Four months after leaving the law, it is interesting to sit and watch the response of the industry to the latest financial crisis.

There is no doubt that those who took their holidays in August returned in September to an entirely different market where the availability of credit will slow down corporate work flows.  Time will tell whether it was a good time for me to join the property world. Having said that, it comes as no surprise that on the first hint of a slow-down – having had years of a strong bull market – you begin to hear whispers that firms are considering laying off people.