JLL says confidence appears to be returning to the Thames Valley offices market. During the first half of 2010, 661,000 sq ft of office space in the region was taken up, which is a 42% increase on H1 2009. “On this basis, it is likely that 2009 was ... Read more
DTZ says its new, forward-looking property index indicates that there are only three areas in the UK that currently offer commercial property investors attractive terms. The group calculates these three areas as: office space in the City of ... Read more
While concerns about the economic outlook, public-sector spending cuts and constrained consumer spending all have a part to play in the negative sentiment currently making the headlines, worries about the financing of property are also still having ... Read more
The continual need for goods and services to serve London’s huge and growing population has helped the market for industrial property to let around the Heathrow area and the Western Corridor outside London to produce a relatively resilient ... Read more
Shaftesbury, the listed REIT, has provided an illustration of the buoyant trading conditions in London's West End, where its investment and development strategy is focused. In sharp contrast to the cautious statements recently made by other ... Read more
We’re not short at the moment of gloomy commentary on the outlook for UK commercial property - as well as the quarterly index from Jones Lang LaSalle showing a slowdown in returns and capital values, and the Savills development activity expectations ... Read more
The outlook for commercial development activity has turned negative for the first time in 12 months, according to Savills, which has published its latest Commercial Development Activity report. The lack of funding for new projects and worries about ... Read more
More evidence has emerged of a slowdown in UK commercial property, as Jones Lang LaSalle says its Quarterly Index recorded a fall in all-property total returns to 3.6% for the second quarter, from 6.2% in the first quarter. Capital values grew ... Read more
Take-up and construction activity on the UK’s business parks during the first half of 2010 was the lowest in the 14-year history of GVA Grimley's Business Parks Review. The review, which monitors the supply and demand of office space on business ... Read more
After yesterday’s results from CSC, here’s some more shopping-centre news. Cushman & Wakefield says yields for prime assets in this sector improved to 5.5% over the second quarter this year, as investment demand has outstripped supply. Yields for ... Read more
