April 2019
The Danish Property Federation’s market statistics – vacancy • Annual decrease of 1.0% • Additional rental last year means increased earnings for the business of DKK 1.1bn. • Small quarterly increase in the retail vacancy. • The vacancy is highest for the newest residences. • Smaller residential rentals have lower vacancy.
From 7.6% to 6.6% in a year The low vacancy rate is maintained at below 7% in the last 9 months. With a financial vacancy of 6.6% in April and an annual decrease of 1 percentage point for all sectors, there are still signs that things are going well for the rental of investment properties. The vacancy rate is the lowest for the last 10 years. It is especially the rental of residential and retail that keeps the average down with vacancies of 3.7% and 6.0% respectively. Over the last quarter, the vacancy has also increased here, while there are corresponding small improvements in the rental of office and industry. Overall, it means an unchanged vacancy rate since January 2019. The annual decrease is across all sectors and means a total annual change of -1.0 percentage point.
The rental of retail and residential keeps the vacancy down.
The Danish economy is still healthy and the employment is still increasing. This increases the demand for office spaces and pushes the vacancy down. The financial vacancy for office decreases with 0.2 percentage points last quarter and has decreased with almost 3 percentage points since 2016. In 2019, the financial councils expect that the economy will grow with 2.4% and that the unemployment still decreases. Private spending and retailing
Figure 1. Economic vacancy percentages, April 2019 9.9 8.6
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6.4
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3.7
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Retail
Industry
Residential
Other commercial
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Change in percentage points
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-1.0
Source: The Danish Property Federation’s market statistics. Rem.: The vacancy rates for all sectors also include actual annual rent and space for other commercial and secondary spaces.
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