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![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
![Seasoned lettings expert joins regional agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_420967090.jpg)
A seasoned lettings expert has been taken on to boost the success of an agency branch in Surrey. James Clarke, with 25...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![How Knight Frank sees it - market update from research guru](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
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
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
![Political uncertainty suggests ongoing landlord exodus, says Knight Frank](/upload/images/EnglandMap-400x310.png)
Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Wealthy tenants demand prime rental units ‘with highest spec’](/upload/images/shutterstock_1892708161.jpg)
A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Supply-Demand imbalance eases in prime areas - and rents stall](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency with £350m of property under management opens new branch](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
An agency which currently has £350m of property under management and boasts a 98 per cent client retention rate, has opened...
09 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
![More tenants now shop around, says high profile agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency restructures in push for bigger share of key lettings market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![National agency chain named new head of lettings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Strutt & Parker has announced a new National head of lettings. Anna Ambrose brings with her 18-years’ experience within the sector, including...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Growth slows in Prime London rental markets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Prime London rents are still rising - but that growth is slowing, says Knight Frank. And the number of new prospective tenants...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Market Showing - prime rental growth starting to moderate](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Cash investors snap up prime London flats from fleeing landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says Savills. Prices in prime central London...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Rises Even Higher Than Expected - agency revises forecast](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![High end agency beefs up prime lettings team](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
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
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
![Temporary lettings chief in ‘strategically important’ London office](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Under-pressure landlords now more choosy about letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
A prominent figure in the London property world says landlords under increasing financial pressure are being more selective about the letting...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Joy as London stock supply improves - but no respite for renters yet](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![High profile agency completes third acquisition of 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
London-focussed lettings and sales agency Chestertons has announced its second acquisition in six weeks and third of the year, having snapped...
20 July 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
![Gloss comes off prime central London lettings and sales markets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Prime London’s housing market lacks its usual seasonal spring bounce with prices flat and transactions down, admits property data consultancy LonRes. And...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![No end in sight to supply drought in prime London](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London1-400x310.png)
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
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
![Lettings Market - Change clearly on the way, says Knight Frank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Agency’s new dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London2-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Expanding agency boasts 10,000 rental relocation enquiries a year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketLondon-400x310.png)
London-focussed agency chain Dexters says it now has some 10,000 enquiries a year for its rental relocation service. It has 30,000 landlords...
18 January 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
![Shocking figures on supply of prime rental properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Latest 2023 agent house price forecast is less downbeat](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent-400x310.png)
The latest high end agency to predict the mainstream market next year is Strutt & Parker - and it’s less downbeat...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Savills adds to gloom with forecast of major price falls next year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...
04 November 2022
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
![London rentals market - prime areas boom, commuter belt slows](/upload/images/Locations/London-WestEnd-400x310.jpg)
Prime London rental growth reached 14.0 per cent in the year to the end of September according to Savills, but the...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![New head of lettings for top agency’s prime London office](/upload/images/Property%20People/_Sofia%20Lira%20Salas_400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Another London agency appoints new head of lettings division](/upload/images/Headshots%20and%20Property%20People/Russellsimpson400x310.jpg)
Prime London agency Russell Simpson has announced Ed Woolgar as its new head of lettings, after 18 years of work in...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Bad news for investors as Central London recovery slows - Savills](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
Buy to let and other investors hoping for a rapid recovery in the prime central London market are likely to be...
05 August 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
![Rents roar ahead of pre-pandemic levels in prime areas](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/house-prices-rise400x310.png)
Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...
07 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
![Rental supply increasing at last as London returns to near-normality](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/can-we-panic400x310.png)
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
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
![Amazing annual rent rises as London recovers from pandemic](/upload/images/Coronavirus/CoronavirusImage-400x310.jpg)
Rental values in prime areas of London are now nine per cent higher than they before the pandemic, with Knight Frank...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Prime London lettings market back with a bang insists agency](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![‘Price on application’ in property listings deemed unlawful](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingVision-400x310.jpg)
The small number of rental properties listed on websites and portals as Price on Application have now been deemed illegal by...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Huge 22.5 per cent rent rise in prime London, says LonRes](/upload/images/Locations/PrimeLondonHousesArc-400x310.jpg)
Rents in prime areas of London are rocketing at an annual level of 22.5 per cent according to LonRes. Despite the falls...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Good news for London and Homes Counties prime rental markets](/upload/images/Locations/GreaterLondon-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![London rental market strong but growth depends on easier travel](/upload/images/Logos/Winkworth-logo400x310.png)
A generally upbeat trading statement from franchise agency giant Winkworth reports that prime London’s rental market’s long term return to normality...
