UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (Jul.) Net commercial property lending was negative for the 32 nd consecutive month in July. But on the ground the flow of credit has improved, and this should show up in the official data sooner rather than... 1st September 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Colliers/Real Estate Capital Pricing Survey The latest Colliers/Real Estate Capital survey showed further upgrades to forecasters’ expectations for growth in rents and capital values both this year and next. But these revisions still may not... 5th August 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response CIPS/Markit Construction PMI (Jul.) The CIPS/Markit commercial property construction PMI eased a bit in July, but was still at a high level. In the long run, increased development activity will obviously dampen rents. But in the shorter... 4th August 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response RICS Commercial Property Market Survey (Q2) Today’s RICS survey confirms a continued occupier market recovery in all sectors and regions, pointing to faster rental value gains in the coming quarters. 29th July 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (Jun.) Net property lending was negative for the 31 st consecutive month in June. But while these figures show that the rundown of debt in the sector isn’t over yet, gross new lending has already begun to... 29th July 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response RICS Construction Survey (Q2) Commercial property construction activity continued to rise strongly in Q2 and the upswing is clear in every region. This suggests that developers’ confidence about the prospects for occupier demand... 16th July 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response CIPS/Markit Construction PMI (Jun.) The CIPS/Markit construction PMI showed that the pace of growth in commercial property development activity in June was more or less at a seven-year high. The implication is that developers’ are... 2nd July 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (May) Net commercial property lending flows were negative again in May, but the trend is improving. In other words, it would not be a surprise to see a pick-up in gross lending flows feed through to... 30th June 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Bank of England Credit Conditions Survey (Q2) The latest Credit Conditions survey suggests that lending activity in both the residential and commercial property sectors remains pretty well controlled. Admittedly, borrower demand is improving... 23rd June 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Institutional Investment in Property (Q1) Demand for commercial property from UK-based investing institutions has been strong so far this year and, with the economic recovery now embedded, it is likely to remain pretty solid for the... 19th June 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Workforce jobs (Q1) London office-based employment has surged by 7% over the past year. This shows that occupier demand still has a considerable head of steam and that City and West End rents should continue to rise... 11th June 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Construction PMI (May 14) and Mergers & Acquisitions (Q1 14) Today’s data releases covering construction sector activity and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) deals do nothing to challenge our forecast for a steady improvement in rental value growth over the rest of... 3rd June 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (Apr.14) Net commercial property lending flows were negative again in April. But April’s fall was the smallest since June last year. Indeed, there is little doubt that a gradual improvement in credit... 2nd June 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response RICS Property Survey (Q1) & CIPS/Markit construction PMI (Apr.) Today’s RICS and CIPS/Markit releases confirm that the commercial property occupier market recovery continues to get stronger and is increasingly broad-based. 2nd May 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (Mar.14) The run of negative, net commercial property lending flows extended to 28 months in March. But we suspect that, within the net figure, gross new lending by banks and building societies will be slowly... 1st May 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response RICS Construction Survey (Q1 14) Commercial property development activity continues to rise strongly and every region is contributing to the expansion. This is another signal of a positive outlook. 24th April 2014 · 1 min read
