Market overview
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Property Snapshot, August 2008 (PDF 246KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research-MarketOverview/rese_propertysnapshot_0808.pdf
Q2 GDP growth fell to 0.2%. Service sectors remain expansionary; industrial sectors contracting. Anxiety among retailers is increasing significantly.
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Manchester Market Overview, Summer 2008 (PDF 1,018KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research-MarketOverview/rese_ManchesterOverview_q308.pdf
The improving office and retail offer in Manchester ensures it remains a leading city in which to do business.
Offices
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Glasgow Offices Market, Summer 2008 (PDF 353KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_office/rese_GlasgowOfficeMarket_q3.pdf
Office availability has continued to fall with Grade A space now constituting just 16% of total marketed stock.
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Leeds Investment Market, H1 2008 (PDF 847KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_office/rese_LeedsOfficeInvestment_h108.pdf
The uncertainty in the financing market has continued into the first half of the year which has made funding as difficult as finding suitable product to acquire.
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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Midsummer Retail Report 2008 (PDF 2,828KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_retail/rese_midsummerretail_2008.pdf
Analysis and forecasting for every retail sector
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Central London Retail Health Check, Spring 2008 (PDF 2,259KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_retail/rese_retailhealthcheck_q108.pdf
Over the past 12 months the Central London retail market has proved remarkably resilient to a slowing consumer market and the on-set of the credit crunch. The number of retail voids has remained broadly stable, whilst the proportion of retail floorspace which is vacant has actually fallen.
Investment
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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%.
Residential
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Housing Market Overview, July 2008 (PDF 165KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_residential/rese_HousingMarketOverview__0708.pdf
Scotland remains the only region across the United Kingdom where annual growth remains positive.
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Housing Market Overview, June 2008 (PDF 278KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_residential/rese_HousingMarketOverview__0608.pdf
May's decrease is the third largest monthly fall on record.
Hotel
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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)
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European Chain Hotels Market Review, March 2008 (PDF 163KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_hotel/rese_eurochainhotels_0308.pdf
Early Easter causes occupancy and profit to fall. Occupancy falls furthest in Warsaw. Budapest bucks the downward trend. London has the fullest and most profitable hotels.
Speciality
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Primary Healthcare: Introductory Review, Summer 2008 (PDF 572KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/rese_primaryhealthcare_q308.pdf
Primary care has changed greatly in ten years and will continue to change…effective delivery of services will require a primary care estate that incorporates the principles of best design and provides safe and secure environments for patients, service users and staff.
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Care Homes Review Q1 2008 (PDF 764KB)
URL for PDF: /documents/Research_specialty/rese_carehomes_q108.pdf
Although the latter part of 2007 was a difficult period for many industries, the Healthcare sector remained reasonably buoyant and Colliers CRE saw a continued demand for homes across the sector. The key indicators detailed in this research paper point towards a positive outlook for the sector in 2008.