{"id":1381,"date":"2026-05-06T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=c019fa29f9508669bcf0be89143910f5"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:05:00","slug":"costar-data-shows-offices-leading-uk-investment-in-q1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=1381","title":{"rendered":"CoStar Data Shows Offices Leading UK Investment in Q1 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The office sector attracted the largest share of investment in the first quarter of 2026, according to data from <a  href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.costargroup.com%2F&amp;esheet=54529925&amp;newsitemid=20260506436227&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=CoStar&amp;index=1&amp;md5=2157c12322001562391f03c1798e9dcc\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">CoStar<\/a>, a global leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets.<\/p><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260506436227\/en\/2796709\/5\/UK-investment-Q1-2026.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260506436227\/en\/2796709\/22\/UK-investment-Q1-2026.jpg\" \/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260506436227\/en\/2796709\/5\/UK-investment-Q1-2026.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260506436227\/en\/2796709\/21\/UK-investment-Q1-2026.jpg\" \/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260506436227\/en\/737718\/5\/CoStar_Group_logo_detail_2.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260506436227\/en\/737718\/22\/CoStar_Group_logo_detail_2.jpg\" \/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260506436227\/en\/737718\/5\/CoStar_Group_logo_detail_2.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260506436227\/en\/737718\/21\/CoStar_Group_logo_detail_2.jpg\" \/><\/a><p>\nOffice investment reached \u00a32.9 billion, accounting for 30% of total volumes, with activity concentrated in larger lot sizes in London and a small number of key regional cities.<\/p><p>\nIndustrial investment totalled \u00a31.8 billion, marking the sector\u2019s weakest quarterly out-turn in nearly six years.<\/p><p>\nRetail investment stood at \u00a31.2 billion, halved from the previous quarter and 60% below the five\u2011year quarterly average.<\/p><p>\nHotel investment also totalled \u00a31.2 billion, although rising energy costs and geopolitical uncertainty present near\u2011term headwinds.<\/p><p>\n\u201cUK commercial property investment totalled \u00a39.7 billion in the first quarter of 2026,\u201d said Grant Lonsdale, senior director of market analytics at CoStar Europe. \u201cThis was less than half the volume recorded in last year\u2019s final quarter, when US investors deployed nearly \u00a310 billion into healthcare assets, and nearly 40% below the five\u2011year first\u2011quarter average.\u201d<\/p><p>\nThe full analysis can be found <a  href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fproduct.costar.com%2Fhome%2Fnews%2F575321932&amp;esheet=54529925&amp;newsitemid=20260506436227&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=here&amp;index=2&amp;md5=a3fd6e5fcd4cd2ecfe53753a238a8e7c\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">here<\/a>.<\/p><p>\nFor more information about the company and its products and services, please visit <a  href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.costargroup.com&amp;esheet=54529925&amp;newsitemid=20260506436227&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.costargroup.com&amp;index=3&amp;md5=4a1908b277636af0f42ec545d5e8af61\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">www.costargroup.com<\/a>.<\/p><p>\n<b><span class=\"bwuline\">About CoStar Group<\/span><\/b><\/p><p>\nCoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, online marketplaces, and 3D digital twin technology. Founded in 1986, CoStar Group is dedicated to digitizing the world\u2019s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights, and connections that improve their businesses and lives.<\/p><p>\nCoStar Group\u2019s major brands include CoStar, a leading global provider of commercial real estate data, analytics, and news; LoopNet, the most trafficked commercial real estate marketplace; Apartments.com, the leading platform for apartment rentals; Homes.com, the fastest-growing residential real estate marketplace; and Domain, one of Australia\u2019s leading property marketplaces. CoStar Group\u2019s industry-leading brands also include Matterport, a leading spatial data company whose platform turns buildings into data to make every space more valuable and accessible; STR, a global leader in hospitality data and benchmarking; Ten-X, an online platform for commercial real estate auctions and negotiated bids; and OnTheMarket, a leading residential property portal in the United Kingdom.<\/p><p>\nCoStar Group\u2019s websites attracted over 131 million average monthly unique visitors in the first quarter of 2026, serving clients around the world. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, CoStar Group is committed to transforming the real estate industry through innovative technology and comprehensive market intelligence. From time to time, we plan to utilize our corporate website as a channel of distribution for material company information. For more information, visit <a  href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fnam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.costargroup.com%252F%26data%3D05%257C02%257Ckcapova%2540str.com%257C5c7d5fa16d1f492b629108dd711cdcdd%257C9a64e7ca363f441c9aa74f85977c09f1%257C0%257C0%257C638791090977538834%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DzTGAkD6jkqwLHG5sxi4cxjyWf4Kr6%252Fa1GJmsgxQJhCo%253D%26reserved%3D0&amp;esheet=54529925&amp;newsitemid=20260506436227&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=CoStarGroup.com&amp;index=4&amp;md5=9c1ce5aaa1b5b153ec2d2ae7bd866d67\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">CoStarGroup.com<\/a>.<\/p><br\/> <b>Contacts<\/b> <br\/><p>\nKarolina Capova\n<br\/>Senior Media Relations Specialist\n<br\/><a  href=\"mailto:kcapova@costar.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">kcapova@costar.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;The office sector attracted the largest share of investment in the first quarter of 2026, according to data from CoStar, a global leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property ma&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infos-businesswire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1382,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions\/1382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}