News Archive:

11, 2012 May:

European commercial property cools down

Commercial property investment markets cooled down at the start of the year, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

10, 2012 May:

Drive time for prime time in M25 market

Prime office stock will drive the M25 office market for the next four years, predicts Knight Frank. Companies looking to upgrade from Grade B stock to Grade A will fuel market activity for the foreseeable future, the agence declared at its annual M25 office market presentation at the Dorchester Hotel.

09, 2012 May:

UK commercial property improves in April

UK commercial property performance improved in April, according to CBRE. The firm's latest UK Monthly Index reveals that there was a marginal increase in headline total returns, as capital value declines slowed, which allowed total returns to increase by 0.1 per cent compared to the previous month.

08, 2012 May:

Bulgaria's frozen market will "thaw by 2013"

Bulgaria's frozen property market is predicted to thaw by 2013. Colliers found that investment transactions at the end of 2011 totalled €186 million; the highest level since 2008.

New Zealand commercial property picks up

Demand for New Zealand commercial property has picked up at the start of 2012, according to the latest RICS Global Commercial Property Survey.

01, 2012 May:

Expats jump euro ship and swim to UK

George Kapetanios. Silene Sashugba. Alexander Mamut. They are from different countries but they have one thing in common: they have all come to England. George, a former restaurant owner, jumped ship as the Greek debt crisis spread to find long-term financial security for his family in the UK. And according to new reports, property investors are doing the same.

30, 2012 April:

"Bumper year" predicted for UK holiday homes

2012 has been called a "bumper year" for holiday homes, as international attention turns to the UK in the wake of the Olympics and the Queen's jubilee.

27, 2012 April:

US office rents on the up

Average asking rents for U.S. office space increased in the first three months of 2012, despite a slowdown in leasing activity, according to Cushman & Wakefield's first quarter statistics for the Central Business District (CBD) office market.

26, 2012 April:

Abu Dhabi resumes paused commercial projects

Abu Dhabi has resumed several paused projects this week, the emirate's executive council has announced.

25, 2012 April:

Abu Dhabi rents fall in first quarter

Rental rates for residential and office property in Abu Dhabi fell sharply in the first quarter of 2012, according to CBRE's latest report.