Some sectors have seen a 50 basis point rise in September

The consistent economic bad news during the past few months has dampened real estate prices across the globe.  The recent movement in yields supports the notion that the relative pause in August was not a positive turning point.
There is evidence that some investment deals are [...]

As the table shows, prime yields stayed at their July2008 level in August, with the expectation that for the majority of the sectors there is further softening to come.
The lack of movement in August is more a reflection of lack of activity in what was a very quiet month, than any change in investor sentiment.
IPD’s [...]

James Lapushner, Managing Director - Morgan Stanley Merchant Banking, Frankfurt say: 
Attached is a research piece prepared by Morgan Stanley that reviews the economic stability of the top industrial countries - it is interesting to see how Germany continues to outperform the rest of the industrialized world economies including the USA, Canada, France and the UK.  [...]

Economy: The federal capital of Berlin, with its 3.4 million inhabitants, is the economic centre of eastern Germany. Berlin’s economic structure is characterised by, amongst other things, its status as the seat of government, within whose area the representative offices of embassies, associations and companies have been established in the recent past. Moreover, Berlin has [...]

A number of office and industrial property markets reported a slowing down in leasing transactions in the first half of 2008, triggered by a combination of the credit crunch, weakening global economy and a lack of positive occupier sentiment.Very limited growth registered in global industrial occupation costs, which barely rose by 1.0%. Slightly stronger growth [...]

The overall vacancy rate in Manchester will begin to decline from 2009, contributing to gentle upward rental growth on the best space.

When analysing deals over 1,000 sq ft, half year take-up figures for 2008 were 432,328 sq ft, which is 29% up on the same time last year.
Around 50% of the 185,000 sq ft requirements [...]

This document is a detailed report of Turkey and covers Economy, Office Market, Industrial Market, Retail Market, Hotel Market and Residential Market:
Economic Overview: From March until august 2008, turkey’s economy suffered from a period of instability due to the negative side-effects of political un-certainty. During this period, the state pros-ecutor filed a lawsuit to shut [...]

Yields in June presented some degree of stability.However, July is painting a different picture. Prime yields are continuing to move out across the board and apart from West End and City Offices,Shopping Centres and Regional Hotels, we expect further yield softening over the next three months.
Office yields in the City have stabilised in July and even [...]

Commenting on the Halifax House Price Index, Suren Thiru, economist, said:
 ”House prices fell by 1.7% in July. Pressure on householders’ income, together with a very significant reduction in mortgage finance due to the global financial markets crisis, is constraining potential house buyers’ ability to enter the market. This is resulting in both lower prices and [...]

No-one can deny that the UK’s housing market is currently enduring a period of value correction.Throughout this bulletin, we look at how the prime markets in London and across the UK have reacted to date and consider the timings and strength of their recovery. History shows that the prime markets behave differently to mainstream property (they are [...]

Commercial development activity falls at the sharpest rate in over five years.

Over five times as many commercial developers (40%) noted a reduction in total activity as those that reported a rise (7%) in June.
The resultant net balance  –  the Total Commercial Development Activity Index – posted -32.4% in June, down from -19.7% one month earlier. [...]

The report provides an assessment of the consequences of the credit crunch for property finance in London and the implications for policy. It demonstrates that:

The credit crunch is having a far-reaching impact on investment, development and occupational markets.
Given the effect of the credit crunch on the wider economy is still unfolding, the result for property markets [...]