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Logistics

UK : Record half-year grade A take-up - H1 2014

Grade A take-up totalled just under 8m sq ft in H1 2014, the highest half-year figure on record. Covering all grades, 15.9m sq (...)

Retail

UK : Pricing pressure remains despite stock surge - Q2 2014

Investor appetite for retail warehouses remains robust. Transactions exceeded £1 billion across 52 deals during the first half of 2014. This compares with £884m (...)

Investment

UK Fair Value : Property attractive while risk near record low - Q2 2014

The UK commercial property market continues to offer attractive opportunities for investors, particularly outside of London. The DTZ UK Fair Value Index™ score for (...)

Investment

UK : Investment activity stronger outside Central London - Q2 2014

Investment was broadly flat in Q2, but on a 4 quarter rolling basis the annual total reached £53.3bn, the highest since Q3 2007 (£53.5bn). We (...)

Investment

Central London : Fringe markets more expensive - Q2 2014

The volume of lettings increased to 3.7m sq ft in Q2, bringing year to date take up in Central London to 6.6m sq ft, (...)

Investment

UK High Street : Q2 transaction volumes 34% up on Q1 - Q2 2014

UK high street retail investment transactions (excluding prime Central London, auction and portfolio transactions) reached £280m across 73 deals in Q2. This is a (...)

Office

Newcastle snapshot : Sentiment up but deal volume down - Q2 2014

Occupier sentiment is much improved and city centre take-up in each of the first two quarters of 2014 were both the highest for nearly (...)

Office

Manchester snapshot : Strongest take-up in four years - Q2 2014

 Occupier sentiment is much improved and city centre take-up in each of the first two quarters of 2014 were both the highest for nearly (...)

Office

Leeds snapshot : Increase in pre-let requirements - Q2 2014

Sentiment is on the rise now that the local economy is unambiguously in recovery. After a record-breaking volume of deals in 2013, city centre (...)

Office

Cardiff snapshot : Take-up subdued but increase in activity - Q2 2014

After a disappointing 2013 total take-up, 2014 has proved to be more active so far. This has not translated to an increase in deals (...)

Office

Glasgow snapshot : pre-letting in subdued market - Q2 2014

The economic backdrop continues to improve, however occupational activity has paused over the summer months. Take-up in Q2 fell to 74,000 sq ft, following (...)

Office

Edinburgh snapshot : largest half-year of deals on record - Q2 2014

At 488,000 sq ft, the first half of city centre take-up in Edinburgh was the largest we have on record. The Scottish referendum in (...)

Office

Birmingham snapshot : Return to pre-letting - Q2 2014

Occupier sentiment has improved in 2014. Enquiry volumes have been fairly constant, but are now typically of a better quality, which more often lead (...)

Office

Bristol snapshot : Improved sentiment translating into deals - Q2 2014

Occupier sentiment has been strengthening and office take-up in the city centre increased in both Q1 and Q2 2014. In Q2, 180,000 sq ft (...)

Retail

UK Shopping Centre : Roaring first half investment volumes - Q2 2014

UK shopping centre investment transactions reached close to £2.73bn (28 shopping centres) during the first half of 2014, substantially in excess of H1 2013 (...)

Investment

UK Fair Value : Repricing is removing value from market - Q12014

Further yield compression in UK regional property markets is making it increasingly hard for investors to find excess returns on UK property. The DTZ (...)

Investment

UK High Street A typically quiet start to the year - Q1 2014

UK high street retail investment transactions (excluding prime Central London, auction and portfolio transactions) reached £209 million across 63 deals. This is a 67% (...)

Investment

UK : 2014 investment activity to emulate 2013 - Q1 2014

Q1 2014 investment performance fell back to average levels, but remained 38% above that of Q1 2013. The fall in volume was more concentrated (...)

Office

Central London : Take up to rise as year progresses - Q1 2014

There is now an imminent prospect of a step up in intensity in leasing activity. The growing divide between leasing volume and the amount (...)

Housing

UK : Housing demand strong - will supply respond ? Q1 2014

Government policy initiatives combined with economic recovery and increased lending are stimulating the housing market. House prices have been rising strongly, most recently reported (...)

Investment

UK : Balance has tipped toward secondary - March 2014

Quarterly data show that secondary performance improved relative to prime over 2013. The record differential between prime and secondary yields, weight of money and improved (...)

Office

UK : The investment market has turned - Q4 2013

An improvement in investor sentiment translated into increased regional aggregate investment deals volume over 2013. There is a good range of investors and a greater (...)

Logistics

UK industrial: Grade A availability falls over 2013 - Q4 2013

Prime availability continued to decline throughout 2013, dropping by 5,3m sq ft. This is expected to be one the main drivers for prime rental (...)

Investment

UK Fair Value : Window of opportunity closing - Q4 2013

The DTZ UK Fair Value IndexTM fell to 73 in Q4 from 85 in Q3. This is a significant drop and brings the pricing (...)

Investment

UK High Street: highest annual transaction volumes since 2010 - Q4 2013

Uk high street retail investment transactions (excluding prime Central London, auction and portfolio transactions) reached £376m across 84 deals in Q4 2013. This was (...)

Housing

House prices will increase across the UK in 2014 - 4Q 2013

The economic recovery is accelerating and broadening. We forecast UK GDP to increase by 2.6% in 2014 and maintain this rate over the medium (...)

Investment

2013 the best Central London investment year ever - Q4 2013

Take up in Central London increased by nearly a quarter in 2013 compared to the previous year, standing at 12m sq ft, albeit a (...)

Logistics

UK : Industrial outperforms - December 2013

In November 2013, all of the major IPD property sectors showed a further sharp upturn in annual capital growth and total return. Industrial annual (...)

Investment

2014 Annual Outlook : Time for occupiers and investors to boldly go…

Economic sentiment has improved markedly, with risk aversion no longer in focus. In fact, the outlook has now improved so much that many central (...)

Investment

UK : Rents and yields contribute positively - October 2013

In September, both rents and yields impacted returns positively at the 12-month IPD All Property level. All three major property sector rental growths have been (...)

Investment

UK Fair Value : Buy property sooner rather than later - Q3 2013

The UK Fair Value Index TM (FVI) score fell slightly again this quarter from 90 to 85. Nevertheless, the UK remains more attractive than (...)

Housing

Central London Residential Summer 2013

With the recent revision of GDP growth in Q2 to 0.7% it seems that recovery in the national economy has begun, with growing activity (...)

Investment

London more vulnerable than other UK cities

This report follows on from the DTZ Insight Quantitative Easing report (August 2013) and extends the analysis to assess how early and precipitative withdrawal (...)

Office

UK regional offices : Improvement in sentiment - Q2 2013

Quarterly aggregate take-up across all nine major regional UK office markets increased in H1 2013. Take-up was over 1m sq ft in Q2, which (...)

Investment

UK : Foreign investors buy more than domestic in Q2 - Q2 2013

UK investment volume remained steady in Q2 at £7.5bn, compared to £7.2bn in Q1. The H1 2013 total of £14.7bn compares with £15.3bn in (...)

Office

Manchester snapshot : Upcoming larger lease events - Q2 2013

City centre take-up fell to 194,000 sq ft in Q2, composed almost entirely of grade B deals. The largest transaction of the quarter was (...)