Property Masters. A history of the British commercial property sector

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Scholarly history of the British commercial property sector from 1800 to the 1990s. Structured in two parts: Part 1] 'Evolution of the British commercial property market since 1800: 'Emergence of a commercial property investment market, 1800-1918' including traditional landowners, insurance company investment, changing nature of the market, city office development; 'Property investment, development and the capital market between the wars' including pattern, companies, finance, entrepreneurship; 'War and recovery, 1939-54'; 'The property boom, 1955-64'; 'From brown bin to barber boom, 1965-73'; 'The property crash, aftermath and recovery, 1974-80'; 'The best of times and the worst of times - the commercial property market since 1980'. Part 2] 'Statistical analysis of the commercial property market': Statistical overview; 'Econometric analysis of property returns and the volume of institutional property investment'. Some coverage of Clerical, Medical & General Life Assurance Society; Legal & General Life Assurance Society; Prudential Assurance