savills plc said wednesday that it is performing inline with management views for 2022 to date and it is confident in meeting its fullyear expectations though it cautioned on continued macroeconomic pressures the international realestate advisor said both its transactional and lesstransactional businesses were meeting its expectations however the russian invasion of ukraine inflation and the rising interest rate cycle have somewhat tempered transactional activity particularly in smaller lot sizes uk residential markets have performed well though stock availability continues to be significantly reduced compared with the equivalent period in 2021 and continued coronavirus restrictionsparticularly in hong kong and mainland chinahave reduced activity in both the leasing and capital transaction markets the company said there is significant investor interest in real estate and occupiers are focusing on improving the sustainability characteristics of their portfolios which somewhat offset the backdrop of geopolitical economic supplychain and in some cases coronavirusrelated challenges we have performed well so far this year and with our strong balance sheet we are continuing to undertake a variety of business development activities across the group to further enhance our service to clients worldwide chief executive mark ridley said shares at 0905 gmt were up 180 pence or 18 at 9945 pence