Property Economics

Amy joined Capital Economics in 2018 to work on the UK Commercial Property Service. Previously, she worked as a senior economic analyst at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. She also spent one year on a work secondment at the Bank for International Settlements in Switzerland.

Amy holds an Honour’s degree in Economics from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Articles published by Amy Wood

• Bond yield rise won’t cause property yields to spike
• Temporary halt to Amsterdam office rental growth
• Calling time on Italian prime retail rental growth
• Where might industrial yields fall most this year?
• Can Oslo office yields continue to edge lower?
• Investors in Europe moving down the risk curve
• Are we too pessimistic about Spanish office rents?
• Our key commercial property trends for 2021
• Is Turkish retail property roasted?
• Only 15% of European markets overvalued
• Higher online share to boost logistics demand by 15%
• Higher online share to boost logistics demand by 15%
• Higher online share to boost logistics demand by 15%
• Higher online share to boost logistics demand by 15%
• Higher online share to boost logistics demand by 15%
• Weak investment to drag into 2021
• Will German ecommerce accelerate post-COVID-19?
• Imminent rise in bankruptcies to weigh on values
• What do recent sales data imply for the retail sector?
• What to make of recent moves in REIT prices?
• Emerging Europe: The tables turn on retail
• Remote working poses significant downside to rents
• Oslo offices to suffer despite economic outperformance
• Revising our 2020 European investment forecasts
• Strength of Romanian industrial take-up to wane
• Slow consumer recovery to hold back Polish retail rents
• Is investor interest in Portugal justified?
• Relative strength of Swiss job creation won’t help rents
• Luxury retail and tourism hit double whammy for Paris
• Scandi & Swiss: Yield rises to reverse, except for retail
• Property values will fall sharply, but won’t reach GFC lows
• How has office output fared?
• Southern Europe leads valuation deterioration
• Scandinavia & Switzerland: Value slump on the way
• Large pre-let pipeline in Milan won’t prevent rent falls
• Which retail markets are most exposed to COVID-19?
• Impact of WFH on European office demand
• Investor sentiment turns sour
• Property values in Southern Europe to fall the most
• Looser measures won’t stop retail rent falls in Stockholm
• Pricing more vulnerable in CEE markets
• What do equity price falls imply for European property?
• What do equity price falls imply for European property?
• Good times won’t last for Milan prime offices
• German office rents to hold up despite boost to supply
• Any boost to Dublin industrial rents will be temporary
• How might coronavirus impact European high streets?
• How might coronavirus impact European high streets?
• Solid domestic demand won’t help Budapest retail rents
• Signs of growing preference for European real estate
• Signs of growing preference for European real estate
• High rents and softer economy weigh on Spanish retail
• Key predictions for European property in 2020
• What do equities suggest about euro-zone property?
• Elections, Brexit and Property
• IHS Markit/CIPS Construction PMI (Oct.)
• IHS Markit/CIPS Construction PMI (Oct.)
• RICS Commercial Property Market Survey (Q3)
• Lending to commercial property (Sep.)
• How prolonged will the downturn in retail rents be?
• Shopping centre rental value growth to worsen
• IHS Markit/CIPS Construction PMI (Sep.)
• Impact of CVAs to further weigh on retail rents
• Why is lower vacancy not pushing up office rents?
• Office-based employment growth may have peaked
• IPF Consensus Forecasts
• IHS Markit/CIPS Construction PMI (Aug.)
• Lending to commercial property (Jul.)
• What does the health of tenants suggest for investors?
• A cross-check on our all-property yield forecast
• No rebound in investment activity expected this year
• Overseas demand to be soft regardless of £ moves
• RICS Commercial Property Market Survey (Q2)
• RICS Construction Market Survey (Q2)
• Bank of England highlights risk to commercial property
• A wider ‘new normal’ property to bond yield spread?
• How our Brexit scenarios could impact UK property
• Logistics road traffic points to lower industrial demand