DTZ says more than 40% of UK commercial property could fail the new government energy standards encompassed in the Energy Act, which passed through Parliament last year. The new standards could have a significant impact on the value of these ... Read more
Lambert Smith Hampton’s team covering the market for industrial property and logistics property for sale and to let on the South Coast has been considering the prospects for this year. Director Adrian Whitfield says there was a fall in transaction ... Read more
The prices being asked for office space in Central London have peaked, says Lambert Smith Hampton, and we are in for a period of consolidation. The firm’s quarterly research into UK Investment Transactions shows that for the fourth quarter of 2011, ... Read more
Take-up of office space last year in the Thames Valley region was flat year-on-year, says Lambert Smith Hampton. The firm’s data shows that take-up for 2011 was 1.7m sq ft, the same as for 2010, against a backdrop of economic downturn. In the ... Read more
Take-up of office space in Manchester city centre is expected to total around 700,000 sq ft for 2011, which would be 30% below the long-term average of 990,000 sq ft and almost half the level recorded in 2010, says Lambert Smith Hampton. But the ... Read more
The Midlands remains oversupplied with secondary and tertiary office property, says Lambert Smith Hampton. In its recent National Office Market Report, the firm points out that prime office space remains limited across the region as demand outstrips ... Read more
Lambert Smith Hampton has identified key locations in the UK where it says developers of office space should start building now, in order to benefit from shortages of stock ‘when the upturn in demand returns in 2014’. The firm says there is only 1m ... Read more
Lambert Smith Hampton says investors in UK commercial property transacted a total of £8.06bn of deals during Q3, 22% more than in the previous quarter – despite the uncertain economic climate, and even though the third quarter is typically the ... Read more
Lambert Smith Hampton says its latest data on the market for available office property in the Thames Valley shows there is a shortage of Grade A stock across the region. Take-up of office property in the Thames Valley during the third quarter ... Read more
Lambert Smith Hampton reports that distressed sales are gaining pace in the UK, with distressed investment transactions accounting for just under £1bn of the £6.6bn seen in the second quarter of this year. The firms’ UK Investment Transactions ... Read more
