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Overseas investors spent £144.3bn on London offices over two decades

 

Foreign buyers have invested £144.3 billion in London commercial property over the past two decades and are still buying despite Brexit, new research showed on Wednesday.

Agent CBRE revealed its office property data as industry experts insisted Brexit will not have a “material impact” on future appetite to spend here.

The firm said overseas investment into central London has increased steadily since 1999 (see data below). Buyers from Germany and the US were dominant in the Noughties, followed by Middle Eastern companies between 2009 and 2013. Between 2014 and Q3 2018, international buyers spent £56.5 billion, with Asian companies featuring heavily.

There have been recent concerns that Britain leaving the EU will lead businesses to scrap office moves and leave landlords with fewer rental growth prospects. But senior industry figures were bullish today.

CBRE’s James Beckham said: “Brexit isn’t likely to have a material impact on the appetite to invest in Europe’s only truly global gateway city.”

Alisa Zotimova, boss of AZ Real Estate, said: “This year will prove that London’s fundamentals such as legal stability, cultural diversity and being a English-speaking business hub are too strong to be beaten for too long.”

Julian Sandbach at JLL said the capital’s commercial properties are still viewed as a “secure investment” and as offering “a relatively attractive yield in a low interest environment”.

SPEND ON LONDON OFFICES

Last 20 years      Dominant overseas geography  Overseas spend

 

1999-2003            Germany  9%                                     £11.6bn

2004-2008          US  13%                                                £34.2bn

2009-2013            Middle East 13%                               £42.0bn

2014-2018 (Q3) APAC  28%                                           £56.5bn

TOTAL                                                                                   £144.3bn

 

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