Rural populations have been trickling into cities for decades as rural industries become more reliant on technology and require fewer workers. The move from rural to urban offers new employment options for young hopefuls. This trend has accelerated in recent years leading to unprecedented migration into urban areas.

Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) have been around for a while, but they look set to step into another gear over the next decade as the technology becomes more sophisticated and ambitious. Is this a good thing, or a threat to the quality of valuations?

Buildings are a major contributor to climate change, estimated by the US Green Building Council to account for 39% of US carbon emissions, and yet less than 1% of construction revenues are reinvested into research and development.

Could sequestering CO2 in soil help us to reverse the effects of climate change, and if so, how does it need to be implemented if it is to have the required effect?

With the world’s cities growing to serve the needs of their largely young, working populations, are we in danger of creating places wholly unsuited to their older, future residents?

The Deloitte report, 'Blockchain in commercial real estate. The future is here.' explores the value proposition of blockchain technology and its applicability to property leasing and management, and purchase and sale transaction processes.