London Remains the Largest Commercial Real Estate Investment Market in the World
[{"id": "ehzs6vq", "text": "Lol. I live in New York City. I was raised in London. I would be poor as dirt if I was a broker in London. It's a rigged game there.\n\n  \n", "replies": [{"id": "ei0ov9l", "text": "Care to elaborate? Interested to why. ", "replies": [{"id": "ei3xzfi", "text": "The ROI we have our here even in the hottest markets are not comparable. Then there\u2019s the lending. Facilities in the UK don\u2019t have any any of the institutional flexibility we do. The usa simply has a lower barrier to entry. I couldn\u2019t do what I do here, there. The banks there are too few and financing options far too rigid. Then there\u2019s the red tape. The lead times between purchase and ground breaking and expenses associated there to. \n\nAs a broker. Boutiques can\u2019t do what I was doing just a couple of years in. There isn\u2019t great swaths if Manhattan owned by a single entity. There are large owners of course but they have competition. Then there\u2019s the big brokerage firms here, they\u2019re there too, but I can compete with them here. Absorption rates in london vs ny are awful. \n\n", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]