Against bank stocks What could the spillover to CRE look like? The tail-risk disaster scenario, says Kiran Raichura, property economist at Capital Economics, is that stricter lending (in combination with rising rates and... 21st March 2023 · Financial Times
Non-Euro Europe Commercial Property Chart Book Scandinavia & Switzerland: Values fall further The rise in prime property yields accelerated in Q4. Despite gains in all-property rents in most markets, this meant capital values fell across all sectors. Declines were particularly sharp in offices... 24th February 2023 · 5 mins read
Non-Euro Europe Commercial Property Chart Book Emerging Europe: Rental surge lifts capital values CEE yields continued to rise in Q4, but very strong rental growth prevented all-property capital values from falling for a second successive quarter. This turnaround was driven by retail and... 23rd February 2023 · 5 mins read
Euro-zone Commercial Property Chart Book Sharpest fall in all-property values on record Capital value falls accelerated in Q4 as euro-zone all-property yields surged higher. And although rents increased in both offices and industrial, the outsized jump in yields meant euro-zone all... 17th February 2023 · 9 mins read
US Commercial Property Update Retail to split as US nears recession Almost three years on from the pandemic, only middle-income households are yet to recover financially. In the face of a looming downturn, we expect this will drive growth for discounters as middle... 10th February 2023 · 3 mins read
Europe Commercial Property Update Hawkish ECB will weigh on euro-zone investment Euro-zone investment contracted sharply in Q4 2022 and we think further interest rate rises will prolong this weakness throughout much of this year. But we expect a recovery in transactions towards... 27th January 2023 · 3 mins read
Europe Commercial Property Update Are we nearing a trough for Scandinavian investment? Near term economic headwinds suggest the slowdown in investment activity in Scandinavia will continue in 2023. However, with policy rates near a peak, and improving economic activity and falling bond... 23rd January 2023 · 3 mins read
Event Property Drop-In: How bad will it get for the UK and euro-zone in 2023? 17th January 2023, 9AM GMT After post-pandemic property rallies hit the skids last year, what will 2023 bring for UK and euro-zone markets?
Non-Euro Europe Commercial Property Outlook Emerging Europe: Retail better placed as yields rise Property yields have risen on the back of higher interest rates and have started to drag materially on values. We expect this to continue in 2023, as valuations are still highly stretched. Given... 14th December 2022 · 2 mins read
UK Markets Outlook Being patient with the pivot Although we agree with the markets that the Bank of England will be patient and won’t pivot from raising interest rates to actually cutting interest rates until 2024, we think that fading inflation... 30th November 2022 · 13 mins read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (Oct.) Falling capital values have not yet deterred commercial property investors, with net lending to property increasing for the second month in a row in October. Bargain hunters may have given lending a... 29th November 2022 · 3 mins read
UK Commercial Property Outlook Recession to hit rental growth as yields rise The surge in interest rates in recent months has quickly been reflected in property yields, and as a result we have brought forward some of our forecasted rise in yields from 2023 into 2022. But with... 28th November 2022 · 28 mins read
Event Drop-In: UK house prices go over the edge – how far will they fall? 1st December 2022, 10AM GMT Chief Property Economist Andrew Burrell and Andrew Wishart, who leads our UK housing coverage, held a briefing on the shape of the coming downturn in the UK housin
Europe Commercial Property Update Weaker demand to limit Paris office rent growth Falls in Paris Centre West vacancy are expected to support a further pick-up in prime office rents in the second half of the year. But this will be short-lived, with the deteriorating outlook for... 4th October 2022 · 3 mins read
US Commercial Property Update Office conversions most likely in high land cost metros The contrast between the strong performance of the apartment sector and the weak performance of offices in the last two years has made office-to-residential conversions more viable, but the numbers... 22nd July 2022 · 3 mins read