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Average prices across 56 major global housing markets increased again last quarter, with average annual growth now at 3.9% across a...

The number of sales instructions in London was 17% above the five-year average in the first quarter of 2024, according to...

Knight Frank has launched to the market a 44-acre school site involving 14 buildings in Surrey. It’s on sale for £7m. The...

Knight Frank says private investors remain the most active buyers in global commercial property. In 2023 private capital invested US$338 billion globally,...

Sales Market: The UK housing market is at an inflection point, which means mixed signals for buyers and sellers. Inflation has fallen...

Investors relying on capital appreciation are in for a pleasant surprise in 2024 according to Knight Frank. Tom Bill, head of the...

Investment returns and activity in London’s property market has been stronger than the rest of the country over the last 12...

House prices in the world’s major property investment centres remain robust in the face of higher debt costs, with average annual...

It’s not often you can say the property market was stronger in November than in September, but it was this year....

A 450-room purpose built student accommodation block has come to the market in one of the country’s most popular university towns. Knight...

Residential developers now have a unique opportunity to provide much needed high-quality accommodation in a city currently with limited stock, says...

Average annual price growth in prime global city markets ticked up in Q3 2023 to 2.1 per cent, well above the...

Knight Frank has launched West Way Square to market.  Located in Oxford, West Way Square is a fully operational purpose built student...

Knight Frank says the seasonal autumn bounce has failed to materialise in the UK housing market this year. It was a...

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

Residential sales above US$10m in the 12 cities covered by the Knight Frank Global Super-Prime Intelligence Report totalled 422 in Q2...

A major new housebuilder survey has found that concerns are growing over the short-term outlook for the UK economy. Knight Frank interviewed...

Property consultancy Knight Frank has announced the launch of Palmerston Court – a deluxe collection of six three-bedroom homes in sought-after...

Rents in global luxury residential markets are continuing to see strong growth.  The Knight Frank Prime Global Rental Index rose by 8.5...

Untold Living, a new later living developer and operator, has received backing from Matter Real Estate to acquire and develop multiple...

The value of the UK's fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector has risen to £56 billion, up 60% from £35 billion...

In this guest piece, Anna Reed, data director at EG, outlines the latest on the BTR market in the East Midlands...

A developer has secured permission to create a £75 million mixed-use student accommodation scheme that aims to complete the transformation of Hackney...

Native Group has announced the creation of Native Residential as a new business entity, as well as announcing a range of promotions and new...

As the idea of a new prime minister takes effect, how the government tackles the economic challenges facing the country remains...

New data from Knight Frank has been released to help understand what to expect from the property market this autumn. August saw...

Global consultancy Knight Frank recently revised its UK residential house price forecast upwards, with the firm saying the supply of houses coming onto the...

In a week of blazing weather, PIT shines a light on the latest auction news, from a new property auctioneer coming...

Knight Frank's latest Global House Price and Residential Cities Index has revealed that Istanbul was the city with the highest rate of...

New analysis from Knight Frank suggests that rent rises are tempting landlords back into the market. It found that, in some cases,...

This week continues the trend of successful property auctions, with SDL Property Auctions reporting exciting results for its March sale and...

As the market heats up for spring, this auction roundup features the latest lots on offer for the end of March....

This mini development roundup sees homebuilder Placemakers putting sustainability and profitability at the fore of its new scheme in Beulah Hill,...

In this guest article, reproduced in full from an original post on LinkedIn, co-founder of AGO Hotels, Viv Watts, outlines why UK hotel investment is...

A Build to Rent platform set up by Macquarie Asset Management with British real estate industry veterans Darryl Flay and Martin...

The lifting of Covid restrictions this week could see the supply of property rebuild and normal house price economics return, according...

In this opinion piece, Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, outlines the key things for those with a stake in...

In this latest Q&A, Property Investor Today speaks to Barry McKeown, real estate partner and head of Shoosmiths' Glasgow office, for...

In this opinion piece, Jourdan Prowting, Partner Residential Auction at Allsop, analyses London's residential property market and discusses whether now is...

In this Q&A, Property Investor Today speaks to Sean Gavin, Operations Director at Berkeley South East London, for his thoughts on...

New analysis carried out by Knight Frank has highlighted the areas which have seen the biggest increase in the value of...

A wave of capital is heading for the UK’s rapidly growing suburban Build to Rent (BTR) sector, according to recent research...

