Popping the Brexit bubble
Surprisingly, Brexit isn’t expected to have a drastic impact on the real estate industry, with the ever-growing Brexit threat doing little to dampen property power.
Despite the current rocky political landscape, the UK real estate sector is holding its ground with considerable growth being seen across most areas.
We interviewed over 250 industry experts from across the UK for our Real Estate 360 report. Let RSM’s 2018/2019 survey results give you a 360 degree view of the real estate market, so you too, can look forward.
The survey draws into the wider issues such as flexible working practises, with 37 per cent of those surveyed seeing this as a major factor for encouraging investments in the regions. The results also revealed that 70 per cent said they were exploring the idea of flexible working in terms of their investment strategy.
Surprisingly, Brexit isn’t expected to have a drastic impact on the real estate industry, with the ever-growing Brexit threat doing little to dampen property power.
Property investment is staying in the UK, with over half of UK-based investors choosing not to look to overseas markets for better returns on real estate investments.
As London is now perceived as being expensive to investors, the spotlight is swiftly shining on the UK’s outside regions and beyond.
As London reaches saturation point for investors, the spotlight is swiftly shining on the UK’s outside regions and beyond.
Bank loans are no longer seen as the primary option to finance real estate, with the market seeing huge growth in alternative funding opportunities.
Commercial to residential conversions continue creating a shortage of office space, most prevalently in London, 68 per cent of those surveyed believe that the office market is, in fact, slowing.
Social attitudes to renting are changing and more people than ever before are choosing to stay off the property ladder for longer.
