Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank. Average rents...
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Investment in UK purpose-built student accommodation in the first quarter of 2024 has been described as “robust.” A total of 21 transactions...
08 May 2024
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A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...
22 April 2024
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It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...
15 April 2024
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Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...
09 April 2024
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Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...
21 March 2024
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It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...
19 March 2024
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Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...
18 March 2024
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Knight Frank’s Richmond residential lettings team has welcomed Ivanka Modesteva-Gyurova as Head of Lettings. Modesteva-Gyurova began her career at Foxtons in 2007,...
15 March 2024
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Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...
23 February 2024
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Knight Frank has appointed Louna Del Barrio as lettings associate in a key London office. Del Barrio comes to Knight Frank following...
20 February 2024
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Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit. Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...
15 February 2024
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The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...
06 February 2024
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Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...
05 February 2024
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The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...
01 February 2024
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A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
01 February 2024
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A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...
29 January 2024
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Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...
15 January 2024
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The UK Apartment Association - a Build To Rent trade body - has given details of an expo it’s hosting in...
15 January 2024
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An agency which currently has £350m of property under management and boasts a 98 per cent client retention rate, has opened...
09 January 2024
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Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...
08 January 2024
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There were 3.7 new prospective tenants for every rental property listed in prime London postcodes last month says Knight Frank. The figure,...
14 December 2023
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Knight Frank has bolstered its prime offering across north London with a new head of lettings in its Hampstead office. Jared Kilgarriff...
15 November 2023
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Knight Frank’s Marylebone residential office has welcomed Luke Hewens as Head of Lettings. Hewens began his property career as lettings negotiator in...
09 November 2023
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Normality appeared on the horizon in the prime London rental market in October according to high end agency Knight Frank. Average rents...
08 November 2023
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Savills has appointed Marielle Papadopoullos as head of lettings in its key Hampstead office. Papadopoullos, who joins as a director, has over...
23 October 2023
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Prime London rents are still rising - but that growth is slowing, says Knight Frank. And the number of new prospective tenants...
12 October 2023
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A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...
03 October 2023
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Property consultancy Knight Frank is beefing up its super prime lettings team. Amy Pritchard has joined as Senior Lettings Negotiator in the...
29 September 2023
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Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled. That’s the view of high...
18 September 2023
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Knight Frank, in conjunction with Build To Rent operator Moda Living, has published a highly supportive report about BTR. Creating what it’s...
31 August 2023
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Knight Frank has appointed a temporary head of lettings in what it calls its “strategically important” Chelsea office in London. Willow Bushnell...
22 August 2023
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A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...
17 August 2023
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The long-awaited supply increase in the prime London lettings market is underway, says high-end agency Knight Frank. The agency says the underlying...
09 August 2023
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High end lettings agency Knight Frank has appointed Andrew Twagira as head of lettings in its Aldgate office in London. Twagira joined...
26 July 2023
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Yorkshire estate agency North Residential - led by ex-Knight Frank staff - has launched a new premium lettings service. A statement from...
18 July 2023
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It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...
14 July 2023
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The story of low supply in the prime London lettings market appears to be coming to an end, says Knight Frank. The...
30 June 2023
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A prominent lettings and sales agency says there are four reasons why house prices won’t fall off a cliff, despite interest...
22 June 2023
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A lettings agency claims eviction powers may actually increase - not reduce - thanks to the controversial Renters Reform Bill. Knight Frank...
01 June 2023
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One of the high end lettings agencies dominating the prime London rental landscape says there’s no end in sight to the...
11 May 2023
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A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...
04 April 2023
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The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...
24 March 2023
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The residential division of Knight Frank has won the Best Customer Focus award at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2023. Knight Frank...
17 March 2023
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“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index. Indeed, the industry...
08 March 2023
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An estate agency formed by ex-Knight Frank staff says it plans to roll out nationwide. North Residential, a Harrogate firm which rebranded...
01 March 2023
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The number of lettings instructions in London has dropped since the start of the year. Knight Frank says that compared to the...
01 March 2023
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Three months after becoming an independent estate agency, North Residential has opened a second branch. The new office - in Pocklington, East...
06 February 2023
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The supply of lettings property is finally increasing says Knight Frank. The agency says that in London and elsewhere, mortgage rates and...
01 February 2023
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Agency launches dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area Savills has launched a dedicated residential lettings office in an area of prime...
31 January 2023
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A leading agency says there are now clear indications that supply in the lettings market is growing and that rent levels...
24 January 2023
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Knight Frank is partnering with licensing compliance firm Kamma. The growth of discretionary licensing schemes across the 408 local authorities in the...
10 January 2023
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Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...
09 January 2023
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New figures released after Christmas by Knight Frank show that the number of new prospective tenants is 26.7 per cent above...
29 December 2022
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Agents have expressed their anger at the government effectively scrapping any meaningful house building targets. Housing Secretary Michael Gove scrapped the mandatory...
