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Strutt & Parker: National Offices and Business Parks Survey - Winter 2011/2012
Take up for 2011 totalled 4.38 million sq ft, a 6% improvement on 2010 levels and in line with the 5 year average. Take up was evenly distributed throughout the year with all quarters recording in excess of 1 million sq ft, a very similar pattern to 2010 with no single quarter out-performing significantly.
CBRE: Dublin Offices - Q4 2011
Office letting activity in Dublin performed well in Q4 2011, with 58 of the 176 individual lettings completed in the city during 2011 being signed in Q4. In total, 35,588m2 of office lettings were signed in Dublin during the period.
Savills: Office Market Report - Winter 2011/2012
The UK office market during 2011 has been predominantly characterised by lower occupational demand. Many occupiers have looked to either regear existing leases at break options or taking short extensions at expiries in attempt to avoid relocating and therefore any capital expenditure.
Knight Frank: Hong Kong Prime Office Monthly Report - December 2011
Sentiment in the offices sales market improved slightly over the past month, following the reduction of borrowing costs by six foreign central banks.
Retail
Henderson: European Retail Warehousing - November 2011
During 2010 we wrote a “Think” report about European retail warehousing and asked, “will this rough diamond get its sparkle back?” In mid 2010 we had seen approximately twelve months of either stabilisation or recovery in prime property markets but the retail warehouse sector had largely been overlooked by investors.
CBRE: How active are retailers in EMEA?
Retailers continue to expand their store networks, in many cases aggressively, in spite of the challenging consumer environment and an increasing share of spending online.
DTZ: UK Update - November 2011
All Property monthly total return was once again broadly stable in October at 0.59%. Total return was mostly attributable to income return. Capital growth was effectively zero.
DTZ: UK Update October 2011 - Shopping Centres drag on Retail
All Property monthly return was again unremarkable in September, but remained stable at 0.64%. This was composed mainly of income return.
Industrial
CBRE: Dublin Industrial - Q4 2011
Take-up of 140,845m2 was achieved in the Dublin industrial market in 2011 compared with more than 170,000m2 of take-up in this sector of the market in the previous 12 month period, which clearly illustrates the extent to which economic conditions are impacting on occupier relation and expansion decisions.
BNP Paribas Real Estate Logistics Index - November 2011
Our statistics for the supply of warehousing in the UK Logistics market would seem to paint a fairly healthy picture for the occupier with 147million sq ft of property on the market.
Savills: European Warehousing Markets - Autumn 2011
Demand for warehousing space has overall improved in 2010 and the first three quarters of 2011. Take-up is rising in markets with comparatively more stable economic conditions, like Germany, Poland and Sweden. Leasing market trends are also positive in The Netherlands and theUK.
DTZ Research: UK Industrial - Q3 2011
Leasing activity rebounded in Q3, nearly 7 million sq ft was recorded. This is the highest quarterly level in the last 12 months.
Residential
Colliers International: Residential Datashot - January 2012
2011 saw weak, yet resilient, house prices. Halifax recorded a 1.3% decrease in house prices over the last 12 months, while Nationwide recorded a 1% increase overall for the 12 months to December.
Douglas & Gordon: The London Barometer
Despite the economic and political turmoil December was a surprisingly busy month for sales at D&G and remarkably one of the best of the year.
Knight Frank: Student Property 2012
Student property has performed exceptionally well as an asset class compared to traditional investments over the last year. In fact, it has outperformed every other commercial property class and delivered consistent returns throughout the economic downturn, argues Knight Frank’s Head of Student Property James Pullan.
Chainbow/Berkeley Way: Residential Yardstick 2011
The following survey was designed by lettings agency Berkeley Way and property management company, Chainbow, to gauge owners, investors and renters’ opinions and attitudes about what lies ahead for the residential industry in 2012.
Hotels & Leisure
Christie + Co: Business Outlook 2011
As market conditions toughened from 2007 onwards, the focus of many investors and operators in our sectors shifted from acquisition and expansion to efficiency improvement and business preservation.
