Latest research from Savills en-US Thu, 17 May 2012 20:41:56 GMT Farmland values continued to move upwards across Great Britain during the first quarter of 2012, albeit at a slower rate than during the same period of 2011. Average grade 3 arable land recorded growth of 0.9% compared to 2.3% in the first three months of 2011. http://pdf.euro.savills.co.uk/uk/market-in-minute-reports/market-in-minutes-q1-farmland-market-may-2012.pdf http://pdf.savills.asia/_images/ret05-2012-1.jpg http://pdf.savills.asia/asia-pacific-research/hong-kong-research/hong-kong-retail/ret05-2012.pdf We estimate that the English house-building industry is currently generating new ground rents worth approximately £180 million a year. http://pdf.euro.savills.co.uk/uk/spotlight-on/spotlight-on-ground-rents---spring-2012.pdf In Q1 2012, the total estimated volume of the retail warehouse market amounted to around 4m sq m (including retail parks and standalone retail warehouse units). http://pdf.euro.savills.co.uk/spain/nat-eng-2012/savills-spainretailwarehouse-march2012-eng.pdf With the new property world dominated by cash and not mortgage borrowing, the time for residential investment has finally arrived. http://pdf.euro.savills.co.uk/uk/residential-property-focus-uk/residential-property-focus-q2-2012.pdf The CBD population is characterised by a cyclically high worker population and the advent of a solid residential population combined with a large student body and regular interstate and overseas visitor arrivals. http://pdf.savills.asia/asia-pacific-research/australian-research/australia-retail/savillsresearch-spotlight-melbourne-cbd-retail-q1-2012.pdf Savills recorded approximately $210 million worth of retail property transactions (>$1m) in Metropolitan Adelaide in the year to March 2012, down from $318 million in the previous year. http://pdf.savills.asia/asia-pacific-research/australian-research/australia-retail/savillsresearch-spotlight-adelaide-cbd-retail-q1-2012.pdf In the 12 months to March 2012, $70 million worth of transactions occurred in the Bulky Goods retail centre type,accounting for 33 percent of total retail property sales. http://pdf.savills.asia/asia-pacific-research/australian-research/australia-retail/savillsresearch-spotlight-adelaide-suburban-retail-q1-2012.pdf Savills recorded $3.4 billion of shopping centre transactions nationally in the year to March 2012, up from $3.1 billion in the previous year. http://pdf.savills.asia/asia-pacific-research/australian-research/australia-retail/savillsresearch-spotlight-australian-retail-may-2012.pdf Total commercial development activity rose for a second successive month in April. http://pdf.euro.savills.co.uk/uk/commercial-development-activity-uk/commercial-development-activity-may-2012.pdf