Research

"We expect that the outlook for consumer spending will be more positive in 2018 than it was in 2017"

"Land values are growing faster than average in the North and Scotland, while housing associations are increasingly competitive in their land buying with strategic land becoming popular"

"The fact that supply levels and vacancy rates have remained reasonably consistent for the last four years despite take-up volatility points to a market which is largely in equilibrium"

"London & the South East is a geographically large region and levels of supply remain critically low in many sub markets across the region, particularly around the northern and southern M25"

"Build to suit demand levels remain strong and in 2018 we expect grade A sites such as East Midlands Gateway and DIRFT III to absorb an increasing amount of these requirements"

"Another resolute performance across the West Midlands and with the supply remaining tight we anticipate a similar performance in 2018"

"2017 saw a similar number of transactions as 2016, but with a lower average size of deal we saw an reduction in take-up. With a number of large scale requirements in detailed discussions we are forecasting a strong year in 2018"

"2017 take-up is down on previous years but this as a reflection on grade A supply levels as we are still seeing a healthy level of demand. We expect a flurry of major transactions will take place in the region in the first half of 2018"