From limbo to samba

he only explanation I can come up with for this is that the post-pandemic period had finally come to an end. We had perhaps become accustomed to where we had been left by the upheaval in our lives and working patterns, but maybe in 2024 the need to move on from it all finally came to a head and it became imperative to try to look forward once again. And so, it turned out to be a confusing year of transition between comfortable stagnation and a more hopeful but uncertain future. Well, I don’t know about you, but that’s how it felt for me personally. My theory may or may not hold any water, but at least some evidence in its favour is provided by the journey taken by last year’s real estate investment volumes. There was that incredibly slow, sluggish start to the year, when no transactions were taking place; and then some deals started trickling through, leading us to speculate about whether the market had turned the corner. This state of limbo seemed to go on for sever