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Knight Frank has set out its forecast for the rental sector for the rest of 2024 - notwithstanding political uncertainty. In the...

Just as the prospect of tax rises in the Budget is causing uncertainty in the prime London sales market, so Labour’s...

Two new signings for the fast-growing Harding Green broker-model agency are both former lettings managers at Knight Frank. Milly Englander was formerly...

The Bank of England has cut base rate from 5.25% to 5.0% - its first cut in four years. It was a...

A high end agency has created a new senior role to oversee co-ordinate lettings activities with sales, and oversee a raft of...

Knight Frank has named Francesca Fox as Head of Super Prime Lettings in North London.  The agency says this newly created role...

Leading property players and analysts suggest that the lacklustre housing market figures produced by the Halifax over the weekend owe more...

Knight Frank says the incoming Labour government faces a potential clash between what is politically desirable and economically possible, in terms...

Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...

Property data consultancy LonRes has named five winners in its so-called ‘Let Of The Year’ awards. The London-focussed consultancy has revealed the...

Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...

Property consultancy Knight Frank has appointed Olivia Firmin as Head of Lettings in its Wimbledon office. Firmin, already an associate in the...

A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...

Knight Frank says the normalisation of supply and demand in Prime London has happened more quickly than anticipated, forcing it to...

Inflation figures are down - but not as much as many analysts expected. The basic Consumer Price Index figure fell from 3.2%...

Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank.  Average rents...

Investment in UK purpose-built student accommodation in the first quarter of 2024 has been described as “robust.” A total of 21 transactions...

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

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,...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

Knight Frank has appointed Louna Del Barrio as lettings associate in a key London office. Del Barrio comes to Knight Frank following...

Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit.  Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...

The UK Apartment Association - a Build To Rent trade body - has given details of an expo it’s hosting in...

An agency which currently has £350m of property under management and boasts a 98 per cent client retention rate, has opened...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

There were 3.7 new prospective tenants for every rental property listed in prime London postcodes last month says Knight Frank. The figure,...

Knight Frank has bolstered its prime offering across north London with a new head of lettings in its Hampstead office. Jared Kilgarriff...

Knight Frank’s Marylebone residential office has welcomed Luke Hewens as Head of Lettings. Hewens began his property career as lettings negotiator in...

Normality appeared on the horizon in the prime London rental market in October according to high end agency Knight Frank.  Average rents...

Savills has appointed Marielle Papadopoullos as head of lettings in its key Hampstead office.  Papadopoullos, who joins as a director, has over...

Prime London rents are still rising - but that growth is slowing, says Knight Frank. And the number of new prospective tenants...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

Property consultancy Knight Frank is beefing up its super prime lettings team.  Amy Pritchard has joined as Senior Lettings Negotiator in the...

Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled.  That’s the view of high...

Knight Frank, in conjunction with Build To Rent operator Moda Living, has published a highly supportive report about BTR. Creating what it’s...

Knight Frank has appointed a temporary head of lettings in what it calls its “strategically important” Chelsea office in London. Willow Bushnell...

A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...

The long-awaited supply increase in the prime London lettings market is underway, says high-end agency Knight Frank.  The agency says the underlying...

High end lettings agency Knight Frank has appointed Andrew Twagira as head of lettings in its Aldgate office in London. Twagira joined...

Yorkshire estate agency North Residential - led by ex-Knight Frank staff - has launched a new premium lettings service. A statement from...

It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...

The story of low supply in the prime London lettings market appears to be coming to an end, says Knight Frank. The...

A prominent lettings and sales agency says there are four reasons why house prices won’t fall off a cliff, despite interest...

A lettings agency claims eviction powers may actually increase - not reduce - thanks to the controversial Renters Reform Bill. Knight Frank...

One of the high end lettings agencies dominating the prime London rental landscape says there’s no end in sight to the...

A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

The residential division of Knight Frank has won the Best Customer Focus award at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2023. Knight Frank...

“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index.  Indeed, the industry...

An estate agency formed by ex-Knight Frank staff says it plans to roll out nationwide. North Residential, a Harrogate firm which rebranded...

The number of lettings instructions in London has dropped since the start of the year.  Knight Frank says that compared to the...

Three months after becoming an independent estate agency, North Residential has opened a second branch. The new office - in Pocklington, East...

The supply of lettings property is finally increasing says Knight Frank. The agency says that in London and elsewhere, mortgage rates and...

Agency launches dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area Savills has launched a dedicated residential lettings office in an area of prime...

A leading agency says there are now clear indications that supply in the lettings market is growing and that rent levels...

Knight Frank is partnering with licensing compliance firm Kamma. The growth of discretionary licensing schemes across the 408 local authorities in the...

Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...

New figures released after Christmas by Knight Frank show that the number of new prospective tenants is 26.7 per cent above...

Agents have expressed their anger at the government effectively scrapping any meaningful house building targets. Housing Secretary Michael Gove scrapped the mandatory...

Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...

One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...

Knight Frank says it expects house prices to drop in the coming year - but only to those levels seen in...

Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...

Knight Frank’s latest market report for Prime London locations suggests that stock levels remain low by historical standards, with the number...

A prominent research chief at a leading agency has repeated his claim that average UK house prices are set to drop...

Lettings agency Knight Frank has partnered with accessible housing consultancy AccessiblePRS to improve access and inclusion in the UK’s private rented...

The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...

As the new academic year gets underway, demand continues to far outweigh supply in the lettings market in London and the...

Knight Frank has appointed Sofia Lira Salas as head of lettings in its Hyde Park office in Prime Central London. Salas joined...

The residential arm of global property consultancy Knight Frank - one of the highest profile lettings services in the UK -...

Knight Frank has appointed a new head of lettings for its King’s Cross office in Central London.  Chris Nguyen joined Knight Frank’s...

Knight Frank has named Camillo Degregorio as head of lettings in its Richmond office in London. Degregorio started his career in 2010...

New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...

Knight Frank has made a candid observation about the prime London lettings market, saying it remains “a long way from normality.”  While...

An Austrian-based property management PropTech service, which already has links to Knight Frank, is now launching in the UK. iDWELL, which describes...

Knight Frank says the steep increases in rents seen in prime London recently are now calming down. Rental values hit their low point...

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,...

A new agency index looking at luxury rental properties across 10 major global cities shows the extent of London’s listings drought. In...

Low supply has kept rental growth high - and it’s unlikely to slow any time soon. Knight Frank says it expects stock...

Lettings and sales agency FleetMilne has acquired Knight Frank’s private client lettings business in Birmingham.  The purchase will boost FleetMilne’s managed lettings...

Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market.  While supply...

Rental values in prime areas of London are now nine per cent higher than they before the pandemic, with Knight Frank...

Rents in prime areas of London are nine per cent higher today than before the pandemic according to Knight Frank.  The high...

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

High end agency Knight Frank has made two key lettings appointments in recent weeks. Oliver Hepplewhite, already an associate within the firm,...

Rental values in London and the Home Counties have climbed to five per cent above their pre-pandemic level in March 2020,...

Franchise estate agency chain Winkworth has expanded its presence in prime south west London with the opening of a new Wimbledon office. The new...

An agency has secured what it calls the fastest ever letting of a mansion on the legendary north London street, Bishops...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has received another £1.8m investment- just as it launches its own insurance service. The fundraise provides capital...