Robert Stassen

For the second consecutive month UK inflation beat market consensus. In November, headline inflation came in at 3.9%, while economists were expecting 4.4%, according to the Financial Times. The month ...

Both the Bank of England and the European Central Bank decided to hold rates on Thursday after the Federal Reserve did the same on Wednesday. Financial markets were expecting the decisions and ...

Eurozone headline inflation fell sharply again in November to 2.4% from 2.9% the previous month. Headline inflation was at 8.6% at the start of the year. Core inflation, excluding volatile energy, ...

The real estate sector got a boost from the lower-than-expected United States inflation figure released on Tuesday, which was reinforced by sharply falling United Kingdom inflation on Wednesday.

The Bank of England kept the bank rate at 5.25% as expected following similar moves by the ECB and the Federal Reserve. The bank also presented its forecasts. It expects inflation to fall to 4.8% in ...

Real estate investors felt relief as eurozone headline inflation beat market expectations by dropping to 2.9% in October from 4.3% the previous month. A Reuters survey among economists showed ...

At sister publication Business Immo's second Big Up conference in Paris, US and European CoStar Market Analysts gave overviews of what trends they were seeing in their own markets. Here, Robert ...

The European Central Bank held deposit rates steady at 4% on Thursday in line with market expectations.

This is the final part of a series in which we hunt for capital sources which could support a rebound in UK real estate investment. For part one on UK pension funds click here. For part two on ...

UK headline inflation fell to 6.7%, down from 6.8% against expectations of a rise to 7.3%. The positive surprise puts pressure on the Bank of England to leave rates unchanged when it meets on ...

This is part of a series in which we hunt for capital sources which could support a rebound in UK real estate investment. For part one on UK pension funds click here. For part two on Japanese ...

The former chief economist of the ECB made a bold prediction at the European Public Real Estate Association conference in London on 6 September. Peter Praet predicted the ECB would raise the deposit ...

This is part of a series in which we hunt for capital sources which could support a rebound in UK real estate investment. For part one on UK pension funds click here. For part two on Japanese ...

This is part of a series in which we hunt for capital sources which could support a rebound in UK real estate investment. For part one on UK pension funds click here. For part two on Japanese ...

This is part of a series in which we hunt for capital sources which could support a rebound in UK real estate investment. For part one on UK pension funds click here. For part two on Japanese ...

This is part of a series in which we hunt for capital sources which could support a rebound in UK real estate investment. For part one on UK pension funds click here.  When Osaka-based developer ...

In the first of a series, CoStar market analysts Robert Stassen and Grant Lonsdale examine likely sources of capital for a UK rebound.

Eurozone headline inflation remained at 5.3% in August, slightly ahead of the market consensus of 5.1%, while core inflation fell to 5.3% from 5.5% in July, which was in line with expectations. ...

UK headline inflation in July fell to 6.8%, down from 7.9% in June in line with the consensus estimates. As a result, markets barely moved on the news.

The UK economy grew by 0.5% in June, following a fall of 0.1% in May 2023 and growth of 0.2% in April 2023. However, the month-on-month figure was distorted by the extra bank holiday in May for the ...