Market overview
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Bristol Market Overview, Autumn 2008 (PDF 1,044KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research-MarketOverview/rese_BristolMarketOverview_q408.pdf
Bristol is developing the creative people and networks critical to economically successful city-regions.
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Property Snapshot, November 2008 (PDF 245KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research-MarketOverview/rese_PropertySnapshot_1108.pdf
Services surveys suggest Q4 GDP will contract by at least as much as in Q3. Banks are asking investors not to draw down on agreed facilities. Year-end valuations expected to see large shift towards actual market pricing.
Offices
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Leeds Net Stock Absorption, Q4 2008 (PDF 568KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_office/rese_LeedsOfficesNSA_q408.pdf
The current Central Leeds vacancy rate of 8.6% is set to rise significantly with half a million square feet of completions set for the remainder of 2008.
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Birmingham Net Stock Absorption, Q4 2008 (PDF 531KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_office/rese_BirminghamOfficesNSA_q408.pdf
Demand for quality large office properties has led to a rise in prime rents. The current prime is at a record level of £33 psf representing a rise of 10% since the start of 2008.
Industrial
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2008 Industrial Rents Map (PDF 2,869KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_industrial/rese_industrialrentsmap_2008.pdf
Prime rents, secondary rents and land values per acre across the UK.
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2008 Big Sheds Map (PDF 2,309KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_industrial/rese_bigshedsmap_2008.pdf
Prime rents, secondary rents and land values per acre across the UK.
Retail
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Shopping Centre Development Pipeline, Autumn 2008 (PDF 1,273KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_retail/rese_ShoppingCentreDevelopmentPipeline_q408.pdf
A large proportion of the decrease in the amount of potential new shopping centre floorspace can actually be attributed to a more positive rationale – that 2008 has been a record year for shopping centre completions.
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Food Stores, Autumn 2008 (PDF 316KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_retail/rese_FoodStoresPaper_q408.pdf
Food stores receive much corporate and trading coverage but the property market has been poorly covered up until now. This first research paper on the UK food store property market attempts to put this right.
Investment
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Real Estate Investment Forecast, Q3 2008 (PDF 290KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_reif_q308.pdf
We are forecasting all property total returns of -10.9% in 2008 and there are no signs of the logjam in the lending markets ending.
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Property Pricing Survey, July 2008 (PDF 726KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_propertypricingsurvey_0708.pdf
Total returns for 2008 are expected to be -6.1%, a further downward adjustment of 470 bps from theMarch survey of -1.4%.
Residential
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Housing Market Overview, November 2008 (PDF 94KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_residential/rese_HousingMarketOverview_1108.pdf
The three month moving index is showing signs that the sting in the tail is starting to wane.
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Housing Market Overview, October 2008 (PDF 298KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_residential/rese_HousingMarketOverview_1008.pdf
This current run of consecutive falls is the longest in the history of the index.
Hotel
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Hotels Snapshot, H1 2008 (PDF 143KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_hotel/rese_HotelsSnapshot_h108.pdf
Despite the reported concerns over the UK property market (particularly residential and commercial investment) the hotel sector continues to remain relatively robust.
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Hotels Market Review 2008 (PDF 739KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_hotel/rese_hotelsmarketreview_2008.pdf
80% of clients expect trading conditions in 2008 to be the same or better than the previous year. Source: Colliers Robert Barry key client survey (February 2008)
Speciality
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East London Property Monitor, November 2008 (PDF 1,603KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_specialty/rese_EastLondonPropertyMonitor_1108.pdf
Progress continues unabated at the Olympic Park, but it would seem that nothing is immune from the fallout from the global financial liquidity crisis.
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Specialist Care Homes, Autumn 2008 (PDF 221KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_specialty/rese_SpecialistHomesReview_q408.pdf
This is the first in a regular series of papers that will provide in-depth analysis of the specialist healthcare property and business sector, focusing on homes that cater for adults with long term physical and learning disabilities and mental health disorders.