Analysis
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Residential land values slump as costs to build rise
Residential land values fell further in the Q2 as build-cost inflation and a focus on margin over volume depressed builders’ appetite for new sites
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9.6m sq ft of shopping centres in the pipeline
The UK shopping centre development pipeline stands at 9.6m sq ft to the end of 2018
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Rising capital values drive Q2 returns
Growing capital values continue to drive returns in the UK property market, with all-property returns up 3.5% in the second quarter
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Lettings go large in Manchester
Manchester’s historic preference for small-scale office requirements is being reversed, according to new research
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Top London office agents revealed
JLL was the top London office agent in the second quarter of 2015, acting on 1.3m sq ft of deals
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Dealogic review shows record levels of syndicated lending
JP Morgan has topped the table in Dealogic’s semi-annual review of syndicated real estate lenders
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House prices top 2007 peak
House prices in England and Wales rose by 1.1% in June to an average of £181,619
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Q2 retail warehouse transactions top £600m
Completed retail warehouse transactions in Q2 totalled £635m across 28 deals, reflecting a 33% increase on Q2 2014 volumes
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Renter numbers continue to rise
The number of consumers paying off a mortgage has dropped to its lowest level since Q3 2011
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Automotive: A history of the petroleum market
Petrol was first imported from the US and marketed in Britain at the turn of the century, but where did the market go from there?
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Mega-deals squeeze London office supply
Just one year’s worth of office supply remains in central London after a flurry of mega-deals in quarter two ate into more than 1.2m sq ft of space.
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Mismatch shrinks UK yields
PRS yields around the UK hardened in Q2 2015 as a weight of capital targeting limited investment opportunities continued to drive up pricing.