UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (Jun.) Net new lending to commercial property was negative for the 19th consecutive month in June and we do not think that the end of the deleveraging process is in sight yet. But with wider sentiment... 29th July 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response RICS Construction Survey (Q2 13) The balance of surveyors reporting rising workloads in the private commercial and industrial sub-sectors of the construction industry hit a four-and-a-half year high in the second quarter. This... 24th July 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Colliers/Real Estate Capital Pricing Survey July’s Colliers/Real Estate capital pricing survey suggests that investor interest in regional and secondary property is hardening. Not surprisingly, therefore, the survey’s forecasts for commercial... 23rd July 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Bank of England Credit Conditions Survey (Q2 13) The Bank of England’s latest Credit Conditions survey shows that the supply of finance continues to improve in both the residential and commercial property sectors. However, there has been no easing... 3rd July 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response CIPS/Markit Construction PMI (Jun.) The construction PMI indicates that, after four months of falls, commercial property activity was broadly stable in June. This hardly suggests that developers anticipate a surge in occupier demand or... 2nd July 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (May) Net new lending to commercial property was negative again in May. Existing lenders are likely to continue to cut the size of their property loan books in the coming months, although there are few... 1st July 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Institutional Investment in Property (Q1 13) UK-based investing institutions continued to expand their commercial property portfolios in Q1. Historically, this has been associated with rising capital values and we remain confident that modest... 21st June 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Financial and business services sector jobs (Q1 13) The continued, steady increase in the number of financial & business services sector jobs in the first three months of the year should provide a further boost to London office rents for at least the... 12th June 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Financial and business services sector jobs (Q1 13) The continued, steady increase in the number of financial & business services sector jobs in the first three months of the year should provide a further boost to London office rents for at least the... 12th June 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Construction PMI (May) and Mergers & Acquisitions (Q1 13) The CIPS/Markit construction PMI and the latest mergers & acquisitions data suggest that occupier market conditions remain testing. Accordingly, there seems little prospect of a rental value recovery... 4th June 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response IPF Consensus Forecasts (Q2 13) Respondents to the latest IPF Consensus forecasts envisage rents and capital values holding broadly steady this year, also indicating that they think that yields have peaked. In contrast to the... 31st May 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (Apr. 13) Net new lending to commercial property remained negative in April and all the signs are that the deleveraging process has further to run. This may not prevent an upturn in capital values later this... 31st May 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response RICS Commercial Property Market Survey (Q1 13) The latest RICS survey suggests that occupier demand is rising gently and that rents may be about to turn a corner, albeit with the retail sector continuing to lag. These data bolster our expectation... 14th May 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response CIPS/Markit Construction PMI (Apr. 13) The latest CIPS/Markit construction PMI suggests that commercial property activity has now not risen for nine months in a row. This provides yet another signal that the wider occupier market will... 2nd May 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (Mar.) Net lending to commercial property was negative again in March and we think that this trend will remain in place for a while yet. But the deleveraging should remain “benign”, with new lending being... 30th April 2013 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response RICS Construction Survey (Q1 13) The tone of the latest RICS construction survey was broadly positive. Although developers’ confidence in the prospects for property demand could not be classed as bullish, at least there are signs... 25th April 2013 · 1 min read
