Since Scottish Enterprise switched in November 2012 to NovaLoca from CoStar as a source of current availability of properties in Scotland, the number of views has been rising steadily and enquiries have also increased. To make the Scottish ... Read more
Total returns from UK commercial property in March reached 0.5% at the All Property level, according to the latest CBRE monthly index, taking the total for the first quarter to 1.2%. This follows a 0.4% return in February. Capital values continued to ... Read more
Miranda Munn, managing director of NovaLoca.com, writes: “I had a great time at the Property Awards on Wednesday entertained by the most excellent Bill Bailey. On a packed table hosted by Property Week (the lovely Grant Elrick & Penel Tait ... Read more
Rents for prime office space in key towns in the southern M25 area are likely to rise as a result of a lack of good-quality stock, says Hurst Warne. Will Gelder, in the firm’s Redhill office, says the economic downturn in 2007 put a stop to almost ... Read more
Investors were busy acquiring UK shopping centre property during the first quarter of 2013, says Savills, with 20 investment deals done during Q1 totalling £1.43bn. This compares with £488m in the same period last year, the firm notes. The average ... Read more
A reminder that the Property Awards 2013 are taking place next tonight at the Grosvenor House Hotel! As usual NovaLoca looks forward to seeing you there. A total of 18 awards will be handed out to reward outstanding performance in the UK property ... Read more
Knight Frank has reported a bounceback in occupier activity in the M25 area and M4 corridor offices during the first quarter of this year, but says take-up in the M3 region remains relatively subdued. Take-up in the M25 market was 646,517 sq ft in Q1 ... Read more
The Manchester Office Agents Forum says occupier activity in the first quarter of this year has strengthened considerably compared with Q1 2012. There was a significant uplift in the levels of take-up of office space in Greater Manchester and in ... Read more
Central London commercial property remained highly attractive to international investors in the first quarter of 2013, says Cushman & Wakefield, which has calculated that a total of £2.75bn was transacted, with overseas investors accounting for ... Read more
The subdued outlook for traditional finance-sector employment in the City of London is raising important questions for landlords, investors and developers, says DTZ. Financial sector headcount is forecast to be broadly flat over the forecast period ... Read more