RICS UK Commercial Market Survey: Q4 2009
"Lettings activity for commercial property moved higher in Q4, for the second consecutive quarter. Net balances for enquiries, demand and confidence picked up at a faster pace. Of the sectors, retail property continues to lag with tenant demand still in decline across most regions outside of London and the South East."
BNP Paribas Real Estate: European Hotel market - February 2010
“Hotels, in particular upscale hotels due to their high dependence on business travel and wealthy clientele, were hit as well as cities with a high reliance on the United Kingdom as a source market. The United Kingdom as a destination benefited from the cheap rate of sterling.”
F&C REIT: Market Review Outlook
"The property market has seen a dramatic turnaround from mid 2009 to give a 2.2% total return for the full year. The recovery gained pace during the year and the December IPD Monthly total return was a record 3.6%."
Data by Sector
Finance
DTZ: Global Debt Funding Gap - Europe struggles despite positive trends
The global debt funding gap has been cut by 27% over the past six months. It is now estimated at US$142bn down from US$196bn six months ago.
DTZ Research: Impact of Europe’s austerity measures
Total returns in markets most exposed to austerity measures related to the evolving sovereign debt crisis are forecast at 8.4% pa for 2011-15. This is 25% higher than those in the least exposed markets (6.7% pa).
DTZ Foresight: UK Fair Value - Q2 2011
The DTZ Fair Value Index score for the UK stands at 50, indicating that investment market attractiveness has improved significantly since Q1, when the score was a low 28. Market pricing is now well balanced, with an equal number of HOT and COLD markets.
Knight Frank: Market Outlook - June 2011
Capital values continue to record marginal growth, as has been the case for almost a year now. The all property index increased by just 0.1%, driven mainly by offices.
Investment
The Property Archive: UK Property Investment Bulletin - Q4 2011
2011 was the year of following the money. Both UK institutions and overseas investors were the largest buyers and sellers throughout the year.
Gerald Eve InvBrief: Property Investment Market
The release of the second estimate of Q3 GDP figures by the Office for National Statistics revealed that there were no significant changesto the headline GDP figure of 0.5%, up from (a downwardly revised) 0.1% in Q2.
The Property Archive: UK Property Investment Bulletin - Q3 2011
The various markets today are now being overshadowed by macro events and not by the fundamentals of the asset class. By using asset class analysis solely based on fundamentals today assumes that the world’s problems will be solved. This is a difficult ask.
JP Morgan Cazenove: Sentiment Survey - October 2011
Our survey of 159 property players shows that investors have lowered their total return expectations for the coming 12m, expecting returns of 3-4% for listed real estate stocks (vs. 7-8% in March), which is more bearish than our forecasts.
Policy
Institute for Government/Centre for Cities: Big shot or long shot?
Cities are the heartbeat of the UK economy. Despite occupying just nine percent of .the UK’s land they’re where over half of us live and they contribute 60 percent of the UK’s economic output.
HM Government: The State of the Estate 2011
The Government Estate is a great national asset. We need to use it better. We can cut costs, and reinvest the savings in public services. We can use it to enable work practices that are more modern and flexible, while helping government to reduce its carbon footprint.
Homes and Communities Agency: Development and land disposal strategy
Access to a supply of development land is a vital ingredient in successful economic growth.
Co-Operatives UK: Mutual options for Post Office Ltd
Co-operatives UK was commissioned by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills to explore options for the mutualisation of Post Office Ltd as suggested in the report
Land
Smiths Gore 2009 Kent Farmland Report
"The Kent, and wider South East market, is very patchy and there is sometimes little reason to it. Some land has sold at twice the guide price. Some land with conservation interest has sat on the market. Demand is still strong but there is little land for sale in Kent. The best quality farms continue to be in demand and they are selling well, often above their asking price; but lower quality farms are struggling to sell and there are more examples of over-inflated asking prices ...
Savills International Farmland Markets: Summer 2009
A report looking at the impact of the recession on international farmland markets.
