Are you regulated by the FCA?

Property acquisition advisory is not itself a regulated activity. Where a question crosses into regulated investment or mortgage advice, we say so and refer you to a firm on the FCA register.

Do you take fees from lenders, agents or developers?

No. Fees come from the client commissioning the review, which is the whole basis of the independence.

Can you review a deal we have already agreed?

Yes, provided there is still a decision to make — a subject-to-contract position, a condition, or a break in the timetable.

Institutional Advisory

Independent Commercial Real Estate Advisory

Buyer looking for advice that is not attached to a transaction fee.

Mandates from £50m

By Real Estate Investment Advisor UKPublished 13 August 2026Last reviewed 13 August 2026Written for UK and international institutional capital

Key facts

Advisory here means judgement on a decision — it is not agency, brokerage or introduction.
We are not remunerated on completion, so a recommendation to decline costs us nothing.
Every engagement ends in a written position, not a verbal steer.
We work alongside your existing lawyers, valuers and tax advisers rather than replacing them.
Where regulated advice is required, we say so and refer to a firm on the FCA register.
Institutional mandates from £50m. Private-investor engagements are handled on our advisory track.

Most commercial property advice in the UK is paid for by the transaction happening. That is not a scandal, it is a business model — but it means the advice and the incentive point the same way. Independent advisory exists to give you the other reading, before the capital moves.

What does independent commercial real estate advisory actually mean?

It means the adviser is paid for the analysis, not for the deal completing. No agency fee, no lender panel, no introducer commission, no share of the transaction. The output is a written recommendation — proceed, proceed at a different price, or decline — with the reasoning attached.

How is it different from a buying agent or a broker?

A buying agent sources and secures assets and is paid when you buy. A broker is paid when a transaction closes. Both are useful and both are conflicted at the moment of decision. Independent advisory sits before that, and is the only party in the room with no reason to want a yes.

What do you produce at the end of an engagement?

A written position covering the income case, the covenant, the building and compliance exposure, the structure, and the exit — with the assumptions that would have to hold for the deal to work, and the specific circumstances under which it fails. It is written to be defended to an investment committee.

Who do you work alongside?

Your solicitors, valuers, building surveyors and tax advisers keep their roles. We do not duplicate them. Our job is to hold the whole picture and say what the assembled evidence means for the decision — which is usually nobody's formal remit on a deal.

Where independent advisory sits

Where independent advisory sits
Role	Paid when	Answers
Selling agent	The asset sells	Is this a good asset?
Buying agent	You buy	Can we secure it?
Valuer	Report delivered	What is it worth today?
Solicitor	Completion or time	Is title and contract sound?
Independent advisory	The analysis	Should you commit this capital, at this price, now?

How the review works

1
Scope
What decision is being made, by when, and what would change it.
2
Evidence
We work from your data room and independent sources, not vendor marketing.
3
Interrogation
The case is stress-tested against the conditions under which it fails.
4
Written position
A committee-ready recommendation with assumptions and failure conditions stated.
5
Follow-through
We stay available through negotiation and completion without a stake in the outcome.

Request a mandate review

Independent, fee-based and separate from any transaction. Tell us the decision and we will tell you what we would need to review it properly.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

Checked 13 August 2026. Tax and regulatory points on this page reflect published HMRC and GOV.UK guidance at the date shown. They are general information, not tax advice — confirm your position with a qualified UK tax adviser before committing capital.