Insights

Allsop completes on sale of Aldgate office for £26m
Allsop acting jointly alongside Anton Page, has completed on the sale of the freehold of a Grade A workspace in Aldgate, cen...

CITI seals the purchase of £100M Reading office scheme amidst influx of overseas capital
Leading UK property consultancy Allsop has completed the purchase of a newly built Grade A office scheme in Reading on behalf...

Private: When real becomes meta: real estate enters the metaverse
The property world loves a good buzzword. From ‘flight to prime’ and ‘weight of capital’, concepts like ‘the metaverse’, ‘Web...

Allsop and Millennium Group acquire 5 Fleet Place for Hong Kong Investor
Hong Kong-based Manhattan Garments Group has completed the acquisition of 5 Fleet Place, London, EC4 from Poly Global. The va...

The foundations remain solid for freehold ground rent investments
Freehold investments can be a rather arcane, yet lucrative, asset class. However, this corner of the market was shaken up at ...

Shedmania reigns… but it’s not all about Logistics
The resilience of the multi-let sector has been proved over the last 18 months, stirring investor appetite for this sub secto...

Does scale affect the value of PBSA?
When we are appraising student accommodation for the purposes of sale, four factors commonly determine appropriate yield: mac...

Will food and grocery remain at the core of retail investment post-Covid?
The pandemic has proved a boon for supermarkets and convenience stores who have benefitted from their essential retailer stat...

Commercial Auction Summer Market Review 2021
What’s happening in the commercial auction market? We are pleased to share with you our latest Commercial Auction Market Revi...

Trophy assets: the allure of the London garden square
The Ferrari 250 GTO is the most expensive car ever to sell at auction, achieving $48.5M in 2018. Produced from 1962 to 1964, ...

The relentless resilience of Residential
During a rollercoaster year of unimaginable uncertainty and turmoil for the UK real estate industry, one subsector has prove...

‘Freeholders will accept that a swing in favour of leaseholders is inevitable but will oppose an outright value grab’
Ground rents have long been considered one of the lowest risk – and perhaps the dullest – long term investments in the prope...

Ground Rents Reforms: Good in Theory but Time Will Show
Ground rents have long been considered one of the lowest risk – and perhaps the dullest – long-term investments in the proper...

Helping you navigate the commercial property sector – Some FAQ’s answered
Being a vital part of the economy, the commercial property market is intimately linked to people’s lifestyle and consumption...

BTR: A Decade On
Delancey’s landmark 2011 investment into the Olympic Village in Stratford was a watershed moment for the Build to Rent (BTR)...

Hat trick of shopping centre sales sees Allsop raise £63m at May’s commercial auction
Strong appetite for London and Home Counties mixed-use or added value assets drives sale of 93 lots, raising £63m at a succe...