June 19, 2025
West Lothian has only a few months’ worth of industrial space left
West Lothian has around seven months’ worth of industrial supply, making it Scotland’s most availability-constrained major industrial submarket.
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June 18, 2025Retail parks drive Solihull retail investment to record levels
Two large retail parks in Solihull have changed hands over the past few months, lifting retail volumes to a record level. There has already been almost £160 million of activity this year, as investors continue to favour retail parks over other retail formats.
June 18, 2025The UK defence industry is fuelling a resurgence in Reading’s out-of-town office market
Out-of-town office markets across the country remain challenged in the wake of pandemic shifts to hybrid work and the rising appeal of in-town locations as companies prioritise transport connections and social amenities to lure staff back to offices. However, Reading and Green Park especially appear to be bucking the trend, aided by their emergence as a key hub for the UK defence industry.
June 17, 2025Tight vacancy fuels record logistics rental growth in North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire, a key logistics hub in Scotland’s central belt, has a very low vacancy rate, with implications for landlords and tenants. Here are some of the key themes from CoStar’s data:
June 16, 2025UKREiiF drives significant uplift in hotel prices in Leeds and surrounding areas
Growing attendance at the UK’s biggest real estate conference, UKREiiF, in Leeds provided a significant and welcome boost to hotel performance over the three-day event period.
June 12, 2025UK economy contracts for the first time in six months amid global and domestic pressures
The UK economy shrank in April for the first time in six months due to the effects of the US trade tariffs and the Chancellor’s tax changes.
June 12, 2025Big Six city centre leasing continues to outperform out-of-town
City centre leasing activity across the Big Six cities has held up better than the out-of-town markets over the past year compared with the pre-pandemic five-year average. Leasing has amounted to 78% of the pre-pandemic average, compared with 51% in the out-of-town markets.
June 6, 2025Office vacancies rising again in London’s St James’s, but CD&R letting demonstrates its enduring cachet
The historic financial heartland of St James’s in the heart of the West End, where some of the world’s highest office rents are paid, has seen a rise in vacancy in recent quarters. However, the landmark CD&R prelet in May illustrates enduring strong demand for an increasingly scarce supply of large, good-quality floor plates in the area.
June 4, 2025Big Six office leasing led by finance, accountancy and education in 2025
Leasing activity across the Big Six office markets has been broad and varied by sector during the opening months of 2025.
June 2, 2025High borrowing and building costs drive UK office construction starts to a record low
New office construction starts have fallen to their lowest level for at least 15 years, as developers pause for breath amid economic uncertainty and the persistently high cost of debt and construction.- May 30, 2025
Glasgow’s Buchanan Street in rude health as footfall and shop rents jump
Glasgow’s Buchanan Street, the city’s prime retail pitch, is in rude health. Vacancy has fallen to almost zero as competition for physical stores has intensified, causing Zone A rents to rocket to levels never seen before. 
May 29, 2025Soaring hotel room rates outstrip inflation in European luxury sector
Luxury hotel pricing has been one of the main performance drivers across most European hotel markets.
May 28, 2025Hong Kong hotel performance a mixed bag, even amid high occupancy levels
Hotel performance in Hong Kong this year tells a mixed story. Year to date, occupancy is up 4% compared to last year, but average daily rate is down 4%.
May 27, 2025European luxury hotel performance shows no sign of slowing, as most markets see RevPAR growth
Luxury major European hotel markets have continued to show positive signs, as most achieve year-over-year revenue per available room improvements, according to the latest CoStar data.
May 23, 2025Oldham tops industrial leasing table across Greater Manchester
Oldham has topped industrial leasing volumes across Greater Manchester’s 11 submarkets, breaking the dominance of Rochdale and Trafford, which have traditionally had the busiest leasing activity over the medium to long term.
May 21, 2025Inaugural CoStar London offices round table reveals areas of strength and weakness in a challenging market
Following similar events in Manchester and Glasgow, CoStar this week held a London offices round table with leading figures in the sector, as part of a series of discussions to try to get under the skin of what’s really going on beyond the headline numbers in a challenging and evolving market.
May 21, 2025Strong jobs growth and a dearth of new development drive down prime Bristol office vacancies
Vacancies for 4- and 5-star-rated, or Grade A, offices in Bristol have fallen to their lowest level since 2023 amid a tightening development pipeline and improving tenant demand.
May 20, 2025The UK big box markets best and least able to accommodate an increase in tenant demand
UK big box availability has roughly doubled over the past three years to 80 million square feet across more than 400 warehouses. This has been driven by some occupiers consolidating into fewer hubs and new schemes coming online. Around 180 of these warehouses, or 44% of the total, are classed as modern, having been developed in the last five years. However, some markets are better supplied with newer space than others.
May 20, 2025Industrial balance of power tilts northward as London and the South East’s pricing crown slips
London and South East industrial properties have seen a far bigger pricing correction than those in the Midlands and North of England in recent years, with rising interest rates and weaker occupier market fundamentals leading to a sharp jump in yields south of Silverstone.
May 19, 2025Big Six office investment slumps to lowest quarterly total in 16 years
Investment in the Big Six office markets reached a 16-year low during the first quarter of the year, as a lack of large deals severely impacted volumes. Of the handful of small- to mid-sized secondary transactions, the key motivations were long-term income and the conversion of space to alternative use.
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