Industrial and logistics finance in the South East

With more than 9.6 million residents, the South East is the most populous of England's nine regions and contains both the South Downs and New Forest national parks. We arrange the full range of industrial and logistics finance across the South East, from the commercial mortgages that buy and hold a unit, a warehouse or an estate to the bridging, development, mezzanine and equity behind a refurbishment, a distribution scheme or a yard. Industrial and logistics market data is published nationally and regionally by CBRE, Knight Frank, Savills, Colliers and MSCI, so the figures above are presented as clearly-labelled benchmarks, with the regional figures attributed to their sources, while the planning and housing-transaction data is genuinely local for the towns we track.

Savills models South East vacancy holding around 9% to the end of 2027 given subdued take-up, but the western M25 and Heathrow arc keep the highest prime rents in the UK outside central London.

Nationally, forecast logistics rental growth runs at 2.7% (Savills, Big Shed Prospects 2026, 2026 forecast), against UK logistics vacancy of 7.08% (CBRE, UK Logistics Q4 2025, Q4 2025) and a prime distribution yield of 5% (Knight Frank, UK Logistics Market Dashboard, Jan 2026). That supply and demand picture is the backdrop to every regional appraisal we run.

Development activity is visible across the region: we track 73 recent industrial planning applications in the South East through council planning registers, part of a national feed covering more than 100 local authorities.

Benchmark figures from CBRE, UK Logistics Q4 2025. Regional commentary draws on CBRE (UK Logistics Q4 2025, Feb 2026); Knight Frank (UK Logistics Market Dashboard, Jan 2026); Savills (Big Shed Prospects 2026, Dec 2025).