Real Estate Insights, from Savills

 Can optimism towards the pace of recovery offer new opportunities, and can the long term nature of the industry drive investor confidence?   Join Guy Ruddle and guests: Tim Stoyle and Richard Dawes from Savills EMEA Hotel team and their guest David Kellett, Senior Director of Hotel Transactions at Invesco’s Hotel Fund Management team in the studio, to discuss the future of the European Hotel inve...

Continental European investors now represent the most active buyer group in many of their home markets and in London.  Join Guy Ruddle and guests: Eri Mitsostergiou, Director European Research; Tris Larder, Joint Head of Savills Regional Investment Advisory EMEA and Oliver Bamber, UK Board Director, Central London Investment, who talk about what is driving demand, what European investors are after...

With the expectation that travel restrictions will ultimately ease, accommodation establishments are gearing up to welcome back travellers. Aside from implementing new health and safety protocols, the bigger challenge will come from having to adapt their businesses to provide the type of experiences the post Covid-19 traveller will be searching for.  Join Guy Ruddle and guests: Raymond Clement, Sa...

The UK’s prime residential market – broadly the top 5% to 10% of property by value – has rebounded surprisingly strongly over the summer months as buyers and sellers activate decisions made during lockdown. Record levels of demand have been seen in the country and in prime coastal hotspots, as buyers search for more space and lifestyle change, taking advantage of the value gap between city and mor...

How has the pandemic treated the residential development sector in Scotland?  Is it retreating like it did, following the 2008 global market recession and subsequent property market crash, or is it enjoying the benefits of a buoyant residential sales market?  And how is Aberdeen coping following its more recent energy-led recession? Homes for Scotland estimates that the sector was already struggli...

While there has always been a relationship between the retail and logistics sector, the growth in online retail coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic has once again seen the dynamics change between the two. As more retailers adapt their supply chains to bolster their online presence and demand for warehouse space increases, how easily can the market cater to these shifts? What’s more, despite current...

Join Guy Ruddle and Savills guests: Amanda Blythe-Smith, director in the leisure and trade team; David Gale-Hasleham, director in the leisure team; and, Chris Sweeney, associate director in the leisure team who discuss why holiday parks are not only attractive destinations for holiday makers but also for investors.

How have things changed in the last four months? What investors are coming back to the market? And what are prices currently doing? Following their conversation in March, Mat Oakley (UK), Tris Larder (Europe) and Simon Smith (Asia Pacific) catch up with Guy Ruddle at the half-year point to discuss how real estate markets around the world are now faring in light of Covid-19. 

We all know about net zero by 2050 but how prepared for it is the real estate sector? And what is really driving the agenda, regulation, economics or social demand or a combination of all three? Join Guy Ruddle and guests: Emily Norton, head of rural research for Savills; and Tom Hill, a director in the environmental economics team to discuss the challenge facing the real estate sector in meeting...

Join Guy Ruddle and Edward Carnegy, head of Savills Abu Dhabi office; Stan Ennor-Glynn, head of international residential sales Middle East; and Edward Price, associate director in the capital markets team in the Middle East, as we head over to the Middle East for our first podcast on understanding the motivations driving Middle Eastern investors.

What must landlords and property managers in the UK, Spain and Italy do to ensure confidence is restored and encourage increased footfall in the retail industry?  Join Guy Ruddle and guests: Stephen Toal, director of property management research and Matthew Whiteley, director of retail park property management, both at Savills UK; Patricia Matias, national director of retail services for Savills i...

The rural sector was already facing significant challenges from Brexit and the climate change agenda even before this crisis hit. Join Guy Ruddle and guests: Emily Norton, head of rural research, plus Rupert Clark and Ben Knight from the rural estate management team, and they discuss how rural businesses can develop a strategy for the future and why they have developed a business planning tool to...

Join Guy Ruddle and guests: Mat Oakley, head of Savills commercial research; Oli Fraser-Looen, Savills regional investment advisory team, EMEA; Crystal SooJeong Lee, head of Savills Korea; and Jon Crossfield, co-head of Savills Investment Management in the UK. They will discuss what recovery will look like across Europe's real estate investment market as lockdown across the continent starts t...

Four Savills experts discuss the outlook for the prime UK residential sales and lettings markets in this podcast recorded just a few days after the government announced the ‘reopening’ of the housing market in England. They explore some of the most frequently asked questions in what undoubtedly remains a period of intense uncertainty. What impact has lockdown had on what buyers and tenants want in...

Sophie Chick and Paul Tostevin from Savills World Research, alongside Emily Norton (rural research), Sarah Dreyer (US research) and Simon Smith (Asia Pac research) discuss Savills 2020 Impacts programme, covering whether Covid-19 a new 'tipping point' for property around the world and how economic, environmental and technological upheaval is changing the world of real estate. 

With estimates of up to 40% of the UK’s carbon emissions arising from property, climate change is arguably the most important issue facing the property industry today and for the next decade.   Having had to cancel a seminar on the topic in April, our guests Dr Kayla Friedman, Course Director at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Ben Sanders of Federated Hermes, F...

Covid-19 has impacted all areas of our lives, in particular the way we work. Now, as countries across the globe start to emerge from lockdown, what are the many things we need to consider in the short, medium and long-term as we start thinking about returning to work? There will undoubtedly be fundamental changes, but what do we really think the future holds for our office space? Join Guy Ruddle a...

The UK government’s pledge for net zero carbon emissions has increased the focus on the forestry sector and is likely to drive the shift towards increased demand for tree planting and more sustainable timber-based construction methods. Guy Ruddle joins James Adamson, head of forestry investment for Savills, and Evelyn Channing, head of farms and estates in Scotland, to discuss the recent performan...

Katy Warrick (head of London residential development research), Ed De Jonge (director, development land) and Anne Currell (director, residential development sales) join Guy Ruddle remotely to discuss the long-term opportunities in East London. What are the catalysts for future growth? Which boroughs are leading the way? And why Crossrail is a game-changer.

Mat Oakley (UK), Tris Larder (Europe) and Simon Smith (Asia Pacific) join Guy Ruddle remotely to discuss the real estate investment market's initial reaction to the Covid-19 outbreak. Can the rest of the world learn any lessons from Asia's experience yet? Will the markets revert to their pre-March 2020 levels at some point, and if so when?

Join Guy Ruddle as he speaks to Marcus Roberts, Eri Mitsostergiou and guest speaker, Carlo Matta, about what is driving a boom in investment into student housing across Europe. 

With £2.2 billion invested in commercial real estate in Scotland in 2019, and over half made by international investors, Guy Ruddle and Savills guests Nick Penny, head of Savills Scotland and director in investment; and Bruce Patrick, director in the mixed use development team, discuss what makes Scotland such an attractive investment location.

Guy Ruddle and Savills guests John Redfern, director in business space property management; Megan Dixon, manager of customer & place strategy; and, Catherine Tilley, director in the office agency team, discuss how the needs and demands of landlords and occupiers have changed over the past decade.

Lucy Winterburn, Director of Investment at Savills Investment Management, Alex Moss, Director at the Real Estate Research Centre at Cass Business School and Simon Hope, Head of Global Capital Markets at Savills join Guy Ruddle to discuss how Impact Investment is reshaping the global real estate landscape.

Having been seen as an outlier in the industry, hotels are now very much front of mind for real estate investors looking to diversify their portfolios. Growth in domestic and international travel is helping to build the profile of numerous European hotel markets and consumer spend on overnight accommodation is on the up.  Marie Hickey, Tim Stoyle and Richard Dawes from Savills European Hotels team...