Foreign investors account for 45% of the office market in the UK

The office market in the UK actively supported in 2016 international investors. The share of foreign investors in the real estate sector grew by 10% compared to the previous year and made up 45% of all transactions. At the same time, the total volume of investments in the office sector housing fell from £3.2 billion in 2015 to £2.5 billion in 2016. due to political turbulentnosti. The share of foreign investment in the sector amounted in absolute terms to £1.1 billion.

Especially impressive were the investments of foreigners in Edinburgh, which reached £445млн. It is the best result since the beginning of 2006. That is, foreign investors are ensured the flow 70% of the capital and the most active were investors from Germany.

Edinburgh was one of the few British cities where the level of investment in 2016 exceeded in 2015.

Other attractive cities are Bristol and Sheffield.

Investment attractiveness of British cities add innovative investments in their development. There is some relationship and impact investment.

Significantly increasing the inflow of investments into Manchester, to increase inward investment in the 1.3 million square feet for the third year in a row, of which the largest investor was the company Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer , occupying more than 81000 sq.ft.

The impressive annual growth of inflow of investments also saw Bristol, 783000 square feet increased the amount of purchased office space, this is a 60% increase compared to 2015.

The inflow of investment money to the regions due to now not only the devaluation of the pound, but the recovery in regional cities, where there is an increasing demand for office space. The yields in Northern and Western cities of England now is much higher than the yield in London and the South East of England, investors have cleverly used this advantage and actively involve lending with competitive interest rates.

® Helen Entree. 03.03.2017 G.

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