The region offers high residential prices and low returns at the bank
The private rented sector is finally emerging as an alternative asset class in regional cities across the UK. But it isn’t without its challenges.
With property sectors experiencing varied success in investment terms, Stacey Meadwell finds out how the top six cities are performing and explores rents and yields across the markets
Prelets are no longer the preserve of the City or traditional big business, as occupiers look ahead and look to new postcodes.
The boundaries have come down and ‘central’ London’s office occupiers are venturing outwards to find office market value
At the end of 2013 we thought London’s residential developers were going at it full throttle. We were wrong. In 2014, the afterburners kicked in and the rule book was…
The average property price of a hotel room in London is now higher than the price of the average London flat.
The agent disposed of 19m sq ft of shed space last year.
London residential achieved total returns of 24.4% in 2014, according to the IPD
Asian outbound investment in 2014 rose to £26bn – a 23% increase on 2013 – according to new research from CBRE
London delivered a 22.2% total property return in 2014 thanks to 7.8% rental growth coupled with 60bps of yield compression.
I am highlighting the Great Charles Street Estate, comprising seven secondary office buildings in Birmingham’s CBD.