Dec 22, 2021
How has the pandemic re-shaped your life?
It would be very unusual if you hadn’t had some major upheavals over the last couple of years, but what’s going to remain as a long-term trend, a legacy of the lockdowns, and what fads are soon going to be forgotten.
I’m sure many of us would like to forget the last couple of years, but they will be pretty hard to forget.
In fact, it’s likely Covid will leave scars on some of us, how we do things what we feel comfortable with and how we want to live, but Covid has also brought with a couple of positive innovations, it has brought forward a number of trends which were probably going to happen anyway and these will improve our lives.
In today’s show, I want to discuss these because whether you are a property investor, a business owner, or a professional understanding these social trends post-Covid will be critical for your success.
And who better to discuss them with than our regular guest, leading demographer Simon Kuestenmacher, so welcome to today’s show.
How has Covid changed social trends?
As we move into a new world of what some will call Covid normal, what will we look back on as a short-term fad, and what will last forever.
Which trends will last?
Online shopping? Working from home? Where do we want to live and how do we want to live?
That’s what I’m going to ask leading demographer Simon Kuestenmacher, director of the Demographics Group because if we understand how the pandemic re-shaped our wish list, not just for housing and property, but for many things in life, it will make us better investors, business people, and entrepreneurs.
Let’s look at a number of social trends that will shape demand and the way we will be living moving forward.
Links and Resources:
Simon Kuestenmacher - Director of Research at The Demographics Group
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Shownotes plus more here: What’s ahead? The post-Covid social trends that will stick, with Simon Kuestenmacher
Some of our favourite quotes from the show:
“They’re upgraders now, they’ve upgraded homes rather than apartments, and that’s going to create a huge demand for certain sorts of properties in the family-friendly residential suburbs.” – Michael Yardney
“Continuing on with the Vespa analogy, they’re going to be scootering out of the capital cities and moving into the regional areas.” – Michael Yardney
“Those who succeed in life do not think they’re going to fail, they know it.” – Michael Yardney
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