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9 December 2025
Has the UK office market’s flight to quality finally eased?
The much-discussed flight-to-quality trend has finally eased after net absorption turned positive for non-prime UK offices, defined as offices rated 4 stars or below by CoStar’s rating system. Preliminary results for 2025 suggest that the demand losses incurred in poorer-quality spaces may have turned into demand gains for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, driven by improving demand and a growing shortage of premium-quality supply.
8 December 2025
Edinburgh office leasing set for 17-year low
Edinburgh’s office market is set for its weakest year for take-up since 2008, reflecting a lack of suitable supply in the right locations and lingering caution among some types of occupiers over expanding.
8 December 2025
Webinar: UK commercial property year in review
CoStar last week hosted the webinar “Hindsight is 2025: Year in Review for UK Commercial Property”, where senior director of market analytics, Mark Stansfield, shared exclusive insights into the trends that shaped the UK commercial real estate market in 2025.
5 December 2025
Leeds industrial investment hits a three-year high in the third quarter
Leeds’ industrial investment saw a resurgence in the third quarter, as volumes hit a three-year high - thanks largely to Blackstone’s continued acquisition strategy. Investment totalled £90 million, the highest quarterly total since the first half of 2022 - a period of optimism before the turbulence of the Liz Truss budget.
4 December 2025
Investment decision-making speeds up across office and industrial sectors
The number of months that UK office and industrial investment sales spend on the market before transacting has started to fall, after reaching a four-year peak in 2025.
3 December 2025
Crane drain: UK commercial property development sinks to 11-year low
Construction activity continues to decline across all commercial property sectors, with the amount of space underway nationally dropping to its lowest level since 2014. An interesting dichotomy is also emerging in office construction between London and the rest of the UK.
2 December 2025
The World Cup host markets that could see the biggest swings in hotel demand
Already popular leisure destinations and smaller host cities are expected to be the hotel markets with the most to gain from the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
2 December 2025
Office leasing rises to record level in London’s City Core North submarket
Leasing volumes in London’s City Core North office submarket reached record levels in Q3 2025, driven by demand from financial sector tenants in EC2. The take-up of office space in the submarket, which broadly covers the area encompassed by Cheapside in the south, Bishopsgate in the east, Barbican in the west and Worship Street in the north, reached over 1.1 million square feet in the third quarter, slightly ahead of the previous strongest quarter’s leasing in 2018.
28 November 2025
Investors home in on office-to-residential conversions in Birmingham in 2025
The Birmingham office market has seen a surge in small to mid-sized investment transactions in 2025, with the intention of repurposing properties for residential use. Driven by changing work patterns, housing demand and the fall in pricing for secondary office space, developers and investors have targeted underutilised office assets to turn into homes, student accommodation and co-living spaces.
26 November 2025
US commercial real estate prices rise, extending recovery trend
U.S. commercial real estate prices climbed in October, extending multiple gains over the past five months in a sign of stabilization after years of decline.
25 November 2025
Mixed signals for UK economy ahead of Autumn Budget
The UK economy heads into tomorrow’s Autumn Budget with a complex backdrop of slowing growth, fragile confidence and easing inflation.
24 November 2025
Does floorplate size matter?
After five years of upward movement, London office vacancies stabilised in 2025. For the first time since 2019, the London office market experienced three consecutive quarters of positive net absorption, indicating that market conditions are improving. The improved absorption, or change in occupied stock, has resulted from strengthening tenant demand and increased take-up.
24 November 2025
Hindsight is 2025: year in review for UK commercial property
As 2025 draws to a close, join CoStar’s Senior Director of Market Analytics, Mark Stansfield, for an exclusive, data-rich review of the UK commercial property market. This webinar will unpack the key trends, sector performance, and market shifts that defined the year and what they signal for 2026.
24 November 2025
Big Six office investment remains subdued but Scotland stands out
Investment volumes remained subdued across the Big Six office markets during the third quarter, as investors focused on secure income, value-add and residential conversion opportunities.
21 November 2025
Inaugural Thames Valley offices round table reveals areas of strength and weakness in a recovering market
Following similar events in other key UK markets, CoStar this week held a Thames Valley offices round table with leading figures in the market as part of a series of discussions aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of what’s really happening beyond the headline numbers in a challenging and evolving market.
21 November 2025
Spotlight on Leicester: Industrial occupier demand picks up as DSV takes major prelet
IM Properties has confirmed global logistics giant DSV will take 600,000 square feet at Mercia Park, reinforcing confidence in the UK’s Golden Triangle logistics heartland. The deal marks a turning point for Leicester’s industrial market, halting a three-year slide in take-up and signalling brighter days may be ahead.
20 November 2025
The CoStar Market Activity Tracker: London storms ahead of other UK office markets over the six months to Q3 2025
Occupier demand has remained upbeat for several office markets over the past six months. Central London has continued to outperform, Bristol and Edinburgh have led activity across the Big Six cities, and parts of the South East have continued their recovery. However, the picture is nuanced, with mixed performance across major markets over the six months to September 2025.
18 November 2025
Retail demand bounces back strongly in Hammersmith and Fulham
Demand for retail space in the west London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is rising, with several positive indicators pointing towards ongoing demand moving forward.
17 November 2025
The CoStar Market Activity Tracker: Which UK markets stood out during the six months to Q3 2025?
The UK occupier markets have shown continued robust performance over the past six months, though the story varies by sector and location, according to CoStar’s latest Market Activity Tracker report.
14 November 2025
Industrial leads the way as the South Coast market recovery begins
As the world began to return to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic, the significant surge in demand for UK logistics space, driven by massive increases in online retail, started to wane. South Coast industrial vacancies, which had fallen to their lowest recorded levels, rose sharply as much of the space acquired by retailers and third-party logistics companies was no longer needed.

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