UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Property returns hit new decade high Commercial property is not showing any signs of slowing down. Rental growth rose further in February, while annual total returns climbed to a level last seen in Q4 2010. Industrial remains the main... 18th March 2022 · 7 mins read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Annual property returns hit a seven-year high Commercial property ended last year strongly. Annual rental growth climbed to a five-year high, while annual total returns crossed the 20% level. This was largely the result of dynamism in industrial... 21st January 2022 · 7 mins read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Rental growth hits a three-year high Commercial property’s recent good run continued in October. The annual rate of rental growth surged ahead after only breaching positive territory for the first time in almost two years during August... 3rd December 2021 · 7 mins read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Rental recovery gathers momentum September was another good month for commercial property, with the first year-on-year rental growth recorded since the onset of COVID-19. But as clouds gather over the economic upturn, we suspect that... 22nd October 2021 · 7 mins read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Industrial leads yield-driven recovery in values The recovery in UK commercial property continued into August, despite a backdrop of more equivocal economic data. But, while the economic softness should be short-lived and returns for 2021 are likely... 24th September 2021 · 7 mins read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Strong momentum not expected to last The acceleration in all-property capital growth in June reflected a sharp fall in yields and strong rental growth. But, even as a fast economic rebound boosts occupier demand in the coming months, we... 23rd July 2021 · 7 mins read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Reopening supports gradual property revival The improvements in all-property rents and capital values continued in May, supporting our view that we are at the start of a slow recovery in property. Looking ahead, with non-essential retail and... 18th June 2021 · 7 mins read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Signs are positive but headwinds remain Capital growth was solid in April at 0.5% m/m, although that reflected a slight reduction from the rate seen in March. Looking ahead, we expect the recovery in economic activity to continue which will... 28th May 2021 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Boost to returns likely to be short-lived A turnaround in returns during March hinted at a brighter outlook, though this mainly reflected favourable base effects. We think both structural and cyclical headwinds remain and do not see this as... 21st April 2021 · 7 mins read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Reversal in capital growth likely in H1 After stabilising at the start of the year, all-property capital values grew slightly in February. But we don’t think this spells the start of a sustained recovery over the next few months. After all... 18th March 2021 · 7 mins read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Weak start to the year for property The rise in all-property capital values in late-2020 proved short-lived and they flattened off again in January. The recent roadmap for easing England’s current lockdown is broadly consistent with our... 25th February 2021 · 7 mins read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Still too early to call a turn in property A return to rental growth and stronger capital value growth in December hint to a turnaround in UK commercial property. But this was a surprising development and we think it is too early to call the... 22nd January 2021 · 7 mins read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack The recovery in capital values unlikely to last Rental falls slowed and capital values returned to growth in November, suggesting that we may be too pessimistic in predicting further falls in values. But, with tight virus restrictions remaining and... 18th December 2020 · 7 mins read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Lockdown prolongs capital values falls With rental and capital values falling at a slower pace in recent months, this had seemed to suggest that pricing was bottoming out. But the near-term outlook for most commercial property sectors has... 30th November 2020 · 8 mins read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Office rents suffer and pricing stability set to unravel A faster deterioration in office rents meant that all-property rental values fell at a quicker pace in September. As a result, with yields stable, all-property capital values declined less steeply... 23rd October 2020 · 8 mins read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack Pricing set to worsen Though the slowdown in the pace of rental and capital value falls in recent months seems to suggest that pricing is stabilising, we expect there will be further upward pressure on yields this year... 25th September 2020 · 7 mins read