UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Overseas buyers continue to drive investment market activity All-property capital values fell by 4% in the year to November, with adverse yield impact accounting for about 3%-points of that decline. Central London offices continue to outperform, with shopping... 19th December 2012 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Focus The development potential of Poland's industrial market Given its relatively bright medium-term economic growth prospects, the outlook for Poland’s industrial occupier market over the next few years was already pretty decent. Over and above this, though... 17th December 2012 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Further falls in European property investment likely in 2013 Our forecast that 2012 European commercial property volumes would be as much as 20% lower than in 2011 looks to be on track. Unfortunately, the conditions are not in place for a rebound in 2013. If... 13th December 2012 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Financial and business services sector jobs (Q3 12) The number of financial & business services (FBS) sector jobs hit a fresh record high in Q3. For now, we continue to pencil in falls in City and West End office rents in 2013. But the persistent... 12th December 2012 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Will retail rents in Amsterdam and Helsinki continue to trend up? The relatively strong rise in Helsinki retail rental values seen since 2010 is not difficult to square with the underlying health of the Finnish economy. But it is less straightforward to justify... 11th December 2012 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Industrial yields in Prague and Budapest have further to rise Monday’s Central & Eastern European (CEE) manufacturing PMI data suggest that recent rises in industrial yields in Prague and Budapest might be one-offs. However, softer external demand from the euro... 5th December 2012 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Focus Is it too soon to look beyond core European property markets? Above-average falls in rental values and a rising yield gap with core markets both suggest that there is growing scope for commercial property in the peripheral euro-zone economies to outperform... 4th December 2012 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Focus The outlook for 2013: a return to rising capital values? Our sense is that investor sentiment has improved in recent months and some are now starting to look ahead to the next commercial property recovery. Accordingly, although the current downturn is not... 3rd December 2012 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Will the Oslo-Stockholm all-property yield differential widen? If the euro-zone crisis worsens and economic growth in Norway and Sweden disappoints, property yields in both Oslo and Stockholm are likely to rise by 30bps to 50bps over the next 12-18 months... 30th November 2012 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (Oct. 12) Net commercial property lending was negative for the 11th consecutive month in October. However, while lenders continue to make progress on working out nonperforming loans, uncertainty and the weak... 29th November 2012 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Will core market property yields be immune to the downturn? Outside the peripheral markets, the economic downturn in the euro-zone has yet to have a material impact on commercial property values. Yet if the recession deepens as we anticipate, the next six... 27th November 2012 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Colliers/Real Estate Capital Pricing Survey (Nov 12) The latest Colliers/ Real Estate Capital survey suggests that secondary property yields have ticked down in recent months. It is too early to be sure that this is a start of a new trend. But these... 26th November 2012 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Update South East offices: is an occupier market recovery underway? Over the past few months, the fledgling South East office occupier market recovery has continued. And given that this region has an above-average exposure to the technology sector of the economy... 22nd November 2012 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Is retail property in Brussels overpriced? We think that weak retail fundamentals in Belgium don’t warrant the currently low level of retail property yields in Brussels. Indeed, our forecast that consumer spending and retail rents are likely... 22nd November 2012 · 1 min read
Non-Euro Europe Commercial Property Chart Pack Are Scandinavian property prices on the brink? Consistent with the slowdown in the region’s economies, the upturn in commercial property rents in Scandinavia seems to have stalled. Given that, we think that yields will begin to rise before long... 21st November 2012 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Capital value downturn extends to 12 months in October IPD all-property initial yields were unchanged in October, but the small drop in rents meant that capital values fell further. Indeed, there have now been 12 consecutive monthly falls in capital... 20th November 2012 · 1 min read
