by Neil Blake | Jul 24, 2019 | Editor's Picks
All eyes will be on Washington and the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee meeting next week when the first cut in US interest rates for 11 years is expected. If and when this happens it will confirm a move in expectations towards ‘lower for longer’...
by Miles Gibson | Jul 16, 2019 | Editor's Picks
Each year CBRE conducts an extensive survey of our major occupier clients in Europe (main findings here). For the last three years we have included a question about the impact of Brexit (in all its guises) on clients’ operations. This blog reveals the results for the...
by Dominic Smith | Mar 21, 2019 | Editor's Picks, Investment
Where can investors use gearing to achieve stronger returns? We have talked previously of the changes in pricing of debt over 2018. Here we examine the extent to which required capital growth has changed, and whether investors are likely to achieve required levels...
by Dominic Smith | Mar 21, 2019 | Editor's Picks, Investment
This blog looks at how the cost of debt changed across Europe during 2018. The cost of borrowing fell in most European countries in 2018, the latest information from CBRE’s European Debt Map confirms. Using terms for senior lending on prime offices as a proxy (the...
by Pol Marfà Miró | Mar 13, 2019 | Editor's Picks, Industrial
In this blog (the second of two) we explore different concerns raised over future trade disruptions and the potential consequences of Brexit for logistics space demand. How Brexit finally affects logistics demand in the long term will mainly depend on what kind of...
by Pol Marfà Miró | Mar 13, 2019 | Editor's Picks, Industrial
In this blog (the first of two) we look at claims that the UK logistics sector is running out of warehouse space as companies stockpile goods in case of a ‘no deal Brexit’. Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, recently told the Treasury select committee that...
