UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Transactions activity improves in October, but it may be a peak Property Archive figures showed that, driven by a rise in the office sector, investment market activity improved again in October, increasing from £2.5bn in September to £2.8bn. Even so, anecdotal... 24th November 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Economic and property market outlook now even weaker All-property rental values again held broadly steady in September, which has now been the case for 21 months. But this continues to be largely due to Central London office markets. Looking ahead... 27th October 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack No respite on the horizon for retail occupier markets Apart from Central London, where shop vacancy is now almost nonexistent, there remains little cause for optimism about retail occupier markets. Admittedly, there will be very few new shopping centre... 23rd September 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack All-property capital values on track for modest gain in 2011 All-property initial yields were unchanged in July, at 6.28%. All-property capital values have risen by 1% to 2% since the start of the year and, reflecting the near-term prospects of both flat rents... 24th August 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Property investment market volumes remain in the doldrums Investment market activity remained pretty weak in June. Indeed, it was the third consecutive month in which the total value of transactions had been less than £2bn. That had not happened since... 23rd July 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Deal activity fails to rebound All-property rental values were flat again in May. Rental values are currently around 11% below their 2008 peak. Further significant falls seem unlikely. Equally, however, we expect GDP growth to... 28th June 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Property market activity and prices remain in a lull All-property rental values remained broadly stable in January, though again this owed much to rises in the City and West End office markets, which offset falls elsewhere. All-property initial yields... 25th May 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack March's capital gain the strongest in nine months All-property rental values remained broadly stable in January, though again this owed much to rises in the City and West End office markets, which offset falls elsewhere. All-property initial yields... 27th April 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Investor activity softens but UK property still a key target Central London offices were once again the only markets to see higher rental values in February. West End office rental values, for example, were up by more than 1%m/m but, by contrast, shopping... 24th March 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Sentiment and investment activity take a knock All-property rental values remained broadly stable in January, though again this owed much to rises in the City and West End office markets, which offset falls elsewhere. All-property initial yields... 28th February 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Economy set to remain weak in 2011 All-property rental values were flat in December, though this disguised the fact that rises in City and West End offices and the retail warehouse segment were offset by falls elsewhere. Meanwhile, net... 25th January 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Property market still in a holding pattern The economy is holding up well for now, with retail sales volumes, for example, rising in November. However, the labour market is beginning to creak, with employment on the Labour Force Survey falling... 22nd December 2010 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Fragile economic outlook weighs on investment activity All-property rental values were basically unchanged again in October, with modest rises in Central London office markets balanced by falls elsewhere. A meaningful recovery in rental values, however... 24th November 2010 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Rental values remain stable, but strong recovery unlikely (Nov 10) All-property initial yields were flat in September, at about 6.45%. By contrast, bond yields fell and,hence, the property to bond yield spread is now back at around 350bps. With economic uncertainty... 22nd October 2010 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Investment activity softens; capital values flat (Oct 10) The economy is now estimated to have grown by 1.2%q/q in Q2, up slightly from the original estimate of 1.1%. However, that is likely to mark the peak for growth and we continue to think that a renewed... 28th September 2010 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack The plateau for capital values has arrived (Sep 10) Data on the economy over the past month showed that the labour market continues to enjoy a rebound, with unemployment falling by about 50,000 over the past three months. However, we expect public... 25th August 2010 · 1 min read
