UK Commercial Property Chart Pack UK Commercial Property Chart Pack (Jul. 25) Yields for the main commercial property sectors have been remarkably stable over past 18 months, and we expect that stability will continue. That means capital value growth will average under 3% p.a... 24th July 2025 · 1 min read
Australia & New Zealand Chart Pack ANZ Chart Pack (July 2025) Our ANZ Chart Pack has been updated with the latest data and our analysis of recent developments. Australia’s economy is struggling to gain momentum, while the recent rebound in activity in New... 24th July 2025 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Rapid Response US Existing Home Sales (June 2025) The fall in existing home sales in June comes despite the recent rebound in consumer confidence, suggesting affordability is still the main driver of homebuyer activity. With house price declines... 23rd July 2025 · 2 mins read
Europe Commercial Property Update Improving CRE lending outlook unlikely to boost investment Recent surveys of real estate lenders point to a continued improvement in the European commercial real estate lending environment. However, with refinancing still dominating lending activity, this is... 23rd July 2025 · 3 mins read
US Commercial Property Update US offices divergence poses both a risk and an opportunity We expect the divergence in performance between the best performing offices and the rest to persist through our forecast. This will see further capital value falls in average and poorer quality space... 22nd July 2025 · 5 mins read
Europe Commercial Property Update Netherlands prime office rent performance to slow Low vacancy and limited new completions this year will see Rotterdam rent growth continue to outperform Amsterdam over 2025, before supply picks up substantially in 2026. That will bring rent growth... 18th July 2025 · 3 mins read
US Housing Market Rapid Response US Housing Starts (June 2025) The pick-up in housing starts in June is less encouraging than first appears, as it is narrowly concentrated in both the volatile multifamily sector, and in the Northeast of the country. Single-family... 18th July 2025 · 2 mins read
UK Commercial Property Update Will lender confidence drive UK commercial property capital values up? The current narrow spread between property yields and financing costs, combined with bullish lender capital value expectations, might be seen as an indication that a credit cycle is brewing and... 18th July 2025 · 4 mins read
China Economics Update Urban redevelopment plans don’t tick stimulus box This week’s Central Urban Work Conference didn’t deliver the revival of the shantytown redevelopment scheme that helped stabilise China’s housing market a decade ago and that some had been hoping for... 18th July 2025 · 4 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Weekly ANZ Weekly: Labour market not an obstacle to RBA rate cuts The strong uptick in Australia's unemployment rate in June may be overstating the actual degree of slack in the labour market. After all, the underutilisation rate remains historically low and... 18th July 2025 · 5 mins read
Canada Economics Update Canada Housing Watch (Jul. 2025) The third consecutive rise in home sales in June lends some support to our view that house prices will soon stabilise, even if mortgage rates do not decline by quite as much as we expect. Elsewhere... 16th July 2025 · 4 mins read
US Commercial Property Update US consumer sector divergence echoed in winning retailer types The retail sector was suffering before the rise in tariffs as consumers were hit by higher costs and interest rates. But digging deeper exposes a divergent picture between higher and lower-earning... 15th July 2025 · 3 mins read
UK Commercial Property Update Upward-only rent review ban in England and Wales would nudge commercial property yields up Experience from Ireland suggests that a ban on upward-only rent reviews will weigh on future rental growth and widen property yield spreads to risk-free rates. While the overall impact is unlikely to... 15th July 2025 · 4 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Update RBNZ to cut further as property sector remains weak New Zealand’s housing market is still struggling to recover from its steep post-pandemic downturn. Although we still expect it to turn the corner in the coming months, the risk is that it will remain... 15th July 2025 · 5 mins read
Middle East & North Africa Economics Weekly MENA Weekly: Egypt’s reform push, OPEC+ decision, Saudi real estate The delay to Egypt’s IMF review is not too concerning for the country’s balance of payments, but it underscores the difficulty of successfully achieving the goals of the privatisation drive. Elsewhere... 10th July 2025 · 7 mins read
US Housing Market Outlook No clear path to housing recovery Activity in the housing market has been struck in a slump since 2023, with still no end in sight. As Trump’s immigration and trade policies push up inflation this year, the Fed will be forced to keep... 10th July 2025 · 12 mins read
