Property Archive

摘要

In 2012, institutional investors accounted for just ￡7.53bn of UK commercial property investments, representing 21.71% of the total spent in the year and the lowest amount spent by institutions since 2008, when the figure was ￡5.47bn (graph, below). By contrast, overseas investors spent ￡16.51bn in 2012, equating to 47.59% of the total in the year and the largest amount spent by overseas investors since 2007, when the total was ￡17.83bn. Since 2007, overseas investors have dominated the market, accounting for 35% of the total spend, compared with 25.77% for institutions.