UK Commercial Property Outlook The recovery will continue to accelerate The commercial property market is in something of a “sweet spot” at present, with improved investor confidence and low interest rates supportive of yield falls, and the growing economy likely to kick... 11th February 2014 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Chart Pack First signs of occupier market stabilisation? Further rises in euro-zone economic activity and sentiment over the past few months have helped to maintain a robust level of investment demand for commercial property in the region. And in contrast... 7th February 2014 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Central Europe – where are the prospects for industrial rents brightest? The recent surge in industrial confidence in Hungary increases the upside risks around our forecasts for industrial rental value growth. But after taking account of existing spare capacity, the... 5th February 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Update Industrial rents on course for a strong rise this year Recent data suggest that occupier demand for industrial property is recovering at least as strongly and widely as for the other sectors. Although there are signs that developers are already planning a... 5th February 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response CIPS/Markit Construction PMI (Jan 14.) The CIPS/Markit construction PMI suggests that, in January, commercial property developers expanded their workloads at the fastest pace in more than six years. Clearly, developers are confident about... 4th February 2014 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update How good is the outlook for Copenhagen property? Evidence of a budding economic recovery and a comparatively high level of property yields have boosted investor interest in Copenhagen. There are reasons not to get carried away. But the upside risks... 30th January 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response RICS Commercial Property Market Survey (Q4 13) Today’s RICS survey showed that the occupier market recovery now encompasses all sectors and regions, pointing to healthy gains in rents this year. 28th January 2014 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Time to reassess the outlook for peripheral property yields? Strong investment market activity in the fourth quarter, particularly in Spain and other peripheral markets, suggests that our 2014 forecast for unchanged yields in most euro-zone property markets may... 28th January 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack The occupier market recovery is broadening All-property rental values rose by 0.25%m/m in December, the fourth rise in a row and the largest since November 2007. Offices and industrial property are faring best, but there are also signs that a... 23rd January 2014 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Where next for Russian property yields? The strength of the Russian investment market may suggest that our forecast for unchanged office and retail yields this year and next is too cautious. But the subdued economic outlook, the falls in... 22nd January 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Update Survey may overstate the outlook for London office rents The tone of the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services survey was very positive and bodes well for the Central London office market in 2014. Although strong supply growth will tend to be a restraint on... 20th January 2014 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Real estate equities point to period of weakness in euro-zone values The recent weakness in euro-zone real estate equity prices suggests that capital value growth in the physical property market will slow to zero over the coming quarters. Improved confidence within the... 20th January 2014 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Update Return of institutions to the investment market is a good sign Commercial property transactions activity was strong in 2013 but, rather than the headline deals total, we think that the return of UK-based institutions to the investment market was more noteworthy... 16th January 2014 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Are investors starting to shun Paris? Perhaps unsurprisingly given the weak state of the French economy, the Ile-de-France office occupier downturn stepped up a notch in 2013. More notable, though, was the fall in the investment volume... 15th January 2014 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Warsaw office rental downturn ending, but recovery still some way off It now looks likely that Warsaw office rents fell by between 3% and 5% last year, in line with our forecasts. We think that office rents should now stabilise, as occupier demand turns increasingly... 14th January 2014 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Subdued sentiment to hold back European property values The surge in UK economic sentiment appears to be breathing new life into occupier markets outside London and is a key reason why we expect commercial property values in the UK as a whole to do well in... 9th January 2014 · 1 min read