13 January 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
![Lettings now account for 75% of Winkworth revenue](/upload/images/Logos/WinkworthBoard-400x310.jpg)
A trading statement from franchise agency Winkworth has revealed that its network now derives 75 per cent of its revenue from...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rents up sharply in prime areas of London as market bounces back](/upload/images/Locations/PrimeLondonHousesArc-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Major overseas investor shifts to long-term lettings from short-lets](/upload/images/Locations/PrimeLondonHousesArc-400x310.jpg)
A lettings agency with links to Saudi Arabian investors has produced a case study of how faith is returning to the long...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenants move to smaller properties in prime central London](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
A new trend developing in prime central London suggests that tenants are demanding smaller properties - and that’s despite the pandemic...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rents continue their slow road to recovery in prime London](/upload/images/Locations/PrimeLondonHousesArc-400x310.jpg)
The lettings market in London and the Home Counties continued its journey back towards normality in July according to data from...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Prime London rents still dipping but viewings and registrations rise](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
Demand continues to build in prime lettings markets in London and the Home Counties, with Knight Frank data showing the number...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Prime London rents fall - but less than before](/img/default/lat.png)
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
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
![Rental collapse in prime central London nears the end, claims agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Average rents in prime central London declined 14.3 per cent in the year to March - but one agency reckons that may be...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Reduced asking rents attract tenants back to London’s prime market](/img/default/lat.png)
Central London’s prime rental market is witnessing a wave of enquiries from tenants wanting to strike a deal according to a...
30 March 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
![House is let for £4,246 per night - and it’s gone to a 24 year old](/img/default/lat.png)
A 24-year-old Chinese heiress has rented a property for what is said to be a record £1.55m a year. The heiress, who...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Six months notice rule has unintended consequences in London - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A senior buying agent is warning that new regulations over the length of notice given to tenants is having an unexpected...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rents tumble in prime London and will continue to do so, warns agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Average rents in prime central London fell 13 per cent in the year to January as over-supply still dominated the market, according...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![2020 ends on low note for prime London lettings](/img/default/lat.png)
Higher levels of supply and weaker demand have dominated prime London lettings markets this month says Knight Frank. This meant that average...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency sees super-prime tenants edge away from central London](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank says it’s seeing tenants in the prime London niche reflecting the same trends as those in the wider property...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Cut-price Central London tenancies attract glut of younger renters](/img/default/lat.png)
London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, says the capital’s prime central area is seeing a demographic change as younger British tenants...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![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
![Rents tumble in prime London - largest fall for 11 years](/img/default/lat.png)
Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![10 year high for lettings viewings according to high-end agent](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![London lettings hit by student uncertainty and corporate cuts](/img/default/lat.png)
Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Prime London rents could plummet 10% this year warns agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Strutt and Parker says the low level growth in the lettings market seen in prime central London in 2019 is being...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![London alert - second agency warns of sharp drop in rents](/img/default/lat.png)
Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![New-builds look best in virtual viewings, claims top lettings agency](/img/default/lat.png)
New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![25% drop in new tenancies in prime London and SE - forecast](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...
06 April 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
![London’s lettings market mixed, according to high end agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank has released its latest rental market summary for London, and it paints a mixed picture. Firstly the number of properties...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Prime London lettings market back in the black says Savills](/img/default/lat.png)
The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Prime London rents to see double digit rise by 2024](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank forecasts cumulative rental growth of 11 per cent in prime outer London and 10 per cent in prime central...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![High-end agency claims best ever month for lettings division](/img/default/lat.png)
The sales market in London continues to wreak havoc with agencies, as yesterday’s Foxtons story revealed, but one lettings agency is...
12 December 2019
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
![Rents on the rise as Prime London supply glut begins to subside](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank says the supply of new lettings properties in prime central London is likely to slow - and as a...
07 November 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
![Rents stable in prime London areas with supply forecast to remain low](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents across prime central London have been roughly flat over the past year - although yields are up as a result...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Political upheaval leads to surge in prime central London lettings](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank says the number of new prospective tenants registering for prime central London properties in the second quarter of this...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlords return to prime central London says top agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The supply of lettings property has begun to increase in higher price brackets in prime central London, leading rents to fall...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rental management now offered by prime central London buying agency](/img/default/lat.png)
A relatively new firm in the crowded central London buying agency market is expanding into property management. Aykroyd & Co was launched...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Big boost for prime London lettings market according to agency](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been a dramatic 37 per cent rise in rental instructions for prime properties in the capital during the first quarter...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Surge in tenancy renewals reported in prime central London enclave](/img/default/lat.png)
High end lettings agency Harrods Estates says it has seen a 10 per cent rise in tenancy renewals in the Knightsbridge...
09 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlords pulling out help prime London market stay stable](/img/default/lat.png)
Latest lettings market data from high-end agency Knight Frank shows that average rents in prime central London rose 1.1 per cent...
01 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Prime Central London new tenancies down 5.4% with decrease accelerating](/img/default/lat.png)
High-end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the take-up of new rental tenancies decreased by 5.4 per cent over 2018 as...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Stock shortage prompts better news on prime central London lettings](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank has given an upbeat snapshot of the lettings market in Prime Central London, based mostly on higher rental growth...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Upbeat look to prime London lettings as year draws to a close](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank has issued a relatively upbeat assessment of the prime London lettings market as the year draws to a close. Firstly...