APAC Commercial Property Update Brisbane poised to outperform due to lower remote work share Office attendance in Australia has recovered from pandemic lows but has stalled at around 70% of pre-pandemic levels since 2024. But the larger exposure of Melbourne and Sydney to the finance and... 22nd October 2025 · 3 mins read
APAC Commercial Property Update China's office market weakness to persist through 2027 Mainland China’s office market has been in a prolonged downturn since 2018 as structural headwinds, including weak economic growth, cautious corporate hiring, and rampant new supply have kept vacancy... 8th October 2025 · 4 mins read
Europe Commercial Property Outlook Weak recovery despite lower interest rates The extension of the ECB easing cycle into 2026 will support real estate markets. However, a softer economic outlook and the narrow spread of property to government bond yields mean even our upwardly... 29th September 2025 · 26 mins read
US Commercial Property Outlook Final value falls deferred again, but US CRE still overvalued Our view that capital values still need to fall by 5% at the all-property level keeps our forecasts below consensus. Based on our forecast of a long-term 10-year Treasury yield of 4.5%, appraised cap... 22nd September 2025 · 21 mins read
APAC Commercial Property Outlook Buyer-seller mismatch will keep investment slow Asia-Pacific property will endure a slow , uneven recovery. E levated risk-free rates and soft regional growth will restrain capital appreciation, leaving income as the primary engine of returns. We... 18th September 2025 · 19 mins read
APAC Commercial Property Chart Pack APAC Commercial Property Chart Pack (Q3 2025) Asia-Pacific all-property capital values showed signs of stabilisation, with a milder 2.5% y/y decline in Q2. Still, the upturn in both investment activity and capital values will be weaker than in... 2nd September 2025 · 1 min read
US Commercial Property Update Poor recovery in home sales to weigh on self-storage rents The slow recovery we expect in home sales over the coming years will be a key factor limiting self-storage demand from returning to pre-pandemic levels. As a result, even though completions will... 28th August 2025 · 5 mins read
US Commercial Property Chart Pack US Commercial Property Chart Pack (Q3 2025) All-property capital values rose modestly by 0.1% in Q2, suggesting a market floor, with cap rates falling by 5 bps. However, we expect values to see limited upside due to the narrow spread to risk... 22nd August 2025 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Chart Pack Europe Commercial Property Chart Pack (Q3 2025) Tariff uncertainty weighed on investment and industrial property in particular in Q2. However, we don’t expect much recovery in H2 as long-term interest rates rise and economic growth softens. Indeed... 20th August 2025 · 0 mins read
US Commercial Property Update A mid-year stock-take on US sector and metro level job growth We expect office-based jobs growth to remain at a standstill through 2026 as the tech sector cuts back and AI fills some of the gap. At the metro level though, our expectations are broadly unchanged... 6th August 2025 · 4 mins read
APAC Commercial Property Update APAC sentiment trails other regions in Q2 RICS survey The latest RICS survey showed that overall sentiment in Asia-Pacific is weaker than in other regions, but that there is significant variance within the region. Japan and Australia stood out as clear... 1st August 2025 · 3 mins read
US Commercial Property Update Q2 US RICS survey shows investment demand dented by uncertainty While occupier market trends were mixed, the Q2 RICS survey showed a distinct downturn in investment market sentiment, with investment enquiries – and particularly those from abroad – well down from... 31st July 2025 · 3 mins read
US Commercial Property Update US consumer sector divergence echoed in winning retailer types The retail sector was suffering before the rise in tariffs as consumers were hit by higher costs and interest rates. But digging deeper exposes a divergent picture between higher and lower-earning... 15th July 2025 · 3 mins read
Global Commercial Property Chart Pack Global Commercial Property Chartpack (Q2 2025) The gradual recovery in property values underway in Europe is unlikely to be pushed off track by tariff developments this year, but we think values still have further to fall in the US and APAC as... 2nd July 2025 · 1 min read
APAC Commercial Property Outlook Values to fall as region’s markets struggle to recover The outlook for the Asia-Pacific markets is relatively poor. We think higher-for-longer bond yields will limit the pace of recovery in this cycle globally, but this will be compounded by a weak... 27th June 2025 · 20 mins read
