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A more mobile world still has local rules

Passports got more useful. Title registers did not become universal. Plan for both facts at once.

GRIP EditorialBrief28 July 20262 min read

Coastal city of tiled roofs and a stone tower by the water

Remote work, cheaper long-haul flights and a generation used to leaving home have changed who looks at a second city. That is a real shift. It has not dissolved the fact that every property sits in one jurisdiction.

Banking, tax residency, school calendars, and the right to be in a place for more than ninety days are still local. So is the plumber. Global mobility is a pattern of people. Housing is a pattern of law and pipes.

GRIP covers mobility because it moves demand. We cover local rules because they decide whether that demand can settle. A market that is easy to visit is not always easy to inhabit.

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