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04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Jitters: Reform Bill failure and July Election hit lettings market](/upload/images/shutterstock_250676278(1).jpg)
Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental growth forecasts cut as supply catches up with demand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Knight Frank says the normalisation of supply and demand in Prime London has happened more quickly than anticipated, forcing it to...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants pushing back against large rent rises: Knight Frank](/upload/images/shutterstock_1586677396.jpg)
Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank. Average rents...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental market back to normal in Prime Central London says agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The Prime Central London lettings market is returning to normality, a prominent agency says. JLL says average rents fell 1.4% between Q4...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents Under Pressure in parts of London, admits top agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Big mortgage rate cuts likely this year - agency revises forecast](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Half of prime London new builds in 2023 went to foreign investors - agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Prime lettings market now near normal says Knight Frank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Super-Rich rent as they baulk at high Stamp Duty purchase costs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty--2-400x310.png)
More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![At last! Normality in sight for lettings market, insists top agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Agency says London rental market lull down to fewer overseas students](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/StudentResearch2-695x395.jpeg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Tenancy renewals shoot up as renters delay decisions to buy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Top%20tips%20property%20investment%20rent-calculation-1-400x310.png)
A lettings agency dealing primarily with Prime Central London is reporting that tenancy renewal volumes are shooting upwards as renters stay...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Prime Central London rental supply improving at last - agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-3-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Lettings instructions dip in London after New Year surge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Prime Central London's rental capital revealed by agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London2-400x310.png)
A new analysis by agency and property consultancy JLL has revealed which borough within Prime Central London has the highest concentration...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Prime London - top agency boosts market forecast for rest of year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises narrow in prime London while demand stays firm](/upload/images/Locations/London.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Supply-Demand Balance may come to Prime Central London soon](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/can-we-panic400x310.png)
The Prime Central London lettings market continues to see rents rise as stock levels remain low, says property consultancy JLL. The low...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Low supply means rents set to rise more than expected](/upload/images/Logos/Knight-Frank-logo400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Soaring rents, Bidding wars, Supply drought - the market today](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
A senior lettings chief says the supply drought is making the rental market as overheated now as at any time in...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![London rents now rising as rapidly as they fell in early 2021](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
Rents in London are now rising as steeply as they were falling at the start of the year according to Knight...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental sector bounce back underway, says leading agency](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Collapse in supply of houses listed for rent in prime London](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Plummeting prime London rents begin to attract tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank says the plummeting rents in prime central London have at least managed to attract a surge in the number...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![2021 will not hold back Agents who are prepared to adapt](/img/default/lat.png)
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
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![Agents can do more to speed up transactions by adopting technology](/img/default/lat.png)
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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![Keeping the property market moving](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Rent falls hit 10-year record in Prime Central London](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big surge in sealed bids for Central London rental properties](/img/default/lat.png)
Growing demand and a shrinking supply of rental properties in prime central London has led to a 50 per cent surge...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let getting a new look in one part of the country says top agent](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Expect a new breed of buy to let investor in 2020, says top agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rich Pickings: prime central London lettings market booms, says agency](/img/default/lat.png)
A new report from Knight Frank shows how the country’s most expensive lettings market - prime central London - has boomed. The...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Prime London lettings market in good shape thanks to supply dip](/img/default/lat.png)
Prime London’s lettings market is growing but has seen fewer new lets over the second quarter of the year according to...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tax changes are making London rents less affordable, says top agent](/img/default/lat.png)
A top London letting agent working for Knight Frank has commented on the 'irony' that the government's series of tax changes...
31 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![New Central London tenancies drop 11% says agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Strutt & Parker says the take up of new rental tenancies in prime central London in the first quarter of this...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Final 2017 rental figures for Prime Central London show recovery](/img/default/lat.png)
The rental market in Prime Central London has shown signs of recovery at the end of 2017, according to a new...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![More Prime Central London woe - rents are still falling](/img/default/lat.png)
The story of falling sale prices in prime central London has become familiar in the past year; now Knight Frank reports...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rents fall up to 10% in prime London despite increased activity](/img/default/lat.png)
Prime Central London’s lettings market has improved gradually during the first two quarters of the year according to JLL. It says transaction...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Prime Central London: rental declines are slowing](/img/default/lat.png)
The pace of decreasing rental values in Prime Central London (PCL) has slowed, according to the latest data from Knight Frank. Average...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![4 Reasons Why Virtual Furnishing Really Is The Future](/img/default/lat.png)
It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...
17 March 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Guarantee blue skies! Bad weather doesn’t mean bad photos when you use Doctor Photo](/img/default/lat.png)
Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Prime London tenants 'negotiate average 9% off asking rent'](/img/default/lat.png)
The surge in properties to let which came on to the prime central London market after the April 1 stamp duty...
20 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Another report of surge in supply of prime London homes to let](/img/default/lat.png)
Property data company LonRes is the latest to report that the supply of property available to let in prime central London...
15 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brexit helps boost demand for prime central London lettings](/img/default/lat.png)
New data produced by Knight Frank shows that the number of tenancies agreed in August this year was the highest on...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![How can Agents survive in an increasingly competitive market?](/img/default/lat.png)
The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Lifting the Lid on Deposit Disputes](/img/default/lat.png)
Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Brexit could help London lettings market claims leading agent](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading London lettings agency chief suggests that Brexit may - against the expectations of many - actually be a good...
12 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Prime Central London rents fall for the first time since 2013](/img/default/lat.png)
Prime Central London rents across the capital fell for the first time in two years during the final quarter of 2015...
17 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Banking job cuts have weakened prime London lettings, says agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Falling demand from financial services sector employees has seen the annual rental value growth in prime central London ease back to...
04 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Now prime central London lettings start to slow, too](/img/default/lat.png)
Prime central London’s sales market has been in the doldrums for some time - now at least one high-end lettings agency...
11 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Prime London rents up 7.4 per cent says LonRes](/img/default/lat.png)
Average rental values across prime London are now 7.4 per cent higher than they were this time last year. LonRes says that...
04 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Some PCL rents up 11% in just three months says agent](/img/default/lat.png)
The central London sales market dip of recent weeks has directly led to a surge in the lettings sector according to...
14 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Central London average rents up - but Mayfair takes a tumble](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents in prime central London are rising again after a prolonged period of stagnation, according to property advisers London Central Portfolio. “The...
30 June 2015
From: Breaking News
![Lonres cautious on prospects for PCL lettings](/img/default/lat.png)
Some 45 per cent of letting agents expect average rents in prime central London to rise over the course of 2015...