While it is important to be aware of national and international trends in the property market, it is also vital to be in constant dialogue with your tenants in order to detect early warning signs of a failing tenant, says Liz Steele, associate ... Read more
DTZ says activity in the market for office space to let in Nottingham was very subdued in the third quarter, with only three city-centre transactions. “Occupiers are still often using lease breaks and expiries to negotiate better terms with existing ... Read more
DTZ’s Property Times updates for the third quarter examine several key regional UK cities, including Birmingham where the firm concludes that large corporate occupiers in the city are not rushing to make decisions. Sentiment is fragile and most ... Read more
Saint George Participations today confirmed that its talks with DTZ have ended and that it will not be making an offer. The French group, the largest shareholder in DTZ, had made an approach in May. It was thought to have been planning to take the ... Read more
DTZ says prime UK property now offers better value for investors than in the first quarter of 2011, with its Fair Value Index score rising to 50 for Q2 2011, from 28 in Q1 2011. The firm says the improved score reflects the fall in UK bond yields ... Read more
The yield gap between prime and secondary retail property widened further during the second quarter of 2011, as investors continued to seek good-quality, well-let properties – assets that are in short supply. DTZ’s Q2 Retail Investment Market ... Read more
Property Week reports that JP Morgan has chosen Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ to work on a strategy to dispose of up to 800,000 sq ft of office space in the City of London, ahead of the investment banking unit’s move to Canary Wharf in 2013. JP ... Read more
DTZ says that the property investment market in the UK is now clearly in recovery, with invested stock increasing by 1% last year and forecast to grow a further 4% in 2011. The firm’s Money into Property 2011 report says that this recovery is, ... Read more
DTZ’s latest research on the market for available office space in Central London in Q1 2011 notes that the fall in take-up of newly built floorspace was sharpest, declining 40%, whereas the drop in take-up of second-hand office space was just 5% ... Read more
The UK market for logistics property is recovering, says DTZ, with a 19% increase in take-up during 2010. DTZ’s recent European report on the sector says most logistics markets in the region will deliver rental growth in 2012 at the earliest, but ... Read more
