National Investment Market Overview
Retail Warehouse
Overview
For the consumer longer-term deflationary trends remain intact driving further interest rate cuts. Whilst this is set to help consumer spending, minimum wage and national insurance increases as well as business rates relief reduction, will dampen retailers' outlook for the short to medium term.
Industrial
Overview
Investor sentiment in the first three months of 2025 has been cautious. Despite wider economic challenges and Trump’s tariffs, the industrial sector remains one of the most attractive asset classes of all commercial property sectors. Ongoing robust occupier market conditions are delivering real rental growth, which in turn are driving “sector-leading” investment returns forecast to outperform other sectors over the medium term.
Offices
Overview
The UK office investment market has shown notable activity in 2024 and early 2025, with distinct trends emerging across regional and South East markets.