{"id":16311,"date":"2018-05-03T10:15:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T09:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=16311"},"modified":"2018-05-03T10:15:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T09:15:58","slug":"property-investment-north-west-doubles-1bn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-hk\/2018\/05\/03\/property-investment-north-west-doubles-1bn\/","title":{"rendered":"Property investment in north-west doubles to almost \u00a31bn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commercial property market activity in the north-west has gone from strength to strength in recent years as investors recognise the value of some of the north’s key areas, and investment is now at a record high.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first three months of 2018 saw investment volumes in the north-west<\/a> soar to \u00a3965m according to a report from UK Investment Transactions, which is more than double the \u00a3440m achieved in the same quarter last year.<\/p>\n

Labelled a “stellar start to the year”, two main deals led the boom after L&G bought the India Buildings in Liverpool<\/a> for \u00a3125m and Aviva acquired 2 New Bailey in the rising area of Salford<\/a> for \u00a3113m, providing a major boost to the figures.<\/p>\n

The top investment in the north-west commercial property<\/a> market was office space, which made up 41% of all transactions in the quarter, with the retail sector continuing to fall slightly behind, which is mirrored across the rest of the country as more retail business is done online.<\/p>\n

Build-to-rent in the north-west<\/h4>\n

Build-to-rent<\/a> also enjoyed a significant uplift in the north-west, boosted by a major deal to create 383 build-to-rent units in Liverpool, which was financed by forward-funding from Manchester Arena and Invesco. In both Liverpool and Manchester, the build-to-rent market has made major advances recently, and experts expect this trend to continue to grow<\/a>.
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\nBen Roberts, director of capital markets for Lambert Smith Hampton in the north-west, said: “The north-west has performed very strongly, particularly when compared with the national data, and we’re continuing to see a broad range of investors<\/a> keen to invest into the region.<\/p>\n

“The Q1 volumes are surprising given the recognised lack of stock and it is positive to see the north-west having such a stellar start to the year,” Roberts added. “However, with squeezed stock levels and downward pressure on yields<\/a>, stock selection is becoming even more important. Most interestingly, the alternatives sector<\/a> has attracted significant investment so far this year and this is set to continue.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Commercial property market activity in the north-west has gone from strength to strength in recent years as investors recognise the value of some of the north’s key areas, and investment is now at a record high. The first three months of 2018 saw investment volumes in the north-west soar to \u00a3965m according to a report… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":4683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,6],"tags":[341,314],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}