Despite business confidence in China on a substantial slowdown, West SMEs who seek connections with Chinese markets are being urged to persevere by West China bureau. The newly appointed Director of Market Insights at the West of England China Bureau,... Read More
With a fairly stagnant investment flow in the summer last year due to the volatility of the Chinese financial market, Chinese investors returned to London in Q4 2015 with a total of £900 million within the capital and £1.4 billion outside it. This interest... Read More
New changes to the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) are making some investors explore whether commercial property investment is becoming a viable alternative to residential buy to let. According to the Office for National Statistics, residential property... Read More
Investment opportunities still remain strong across all sectors and UK commercial property is seen as a "safe haven" for investors despite rise in macro concerns, according to RICS' Commercial Property Survey for Q4 2015. It reveals that businesses... Read More
A new hard-hitting report has been proposed which introduces a radical new model that will inevitably help get investment back into Britain's high streets. The Town Centre Investment Zones report was launched by a collection of property industry... Read More
With the ever increasing prices and a crunch in yields, London has missed out on being in the top 10 list for best cities in Europe for investment prospects for the first time in four years, coming in 15th place, according to reports by PwC and the Urban Land... Read More
With help from the highest rental value growth since 2008, the total return on investment from the UK commercial property sector at the end of 2015 was strong, reaching 14% along with December delivering returns of 1.1%, CBRE's latest Monthly Index reveals.... Read More
It was a successful year for UK shopping centres in 2015, which saw the investment market stay strong throughout, with a total of £4.3 billion traded over 86 assets. This is 8 per cent higher than the long term average of £3.98 billion, a report from... Read More
According to CBRE, levels of investment in the UK commercial property market have reached a peak in 2015, however prices are not expected to soften just yet. In a piece in the Financial Times, it said the firm predicted that for a number of years, UK... Read More
Investment Director at Heartwood Investment Management, Alan Sippetts, recently made his predictions for the commercial property industry going into 2016, and his overall outlook seems positive, according to World Property Journal. Two areas in... Read More
