DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/56ce9c/united_kingdom_rea) has announced the addition of the "United Kingdom Real Estate Report Q1 2011" report to their offering.
The United Kingdom Real Estate Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, real estate associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on United Kingdom's Real Estate industry.
It appears that 2010 marked the nadir in the fortunes of the UKs real estate sector. When BMI interviewed them in the middle of the year, their in-country sources indicated that rents and yields had stabilised in London, Manchester and Glasgow and across all three sub-sectors. In London, for instance, rents have risen by 5-8% in the office and retail sub-sectors and by a little more than this in the industrial sub-sector. BMIs sources are looking for a 5-10% rise in rental rates, across the board, in 2011.
However, it needs to be remembered that this follows an annus horribilis in 2009. Rental rates fell by about one-fifth in all three sub-sectors and most parts of the country. Prices and values dropped by a greater amount, resulting in net yields rising quite sharply. BMI continue to take the view that landlords in central London may be able to benefit from the partial recovery in the fortunes of the global financial services sector. Others, outside London, may be able to benefit from the relocation of businesses from the capital to less expensive parts of the country. Overall, though, BMI considers that the prospects for the sector are generally uninspiring. The principal problem is that, as a result of a long and deep recession, UK businesses are unwilling or unable to sustain paying the rental rates that were prevailing prior to 2008. It is difficult to see this situation changing for the better except at a glacial pace. The new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government will be forced to pursue austere fiscal policies. Over-leveraged and still exposed to the further falls, that BMI expect, in housing prices, UK households are unlikely to increase their consumption over the next two years.
Key Topics Covered:
- Executive Summary
- SWOT Analysis
- Regional Real Estate Overview
- Real Estate Market Overview
- Forecast Scenario
- Business Environment
- Company Monitor
- BMI Methodology
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