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Property Pricing Survey, March 2009 (PDF 447KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_propertypricingsurvey_0309.pdf
Now is the time to buy, with 54% of respondents favouring retail (46% November 2008) and 46% each choosing office and industrials. Selling is more muted with the retail and industrial sectors each being favoured by 23% of respondents (31% industrial November 2008).
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Real Estate Investment Forecast, Q1 2009 (PDF 654KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_reif_q109.pdf
Total returns to property will be negative for the third year running. This year, the UK economy will experience its largest contraction since the Second World War.
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Real Estate Investment Forecast, Q4 2008 (PDF 185KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_reif_q408.pdf
IPD all-property total returns will fall to -20.4% in 2008. Banks remain focused on recapitalising their balance sheets. Next year could see GDP fall outright by as much as -1.5%.
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Property Pricing Survey, November 2008 (PDF 574KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_propertypricingsurvey43_1108.pdf
Total returns for 2008 are expected to be -16.7%. This was the largest adjustment seen since the survey began in 1994.
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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%.
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Real Estate Investment Forecast, Q2 2008 (PDF 357KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_reif_q208.pdf
An all property return of -9.0% is forecast for year-end 2008 with a modest recovery to 4.4% in 2009. Total capital falls for 2008 are expected to reach just under 15%.
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Property Pricing Survey, April 2008 (PDF 851KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_specialty/rese_pricingsurvey_0408.pdf
The 2008 total return is forecast to be -1.4% pa, down from 2.0% pa in the November survey.
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Real Estate Investment Forecast, Q1 2008 (PDF 353KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_reif_q108.pdf
An all property return of -2.5% is forecast for year-end 2008 with a modest recovery to 6.2% in 2009. Capital falls of up to 10% are expected by mid-year before renewed investor competition begins to firm the market.
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Property Pricing Survey, November 2007 (PDF 1,648KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_pricingsurvey_1107.pdf
Investment transaction activity has both slowed considerably and become much more selective.
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Real Estate Investment Forecast, Q4 2007 (PDF 443KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_investmentforecasts_q407.pdf
All property in 2007 is expected to be -0.6% with a recovery to 4.0% in 2008.
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Real Estate Investment Forecast Interim Report 2007 (PDF 370KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_investmentforecasts_2007.pdf
Market development has been so rapid since midsummer that we have decided to supplement our quarterly forecast updates with an 'Interim Forecast Update' so as to capture events as they are unfolding.
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Real Estate Investment Forecast Q3 2007 (PDF 471KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_investmentforecasts_q307.pdf
We are forecasting an all property total return for 2007 of 8.8%, following steady rental growth and flat yields in 2007.
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Property Pricing Survey, August 2007 (PDF 461KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_pricingsurvey_0807.pdf
Buying has become more muted in the last quarter. The 2007 total return decreased to 8.8% pa.
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Real Estate Investment Forecast Q2 2007 (PDF 395KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_industrial/rese_investmentforecasts_q207.pdf
Our REIF reports look two years ahead and include concise commentaries on the main investment trends. Latest data forecasts an all-property total return of 9% for 2007.
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Property Pricing Survey, March 2007 (PDF 339KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_pricingsurvey_0307.pdf
Buying continues to be the main investment activity, with offices favoured by 57% of respondents.
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Real Estate Investment Forecast Q1 2007 (PDF 1,648KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_investment/rese_investmentforecasts_q107.pdf
Review and forecast for the real estate investment market.