Research
Commercial Quarterly Examiner – industrial market update Q2 2025
At the end of Q2 internet sales as a proportion of all retailing increased to 27.2% from 26.8% in Q1. It has been tracking in a range between 25% and 28% since the end of the last pandemic lockdown in Q1 2022.
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Commercial Quarterly Examiner – office market update Q2 2025
Average UK office occupancy reached a new post-Covid high of 38.1% in the first two weeks of June.
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Commercial Quarterly Examiner – retail market update Q2 2025
In Q2 the UK’s retail real estate market benefitted from supportive underlying macroeconomic conditions.
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Prime London & UK rental market update Q3 2025
Rental growth has stabilised in the prime London market at a modest rate of just under 2%, but activity levels, especially for one and two-bedroom properties is buoyant as renters look to make a move in the summer period.
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Prime London & UK sales market update Q3 2025
The prime London market is becoming ever more localised, with the market moving at different speeds in the centre compared to the prime outer areas, and also across price brackets.
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Economic update Q3 2025
The Bank of England delivered the much-anticipated August base rate cut, reducing the base rate to 4%, from 4.25%. More tariffs being applied by the US will increase global uncertainty, and potentially put upward pressure on inflation, while discussions of tax rises in the Autumn will affect consumer spending and consumer confidence in the UK.
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Are we there yet? Future-proofing the UK’s digital connectivity infrastructure
This report examines how the UK is currently falling behind in meeting its own targets for gigabit-capable broadband and standalone 5G across the country, with a recognition by MPs that the Government needs to be doing more, especially as the copper switch-off approaches.
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Commercial Quarterly Examiner – office market update Q1 2025
Working from home and the state of the economy continue to be the largest forces shaping the UK’s office market.
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Commercial Quarterly Examiner – industrial market update Q1 2025
IThe main driver of growth for industrial and logistics property has been demand from operators servicing consumers increasing use of online shopping.
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Commercial Quarterly Examiner – retail market market update Q1 2025
The latest available BRC-Sensormatic Footfall Monitor data, covering March 2025, indicates a year-on-year decline in shopper numbers across the UK.
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