In our second look at CBRE’s research into regional office markets, we start with Manchester, where take-up of office space at the end of the first half of this year was 296,000 sq ft, which is 21% below the long-term half-year average, CBRE says. ... Read more
CBRE has remarked in its review of UK regional offices markets in the first half of this year that the pattern of activity on a city-by-city basis has been “more varied than at any point in the recent past”. In our first look at this research we ... Read more
The proportion of property transactions accounted for by domestic investors during the second quarter dropped to just 39%, says DTZ – the fourth quarter in a row that this figure has declined. The level of UK domestic transactions was £3.2bn in Q2, ... Read more
Jones Lang LaSalle has been considering trends in occupancy ratios for UK office space, and whether developers can recoup the costs of changing base building design through higher rents. Developers of office space, especially City of London ... Read more
The UK property market has continued to become better value, says DTZ, as its Fair Value Index score rose to 78 in the second quarter from 61 in Q1. “Prime property is providing investors with an attractive proposition in the current economic ... Read more
Savills’ latest research into investment in property in the West End of London indicates that the total volume of deals done during the first half of this year totalled £2.7bn. May and June were “somewhat sluggish” in terms of turnover, in contrast ... Read more
Investment in the Central London offices market had reached £7.3bn by the end of H1 2012, up 24% year-on-year and driven by overseas investment of £5.1bn, Jones Lang LaSalle notes. In its latest research on the Central London market, the firm says ... Read more
UK property market investment activity increased during the second quarter, despite the worsening economic outlook, notes Lambert Smith Hampton in its latest UK Investment Transactions report. Total Q2 investment reached £7.83bn, which was 14% above ... Read more
Knight Frank says there may be more activity in the UK shopping centre market from September as there is a considerable weight of money focused on this sector. The second quarter saw modest levels of activity, with a notable trend being the ... Read more
Take-up of office space in the Thames Valley and M25 region in the first half of 2012 reached 1.05m sq ft, says CBRE, 37% below the figure for the previous six months but on a par with total take-up in the first half of 2011. Take-up in the second ... Read more
