UK Commercial Property Data Response Institutional Investment in Property (Q3) To date in 2014, net institutional investment in property has totalled £4bn. Although the rate of net investment now appears to be easing, that could well prove temporary. And with strong economic... 19th December 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Workforce jobs (Q3) Office-based employment dipped in the third quarter. But with annual growth already running well ahead of the whole economy average, the outlook for office occupier demand and rental value growth is... 17th December 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Colliers/Real Estate Capital Pricing Survey The latest Colliers/Real Estate Capital survey contained further evidence that the current, yield-driven upturn in capital values is likely to slow next year. After all, there are signs that non-prime... 2nd December 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Construction PMI (Nov.) and Mergers & Acquisitions (Q3) The commercial property construction PMI fell for the second month in a row in November. But that does little to alter the picture of a strengthening occupier market. Today’s better mergers and... 2nd December 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (Oct.) Net lending to commercial property dropped to an 11-month low in October, indicating that, although gross new lending flows may be improving, the overall stance of credit conditions in the sector is... 1st December 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response IPF Consensus Forecasts (Q4) The UK commercial property forecasting community thinks that rental values will rise every year until 2018 and by an average of about 2.5% p.a. But presumably reflecting expectations of a continued... 28th November 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response RICS Commercial Property Market Survey (Q3) Today’s RICS survey contained a raft of positive occupier market indicators, which send a clear message that rental value growth will continue to accelerate. 6th November 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response CIPS/Markit Construction PMI (Oct.) After a multi-year high in September, the CIPS/Markit commercial property construction PMI eased down again in October. But it remained at a high level and indicates strong confidence in the prospects... 4th November 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (Sep./Q3) Net commercial property lending was negative again in September. We think positive figures are now in sight, but also that lending activity is unlikely to boom. 29th October 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response RICS Construction Survey (Q3) Strong readings from today’s RICS construction survey confirm that commercial property developers’ confidence about the prospects for occupier demand is high. We agree that the outlook for the... 23rd October 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response CIPS/Markit Construction PMI (Sep.) The CIPS/Markit commercial property construction PMI for September was as high as it has been at any point since 2007. Increased construction will clearly dampen rents over the long term. But focusing... 2nd October 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (Aug.) Net commercial property lending flows were negative again in August, but the least so since February last year. Gross lending, however, is rising and we would expect this to flow through to positive... 29th September 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Institutional Investment in Property (Q2) Today’s ONS data confirm that institutions’ demand for commercial property remained strong in Q2, with timelier Property Archive figures showing that this momentum has been sustained into Q3. This... 19th September 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Workforce jobs (Q2) London office-based employment recorded another strong gain in the second quarter. Strong occupier demand may well prompt developers to raise the medium-term City and West End pipeline. But even that... 17th September 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response IPF Consensus Forecasts (Q3) Respondents to the latest IPF Consensus survey expect both rents and capital values to rise throughout the next five years. But forecasters also envisage modest rises in yields from 2016 onwards... 5th September 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Construction PMI (Aug.) and Mergers & Acquisitions (Q2) Today’s construction PMI highlighted strong developer confidence about the prospects for commercial property occupier demand. Granted, the latest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) figures struck a more... 2nd September 2014 · 1 min read
