" “2009 was the nadir of this cycle. 2010 will see a supply driven rental recovery in the City, which will be followed by the West End.”   Take-up across all of central London’s submarkets was lower in 2009 than in 2008. However, leasing activity in the second half of the year was significantly stronger than in the first half. "

" “A significant amount of commercial auction buyers have less than 25% debt in their portfolios where average loan to value ratios in the UK market are 60-70%. Sellers should consider this method of sale as it gives them the best access to a competitive market of cash rich buyers.”  "

" “Letting activity marked time this quarter, the level of availability has peaked but rental values have stabilised or are even on the rise in some sectors.” "

" Considering that Feed in Tariffs (FiTs) come into effect on the 1st April, little is still known of the value benefits it can offer property investors/ owners. The potential returns associated with the scheme were boosted by the tariff rates recently published in the Government’s response to the consultation in February, which has provided support for the scheme. "

" Sharpest rise in commercial development activity since May 2007. February data indicated that growth of overall activity was largely driven by increased work on private sector projects. "

" Despite the prospect of rising gilt yields property will continue to prove attractive. Prime yields, on the whole, held in February with only West End offices reporting a further hardening of 25bp. This was the lowest level of yield activity since yields first started to fall in April 2009.  "

" Over 2009 the Dutch economy shrunk by an unprecedented 4%. This steep fall of the Dutch economy seems to have come to an end and key indicators, like export and industrial production, are bottoming out. This indicates that 2010 will show better figures and consumer trust is anticipating on this, with a climb from -24 to -7 in the last 3 months. However, actual consumer spending is not following this positive trend, so households are not yet acting according to their believes. "

" “2010 will be the best year of this cycle for occupiers to capitalise on attractive terms on which to acquire new office space.” Supply continued to rise throughout the year, ending 2009 at 3.2m sq ft. The bulk of this increase was due to speculative development completions. However, there are no planned speculative completions in 2010-2012.  "

" Private national investors will continue to dominate the CBD and force yields downward. This will lead international funds to focus more on decentralised prime locations, where lot size will automatically select the investors.     "

" “In spite of weak annual performances, investment activity increased on average by 30% each quarter in 2009. Still, we believe the market will still have to face some difficulties in 2010.”     "