Ventura Market Pulse

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Indicative figures. Live data has not yet been loaded for this page. Rates and house price indices connect directly to the Bank of England and HM Land Registry; commercial yields are entered from published agency research. Treat anything shown here as indicative until it carries a date.

Headline Indicators

Bank of England Base Rate

4%

SONIA

3.96%

CPI Inflation

2.3%

GDP Growth (YoY)

1.1%

Unemployment Rate

4.4%

Sector Performance

Residential

Residential shows yields continuing to compress, with rental growth more muted at 1.2% and occupancy around 85%.

Commercial Offices

Commercial Offices shows yields continuing to compress, with rental growth more muted at 0.0% and occupancy around 80%.

Industrial

Industrial shows yields having moved out, with rental growth more muted at 0.7% and occupancy around 83%.

Retail

Retail shows yields having moved out, with rental growth more muted at 2.6% and occupancy around 90%.

Hotels

Hotels shows yields having moved out, with rental growth remaining robust at 3.9% and occupancy around 96%.

Care Homes

Care Homes shows yields continuing to compress, with rental growth remaining robust at 3.5% and occupancy around 94%.

Emerging Opportunities

Sectors with accelerating rental growth

Hotels, Care Homes, Healthcare

New planning activity

340-unit residential-led mixed-use scheme, Ancoats

Risk Monitor

Sectors showing weaker rental growth: Commercial Offices, Industrial, Build-to-Rent, PRS. Construction inflation remains elevated at 3.8%.

Today’s Signals

Yield Expansion

Industrial

Industrial yields have moved out, currently averaging 4.2%.

Yield Expansion

Retail

Retail yields have moved out, currently averaging 4.0%.

Yield Expansion

Hotels

Hotels yields have moved out, currently averaging 5.2%.

Development Activity Increasing

Hotels

Hotels development pipeline stands at approximately 16,265 units.

Yield Compression

Care Homes

Care Homes yields are compressing alongside rental growth of 3.5%.

Development Activity Increasing

Care Homes

Care Homes development pipeline stands at approximately 17,550 units.