UK Commercial Property Data Response Commercial property investment (Apr.) Weaker investment market activity is fairly typical at this time of year. Even so, activity this April was particularly soft due to a very low number of deals. That said, there were no signs that... 11th May 2017 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Jump in Milan office rents unlikely to be sustained Prime office rents in Milan recorded their biggest quarterly gain since 2008 in Q1, with a lack of quality space a key driver. But with completions starting to rise, we don’t expect this to be... 4th May 2017 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Investment rises, but concerns about pricing grow Investment activity in Mainland Europe started the year strongly and demand looks similarly robust so far in Q2. And as occupier fundamentals continue to strengthen, we expect valuations will become... 3rd May 2017 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Update Is industrial’s outperformance a sign of trouble ahead? Previous periods of industrial outperformance have all marked the end of commercial property upturns. But there is no direct causality in this observed correlation. In any event, industrial occupier... 2nd May 2017 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Vienna office capital values close to peaking A jump in the development pipeline means that the outlook for office rental growth in Vienna is now weaker than we previously thought. And with valuations starting to look a little stretched, we think... 27th April 2017 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Prime Lisbon office rents set for a new upward phase With Portugal’s economy starting to recovery, we expect prime Lisbon office rents to begin a sustained shift higher, supported by rising occupier demand and a limited development pipeline. 25th April 2017 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Industrial sector leading the way The latest property market data sit well with our view that the industrial sector will prove to be a bright spot this year. What’s more, there were few signs to make us reconsider our view that rental... 24th April 2017 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Improving economy bodes well for Moscow real estate With the Russian economy returning to growth, a gradual improvement in Moscow occupier markets should support a further recovery in investment volumes, pushing prime yields down. 21st April 2017 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Update Are bank branch closures another sign of high street woes? It is tempting to view the latest round of bank branch closures as another sign of the continuing struggles of UK high streets. Yet not only are the latest closures just the latest point in a well... 20th April 2017 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Office conversions likely to fuel rental growth in Oslo Oslo’s house price boom is likely to indirectly support the office market, by driving a level of office-to-residential conversions that will almost equal the delivery of new office space in the next... 13th April 2017 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Prague office rental growth prospects revised upwards Upgrades to the outlook for employment in the Czech Republic for 2017 and 2018 mean that office vacancy rates will stay close to current lows, driving rental growth of 3.5% in 2017 and 1% in 2018. 7th April 2017 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Are investors right to look past Spanish property? Investor appetite for commercial property in Spain appears to be fading. But with valuations still some way from looking stretched, and a positive outlook for rents, we believe that prime property... 5th April 2017 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Update What does the slowdown in retail sales mean for retail property? All else equal, weaker retail sales should feed through into softer rental value growth. However, retail sales figures have tended to be a poor guide to retail rental growth of late and we see little... 3rd April 2017 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Helsinki valuations still stack up despite yield falls Strong investor demand for core stock is pushing prime yields in Finland close to overvalued territory on our valuation measure. However, we think that industrial yields can fall into this value... 30th March 2017 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Could office vacancy in German cities be about to diverge? With limited development pipelines, office markets in Frankfurt and Hamburg look set to tighten further over the next three years. However, rising completions in Berlin could see vacancy start to rise... 29th March 2017 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Industrial sector faces constrained supply Capital values are slowly reversing their post-referendum dips, with steady growth in rental values playing the dominant role. However, with investment market activity still relatively muted, a rapid... 24th March 2017 · 1 min read
