UK Commercial Property Data Response CIPS/Markit Construction PMI (July) Today’s PMI showed that activity in the construction sector as a whole, as well as in the commercial property sub-sector, continued to grow solidly in July. However, the availability of property... 3rd August 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Colliers/Real Estate Capital Pricing Survey1Aug The results of the latest Colliers/Real Estate Capital survey were patchy, with expectations for some sectors being upgraded and some downgraded. On balance, we would view this as further confirmation... 2nd August 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (June) Survey evidence pointing to a modest improvement in the property lending market received some support today. Bank of England data showed that net property lending in June reached a two-year high. But... 30th July 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response RICS Commercial Property Market Survey (Q2) The latest RICS survey suggests that, for now, occupier demand is proving resilient to the slowdown in the wider economy. That said, outside the Central London office market, there was little to... 29th July 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response CIPS/Markit Construction PMI (June) Today’s PMI showed that the pace of the recovery in construction activity moderated in June. In essence, resilience in the civil engineering and commercial property sectors was enough to offset a... 5th July 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Bank of England Credit Conditions Survey (Q2) Today’s Credit Conditions Survey suggested that the near-term outlook for commercial property lending may be slightly more positive than in the residential sector. But lending prospects in both... 1st July 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Institutional Investment in Property (Q1) & Financial Stability Report Investing institutions remained net buyers of commercial property in Q1 and, over the coming quarters, we suspect that they will continue to increase their portfolios. Elsewhere, while we do not... 25th June 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Financial and business services sector jobs (Q1) Financial and business services (FBS) sector jobs rose in Q1, but the year-on-year growth rate slumped and is well below the level that, in the past, has been required to deliver a sustained rise in... 16th June 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Mergers and Acquisitions Activity (Q1) The rise in the value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity involving UK firms reported in Q1 flatters the underlying picture. The sharp decline in the number of deals concluded implies that a... 7th June 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response CIPS/Markit Construction PMI (May) In February, the CIPS/Markit construction PMI hit its highest level since last June, driven primarily by a surge in residential construction activity. However, activity in the commercial property... 2nd June 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (Apr) After a modest improvement in Q1 as a whole, net new lending to commercial property was negative again in April. There has been nothing in the anecdotal evidence or data-flow in recent months to alter... 1st June 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response IPF Consensus Forecasts (May) On average, respondents to the IPF Consensus still expect all-property capital values to edge lower this year, though the scale of the potential fall has been trimmed. Even so, some forecasters think... 27th May 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response RICS Construction Survey (Q1) December’s snow may have distorted the data, but the latest RICS survey nevertheless showed that commercial property, driven by London’s office market, was the only sector to see a rise in... 19th May 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response RICS Commercial Property Market Survey (Q1) The latest RICS Construction Survey had a distinctly negative tone, with activity in all sub-sectors falling in Q3. Given construction’s key role in the wider recovery to date, the survey thus... 6th May 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Property Lending (Q1) & Construction PMI (Apr) Commercial property development activity grew solidly again in April but other data show that credit availability in the sector more generally remains pretty tight. Given this, and our expectation... 4th May 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response CIPS/Markit Construction PMI (Mar) In February, the CIPS/Markit construction PMI hit its highest level since last June, driven primarily by a surge in residential construction activity. However, activity in the commercial property... 4th April 2011 · 1 min read
