Colliers International says future public-spending cuts are likely to have a major impact on office take-up in the central city area of the Edinburgh office market. The firm notes there was a marked improvement in take-up during 2010, with the City ... Read more
There is now even more reason to list your properties on NovaLoca.com – we are now recording more than 100,000 visits to the website per month, as the popularity of this one-stop property portal continues to increase. In the 31 days since January ... Read more
Shaftesbury has seen the pace of its acquisition activity speeding up, and today announced a placing of up to 22.7m new shares to take its financial resources for new purchases to around £160m. The company, which specialises in the West End of ... Read more
CBRE’s Debt Advisory team has conducted research showing that insurers could be the key drivers of investment in commercial real estate this year, as they move to fill the gap left by retreating traditional lenders. The team surveyed the 107 ... Read more
David Jenkins, chairman of Development Securities, suspects that the City of London “will remain a market for those with deep pockets and a longer-term investment horizon”. Speaking at the release of the company’s full-year results, Mr Jenkins said ... Read more
With tenants prepared to pay more for environmentally-friendly office space, landlords should take a look at RICS’ new version of the Ska Rating. It could also help occupiers to save costs. RICS says the update will help occupiers and owners to ... Read more
CB Richard Ellis' latest research shows that transactions in European property investment market increased in size, on average, in Q4 2010, with 79 such deals of more than €100m completed during the final quarter of last year – the highest quarterly ... Read more
RICS has confirmed recent reports on the UK’s commercial property market in its latest Q4 2010 survey, noting that while sentiment is improving in the London office market, matters are very mixed elsewhere. The All Property net balance moved from ... Read more
The UK’s property markets now offer less attractive returns to investors, according to DTZ’s latest Fair Value report. The firm’s Fair Value Index for the UK came in at 33 for Q4 2010, compared with 48 in the third quarter of last year. DTZ says ... Read more
Minerva, which specialises in office and residential developments in the City and West End of London, today announced a 2.8% increase in the valuation of its investment properties, and a 3.7% rise in the value of its trading portfolio, during the ... Read more
