Will Fraser – författare

This book is a comprehensive analysis of property investment and the market's determination of commercial property values and investment performance. The author examines the economic forces that operate in the property market by placing property in the context of the overall investment market and the local, national and international economies. Relevant concepts and principles of economics, investment and finance are identified; these are then used to explain the operation of the property market and property price determination. The text begins with a study of the stock market, identifying the principles and forces which explain the price determination of stocks and shares. These principles are then applied to commercial property investments and a simple theory is developed. The three major sectors of the property market (letting, development and investment) are then analysed in depth, and the pricing theory is reviewed. After an examination of the influence of government intervention, the subject is synthesised by detailed studies of three of the most turbulent periods in the history of the post Second World War property market in the UK. In this second edition, both the text and illustrative examples have been updated. The theory of the market's determination of rental values and yields have been substantially revised and developed. A new chapter, discussing the 1980s property boom and the 1990s collapse, has been added.

This book is a practical guide to the application of discounted cash flow for second and third year undergraduates on property management courses and would also be useful for practising chartered surveyors and those involved in the property business. Good practice requires an understanding of the underlying concepts and rationale as well as the principles, criteria and practical issues which inform the estimation of cash flows and choice of discount rate. This book draws on relevant financial theory to provide the reader with the extent and quality of understanding required to support good practice.

This book is a practical guide to the application of discounted cash flow for second and third year undergraduates on property management courses and would also be useful for practising chartered surveyors and those involved in the property business. Good practice requires an understanding of the underlying concepts and rationale as well as the principles, criteria and practical issues which inform the estimation of cash flows and choice of discount rate. This book draws on relevant financial theory to provide the reader with the extent and quality of understanding required to support good practice.

This book is a practical guide to the application of discounted cash flow for second and third year undergraduates on property management courses and would also be useful for practising chartered surveyors and those involved in the property business. Good practice requires an understanding of the underlying concepts and rationale as well as the principles, criteria and practical issues which inform the estimation of cash flows and choice of discount rate. This book draws on relevant financial theory to provide the reader with the extent and quality of understanding required to support good practice.

'The ambition of Cloister is never in doubt... page-turning noir-ish suspense unites the quotidian scheming of Trollope's Barchester with the tortured passions of William Golding's The Spire' BBC Music Magazine

'I found lots to relish in this imaginary vision of cathedral life in a city that I haven't often seen portrayed in fiction' Cathedral Music Magazine

'Challenging, thought-provoking, entertaining; the novel should be labelled ‘Organ Loft Noir’' Organists’ Review

'Will Fraser wraps a nerve-wracking thriller around a profound meditation on the vocation of making music. Readers still mourning the passing of Colin Dexter and John Le Carré will have reason to rejoice' Cathi Unsworth

Matthew Marcan returns to Bristol, his childhood home, to attend the funeral of his mentor, Richard, the director of music at the cathedral. Matthew sees himself as Richard’s natural successor but is passed over in favour of Geraint, and reluctantly agrees to take on the role of assistant organist. Filling the atmospheric cathedral with music for its daily choral services is his obsession, but his lazy new boss proves a determined hindrance to his work.

Matthew meets blues musician Chloë, and finds himself drawn into a love triangle with her former lover, a man who brings death with him from the gothic South of the USA.

As work and conflict at the cathedral thwart his expectations, Matthew comes to see his life and his career as a musician very differently. Does love offer refuge? Can he and Chloë establish a relationship without falling foul of her ex, who will seemingly stop at nothing, even murder, to get Chloë, and then Matthew, to agree to his sinister ultimatum?