While our primary focus is the UK commercial property market we will occasionally carry international stories. In the Worldwide News category you can read articles exploring global market developments or looking at a particular overseas commercial property story that has caught our attention.
Commercial real estate activity in Hawaii surged during the first six months of the year to $2.2 billion, according to a report released by Colliers International Hawaii. The increase, which was led by hotel sales, represents a gain of 134 per cent from... Read More
U.S. property/casualty insurance companies' net income rose by 58 per cent in the second quarter compared with the same period in 2012, according to an analysis released by Moody's Investors Service. The positive earnings figures were driven by lower... Read More
Santa Clara County and south San Mateo County is undergoing a commercial real estate boom, with developers currently constructing or renovating approximately six million square feet of office space. Construction activity is proceeding at double the activity... Read More
The commercial property market in New Zealand is showing positive signs, as sentiment is running high and the market has pulled away from Australia, according to the latest regional report released by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors... Read More
Commercial properties and office buildings in Manhattan are overvalued, compared with commercial real estate in other major global cities, according to the results of a survey conducted by accounting firm Marks Paneth & Shron (MP&S). Most of the New... Read More
Spain's commercial property sector showed signs of improved confidence in the first six months of 2013, according to Knight Frank's Spain Commercial Property Market Review. There was a sharp increase in the take-up in Madrid office space in H1, and increased... Read More
The Bangkok Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has released a report saying that banks reporting tighter overall credit standards for commercial real estate loans outnumber ones reporting the opposite. The banks are continuing to indicate signs of increased... Read More
The Global Commercial Property Survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) showed a significant increase in investor confidence in the UAE commercial property market. The country came in second in the RICS Investment Sentiment Index. These... Read More
Investor confidence in the Australian commercial property market plunged in Q2 as the economy softened. The NAB Commercial Property Index dipped to minus 16, the third lowest level since the bank started keeping track in March 2010. This level represents the... Read More
When you go on holiday do you like to switch off from the outside world and spend time enjoying yourself like people used to do before technology took over? Or do you like to update your friends with tweets, statuses and photos of your every move whilst away... Read More
The ups and downs of the international commercial property market are closely related to the global economy. However the picture is not always uniform. While demand can be low in one country it can outstrip supply in another.
In this category we report on these trends and the outlook for the occupier and investment markets in Europe, the Far East and elsewhere. We also cover individual commercial property stories from around the world.
These might be articles looking at office developments in global financial centres like New York, Paris and Frankfurt. Equally they could focus on worldwide retail, industrial or leisure developments. You will also find related human interest stories in this category.
