Some economic news for you to digest this Friday: Global ratings agency Fitch Ratings today says in a report on the UK commercial property sector that a “double dip” in capital values for UK commercial property is possible, as rents are still falling ... Read more
The largest office sale in the West End of London since 2007 completed this week, with the purchase for about £175m of Art Deco building Victoria House on Bloomsbury Square by Lebanese Group M1 Real Estate from Ireland-based commercial property ... Read more
Writing in today’s Liverpool Daily Post, Stephen Robertson, director-general of the British Retail Consortium, issues a plea for better care of our High Streets. He points out that while 12% of retail space for sale or to let is vacant across the UK, ... Read more
Cushman & Wakefield’s January Business Briefing on the UK property investment market reports a drop of just 7bp in prime UK yields during January – this is the smallest monthly decline since May 2009. The briefing says that while last autumn’s ... Read more
Miranda Munn, MD and founder of Novaloca.com, enjoyed a great evening at the North West Property Awards last week. Here’s her account of the event: “A great evening was enjoyed at the North West Property Awards at Manchester Central. I shared a ... Read more
Now you really can have your cake and eat it – would you like to know who has browsed your properties, without asking them to register? We have always had the policy that our site should be fully open for occupiers to browse the listings of ... Read more
There’s been a bit of gloom skulking about this blog for the past few days, so we thought we’d find some more positive comments for you today, seeing as it’s Friday. First up is property group Shaftesbury, which invests in London’s West End. The ... Read more
Up to one in five shops lies empty across Kent, the Midlands and the North East. This is the downbeat finding of the latest Local Data Company (LDC) report, which shows that vacancies have continued to rise during the past two quarters – although the ... Read more
Miranda Munn, MD and founder of Novaloca.com, will be attending the North West Property Awards on Thursday 11 February at Manchester Central. The awards are preceded by the North West Property Conference. Hope to see you there! ... Read more
Check out last night’s File on 4 broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It’s about how the UK’s banks are burying their heads in the sand when it comes to their commercial property lending. The programme is to be re-broadcast at 5pm on Sunday 14 February. ... Read more
