Europe Commercial Property Update

Still-weak sentiment consistent with sluggish recovery

The latest RICS survey suggested that there was a further improvement in occupier and investment demand at the beginning of 2024. However, the big picture was one of a very weak market, reaffirming...

25th April 2024 · 3 mins read

UK Commercial Property Update

Residential rental growth to outperform

The Q1 RICS commercial survey provided further evidence that occupier demand has turned the corner, with demand ticking up in the industrial and office sectors. But with availability still elevated...

25th April 2024 · 3 mins read

US Housing Market Update

What later Fed rate cuts mean for the housing market

A later start to Fed rate cuts than we anticipated will push the fall in mortgage rates and recovery in activity into the second half of the year. But as we think that the Fed Funds rate will...

25th April 2024 · 3 mins read

London Housing Markets Chart Pack

London Housing Chart Pack (Q2 2024)

House price growth in London remains negative according to the ONS, but timelier measures of house prices and sentiment suggest that activity has picked up and prices are regaining momentum. The...

25th April 2024 · 1 min read

UK Commercial Property Chart Pack

UK Commercial Property Chart Pack (Apr. 24)

All-property yields have been broadly stable since the start of the year. Higher-than-expected interest rates mean yields may see a further small rise over the next few months, but we still think they...

24th April 2024 · 1 min read

US Commercial Property Update

Permanent online shift is mixed news for retail

The latest e-commerce statistics suggest that the pandemic has left US online sales on a permanently higher trend. That will be bad news for retail rents generally, though the detailed data also hint...

23rd April 2024 · 4 mins read

US Housing Market Rapid Response

US New Home Sales (Mar. 2024)

The large uptick in new home sales in March is consistent with our above-consensus prediction that sales of new homes will climb to 750,000 by year end.

23rd April 2024 · 2 mins read

Europe Commercial Property Update

Oslo offices to lead the way in Scandinavia

Prime office rent growth in Scandinavia is expected to moderate in the coming years as soft demand and rising supply push up vacancy. But having trailed the other Scandinavian cities in 2023, we think...

23rd April 2024 · 3 mins read

China Economics Update

China trip notes – sentiment still depressed

A week spent visiting clients, contacts and friends in Beijing and Shanghai has underlined the extent of the pessimistic shift in sentiment within China.

23rd April 2024 · 5 mins read

UK Commercial Property Update

Multifamily rents set to outperform

New more granular MSCI data shows that the outperformance of residential property over the past decade was primarily down to student housing. Indeed, only in the past couple of years have multifamily...

22nd April 2024 · 3 mins read

US Housing Market Chart Pack

US Housing Market Chart Pack (Mar. 2024)

Even if mortgage rates fall to 6.5% this year as we expect, homeowners will still be discouraged from listing their home, ensuring supply remains tight. At the same time, mortgaged buyer demand should...

18th April 2024 · 1 min read

US Housing Market Rapid Response

US Existing Home Sales (Mar. 2024)

The fall in existing home sales in March was triggered by mortgage rates climbing back above 7% the month before. Even so, transactions remain above the trough at the end of last year, consistent with...

18th April 2024 · 2 mins read

US Housing Market Rapid Response

US Housing Starts (Mar. 2024)

Housing starts weren’t able to build on the strong performance of the previous month in March, falling by the largest monthly amount since April 2020 in the early days of the pandemic. Although some...

16th April 2024 · 2 mins read

Europe Commercial Property Update

Expect subpar rental performance in Germany

While rental performance in German commercial property markets has been relatively solid given the country’s poor economic performance over the past five or so years, we think this is set to end.

16th April 2024 · 3 mins read

UK Commercial Property Update

Will the investment recovery be delayed?

After a positive end to 2023 commercial property investment has since lost momentum, not helped by a rebound in interest rates. But we still think interest rates will fall back this year and, while...

12th April 2024 · 3 mins read