Executive Summary

UK property podcast with Akhil Patel covering 18-year cycle basics, London outlook, media emotion trap, stock/property price interactions, and peak-phase action plans. Notable: Patel ran theascendantstrategy.com at the time (pre-PSME rebrand).

Key Claims / Topics Covered

  • Show notes list: cycle mechanics, London outlook (2017), danger of media-driven emotion, where “we are now” in cycle (late recovery / entering 2nd growth phase), demand as cycle driver, stock/property price interactions, peak-phase investor playbook.

Notable Quotes

“Disregarding almost everything you hear and doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing!” — framing for cycle-based investing (host)

Concepts Referenced

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