12 December 2022
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Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...
18 November 2022
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One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...
15 November 2022
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Knight Frank says it expects house prices to drop in the coming year - but only to those levels seen in...
31 October 2022
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Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...
18 October 2022
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Knight Frank’s latest market report for Prime London locations suggests that stock levels remain low by historical standards, with the number...
11 October 2022
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A prominent research chief at a leading agency has repeated his claim that average UK house prices are set to drop...
10 October 2022
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Lettings agency Knight Frank has partnered with accessible housing consultancy AccessiblePRS to improve access and inclusion in the UK’s private rented...
06 October 2022
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The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...
03 October 2022
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As the new academic year gets underway, demand continues to far outweigh supply in the lettings market in London and the...
15 September 2022
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Knight Frank has appointed Sofia Lira Salas as head of lettings in its Hyde Park office in Prime Central London. Salas joined...
07 September 2022
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The residential arm of global property consultancy Knight Frank - one of the highest profile lettings services in the UK -...
30 August 2022
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Knight Frank has appointed a new head of lettings for its King’s Cross office in Central London. Chris Nguyen joined Knight Frank’s...
23 August 2022
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Knight Frank has named Camillo Degregorio as head of lettings in its Richmond office in London. Degregorio started his career in 2010...
17 August 2022
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New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...
16 August 2022
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Knight Frank has made a candid observation about the prime London lettings market, saying it remains “a long way from normality.” While...
10 August 2022
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An Austrian-based property management PropTech service, which already has links to Knight Frank, is now launching in the UK. iDWELL, which describes...
20 July 2022
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Knight Frank says the steep increases in rents seen in prime London recently are now calming down. Rental values hit their low point...
08 July 2022
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Knight Frank is offering its 2,200 UK staff a company-branded debit card which allows them to buy cheap foreign currency. Currensea’s card,...
06 July 2022
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A new agency index looking at luxury rental properties across 10 major global cities shows the extent of London’s listings drought. In...
28 June 2022
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Low supply has kept rental growth high - and it’s unlikely to slow any time soon. Knight Frank says it expects stock...
27 June 2022
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Lettings and sales agency FleetMilne has acquired Knight Frank’s private client lettings business in Birmingham. The purchase will boost FleetMilne’s managed lettings...
17 June 2022
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Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market. While supply...
17 June 2022
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Rental values in prime areas of London are now nine per cent higher than they before the pandemic, with Knight Frank...
11 May 2022
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Rents in prime areas of London are nine per cent higher today than before the pandemic according to Knight Frank. The high...
09 May 2022
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The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...
13 April 2022
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High end agency Knight Frank has made two key lettings appointments in recent weeks. Oliver Hepplewhite, already an associate within the firm,...
05 April 2022
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Rental values in London and the Home Counties have climbed to five per cent above their pre-pandemic level in March 2020,...
11 February 2022
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Franchise estate agency chain Winkworth has expanded its presence in prime south west London with the opening of a new Wimbledon office. The new...
09 February 2022
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An agency has secured what it calls the fastest ever letting of a mansion on the legendary north London street, Bishops...
08 February 2022
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Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has received another £1.8m investment- just as it launches its own insurance service. The fundraise provides capital...
20 January 2022
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There’s still some way to go for the lettings market to return to its pre-pandemic best according to Knight Frank -...
18 January 2022
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Rents in London are now rising as steeply as they were falling at the start of the year according to Knight...
21 December 2021
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Rental growth in prime areas of London has climbed to multi-year highs according to new data from Knight Frank. While only a...
05 November 2021
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Knight Frank is anticipating a “sprint for stock” in the lettings market as offices reopen and travel restrictions ease. Tom Bill, Knight...
20 September 2021
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The number of new prospective tenants registering with Knight Frank in August was 73 per cent higher than the same month...
09 September 2021
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A PropTech platform which uses Open Banking to help with tenant due diligence has raised another £1m in funding. Homeppl - which...
09 September 2021
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The number of international tenants searching for UK property has reached its highest level since before the pandemic. High end agency Knight...
07 September 2021
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The lettings market in London and the Home Counties continued its journey back towards normality in July according to data from...
09 August 2021
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The rental sector bounce back in London and the Home Counties is now underway according to Knight Frank. The agency forecasts rental...
21 July 2021
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Demand continues to build in prime lettings markets in London and the Home Counties, with Knight Frank data showing the number...
05 July 2021
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The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before. Knight Frank says...
07 June 2021
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Fresh data from Knight Frank shows how uncertainty continues to dog the lettings market in some parts of central London. There appears...
19 May 2021
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High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says there’s been a huge loss of houses available for renters in prime London in the...
10 May 2021
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Average rents in prime central London declined 14.3 per cent in the year to March - but one agency reckons that may be...