for thousands of... »
Let us bet: How much will be the VAT next week or month?
4 questions - problems from the continuous change of taxes
Last night the Senate decided to bring VAT back to 19%, modifying the government’s decision less than 2 months ago. This is a proposal that has to be approved by the Parliament. Despite my strong desire to comment upon the news, I will not do it. This is how Romanian politicians understand their duty... »
The world leads to double dip recession
and Romania is heavily influenced. Why?
5 reminders and 5 signs
that we didn’t see the worst part yet
5 reminders - analyses Six months ago, I reminded to you my analysis about the world economy. There I was telling you that the “positive signs” were fake and I was explaining why I expected things to be worse than... »
Greece 2009 – Romania 2010:
This reminds me of something…
I will not analyze to you the Romanian situation, but just the Greek one. All of you have your own opinion about Romania and it is not difficult for you to compare and realize what I am talking about… (I just suggest to you to compare Greece of 2008 with Romania of 2009, Greece... »
Greece 2009 – Romania 2010:
This reminds me of something…
Two years ago, during August 2008, I had shared with you my experience of what happened in Greece in 1999, compared it with Romania of 2008 and described to you what you should expect to happen in the following period: The market to fall. At that time I had received too many emails of... »
Trying to sell ANL apartments at very low prices:
“Too much confusion for no serious reason”
Some months ago I have explained to you what I expected to happen with this story of “selling the apartments of ANL with very low prices”. You can find my analysis here: Selling ANL apartments at low prices: American and English markets tell us what will happen Now I think that it would be interesting... »
