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Commercial Quarterly Examiner – retail market update Q3 2025

According to October’s BRC Retail Sales Monitor total retail sales increased by 2.3% year on year in September, compared to growth of 2% in September 2024.

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Commercial Quarterly Examiner – office market update Q3 2025

Average UK office occupancy continues to push higher and reached a new post-pandemic high of 40.2% in early October according to Remit Consulting’s Return survey which was first undertaken in May 2021 after the first national COVID lockdown ended.

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Commercial Quarterly Examiner – industrial market update Q3 2025

Internet sales penetration of the UK retail market has stabilised and tracking in a range between 26% and 28% since the end of the pandemic.

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Prime London & UK rental market update Q4 2025

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Prime London & UK sales market update Q4 2025

Stories started to emerge in August that the Chancellor was considering introducing or raising property taxes in the November’s Budget, especially for more expensive homes.

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Economic update Q4 2025

Sluggish economic growth and a growing productivity gap means the Chancellor will most likely raise taxes in the November Budget. There is increasing speculation this could include taxes on property, with proposals reported to include an annual tax on higher-value £2m+ properties, or additional council tax on the highest banded homes.

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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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