A new report has seen an upturn in yields from commercial property investment.
People taking out
commercial property finance saw a reacceleration of capital growth in February following a slow start to the year, according to the latest monthly index from CB Richard Ellis.
Research by the company found that offices in central London were once again the best performers over the month with total returns of 2.6 per cent, while shopping centres also performed strongly at 2.4 per cent.
Nick Parker, economics and forecasting analyst at CB Richard Ellis, said that people in
property investment are beginning to look further up the risk curve for better returns.
"Whilst it was prime yields that came back in most aggressively in the latter half of last year, it is the better secondary markets that are slowly starting to attract interest at the beginning of 2010," he added.
CB Richard Ellis was recently named the premier global brand in commercial real estate in a survey conducted by the Lipsey Company.