Cushman & Wakefield says investors continued to view the Central London commercial property market as a safe haven in 2011, with total investment volumes for this market reaching £10.9bn for the year, up from £9.9bn in 2010. With returns from ... Read more
The supply of investment property has increased, but finance has if anything become even harder to obtain, says Cushman & Wakefield in its latest report on the UK property investment market. Some sellers of investment property emerged during ... Read more
Cushman & Wakefield says there are signs of improvement in the London office market, but has warned that forward planning for leasing must become a stronger focus for companies if their property costs are not to rise. A survey of 500 of the ... Read more
As MAPIC gets under way in Cannes, Cushman & Wakefield says some European retailers faced with negative retail sales at home are increasingly turning to Asia in the search for growth. But while international brands – not just luxury ones – have ... Read more
The balance of supply and demand in the UK market for industrial property to let has begun to tilt in the favour of landlords for prime space, says Cushman & Wakefield in its latest report on the sector. It has found that a hardening of ... Read more
Cushman & Wakefield says the TMT sector is driving office leasing activity in London’s West End, accounting for more than a third of take-up in the third quarter of this year. Echoing recent research from CBRE, the firm says take-up in Central ... Read more
Development activity for shopping centres in the UK is subdued, and is expected to remain so for the foreseeable future, says Cushman & Wakefield. In its latest research into the sector, C&W notes that shopping centre provision increased by ... Read more
Income returns from UK property “are looking ever more attractive to a raft of income-hungry investors,” says Cushman & Wakefield in its August Marketbeat report, as they remain around the 7.0% level compared with 10-year bond yields of less than ... Read more
The development of shopping centres in the UK last year was subdued with only five new schemes and six extensions opening, says Cushman & Wakefield in its new research on the sector. The firm expects development to remain modest this year and ... Read more
Pricing of commercial properties for investment is most likely to move sideways in the next few months, concludes Cushman & Wakefield in its fourth-quarter UK UK Marketbeat report. Investment transaction volumes in Q3 were their best since 2007 ... Read more