The Student Property team of global property consultancy Knight Frank has launched Capital House in Southampton on behalf of joint venture partners Kier Property...

Knight Frank’s annual Ski Property Report launched last week revealed that Swiss resort, St Moritz recorded the strongest price growth in...

This week’s auction roundup involves another bumper month for SDL Property Auctions as it partners with Rightmove to revolutionise auctions, as...

A real estate specialist and a banking giant have joined forces to invest £1 billion over the next 3-5 years in...

One Bishopsgate Plaza, the tallest residential and hospitality tower in London, launched The Sky Residences last week. Stanhope was appointed as...

Global travel is on the mend as the UK has opened its doors to international countries that meet the government’s criteria....

Real estate consultancy, Knight Frank has been instructed by Maven Capital, IP Investment Management and Glenmore Group to dispose of three...

Knight Frank has announced that the UK’s Build to Rent (BTR) market received record levels of investment in the first two...

The importance of good-quality senior housing has become starker than ever during the Covid-19 pandemic, but there still remains a shortage...

This week, PIT takes a look at the latest unique lot available at Pugh, as well as the successful results of...

Purfleet Centre Regeneration Ltd has instructed Knight Frank Capital Advisory (KFCA) to seek a funding partner to deliver a major new mixed-use...

A rising problem in the Build to Rent (BTR) sector is tenant fraud. The busiest time of year for renters is...

Introducing a stamp duty holiday at the height of the pandemic was commendable but it has overstayed its welcome, says Tom...

Gallions Place, a new mixed-use community of homes, shops and restaurants and play areas at London’s Royal Docks, has been launched...

More money was spent in the housing market in England and Wales in the year to March than any 12-month period...

In this development roundup, Property Investor Today explores the impressive sales success of the Regent’s Crescent scheme in West London, a...

In the first quarter of 2021, the escape to the country trend triggered by the pandemic drove annual price growth to its...

In one of the clearest signs yet of an office to residential revolution, the City of London has revealed that it...

The number of sales transactions in the Prime Central London (PCL) market recorded in March was the highest since March 2016,...

A specialist provider of purpose-built student accommodation has reported a trebling in the pace of bookings since Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

To no-one’s surprise, there haven’t been petitions or concerted pressure from the public, MPs and trade bodies regarding the introduction of...

The annual price decline in prime central London (PCL) was 4.3% for the third consecutive month in January, while average rents...

Build to Rent (BTR) has been a growing trend in the UK for a number of years, but what about in...

At first glance, Brexit’s Christmas climax appears to have had little effect on the appetite for UK property investment, which is...

In 2019, senior housing – also known as retirement housing or senior living – seemed to be developing into one of...

The housing market in Scotland is showing no signs of slowing down, with marked increases throughout Q4 2020 despite Covid setbacks,...

With 2020 wrapped up and many anticipating the year ahead, Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, provides commentary...

With 2021 nearly upon us, it’s time to look forward to what the next 12 months could bring from a property...

Fashionable Swiss ski resort Verbier is firmly on the radar of international buyers as 2021 approaches, according to Skiingproperty.com. The website says...

The fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector continues to generate plenty of news, even as we live through Lockdown 2.0. The week-long...

It’s no secret that young people in the UK are struggling to get onto the property ladder, with the age of...

While 2020 has been a challenging year due to Covid, the property market has boomed, driven by changing priorities for homeowners...

The top five areas across the UK which are prime for major development have been revealed by global property consultancy Knight...

The 31 October 2020 is a big day for me and my family. It is the day we fly out of...

While average rental values in prime central London (PCL) have declined annually by 6.9%, average house prices in prime London property...

At the start of 2020, the French property market had been flying, with demand for prestige property leading the way.  Sales were at...

Global property firm Knight Frank says it has seen a rise in expats buying in their home country for a 50/50...

For a time, not so long ago, timeshares were the in-thing – something many invested in or considered investing in. It...

Next week (Monday 3 August 2020) developer St Joseph will launch its 21-storey The Regent building to market as it pushes forward with its...

Global super-prime property markets have performed strongly in recent months, despite the challenges of Covid-19 lockdowns. Knight Frank research shows that 153...

Government-owned car parks have the potential to deliver 110,000 new homes across the country, according to a pioneering study carried out...

A private island off the west coast of Ireland has been sold off-market for over £5 million to an unnamed Ultra-High-Net-Worth...

High-end countryside properties valued at £5 million and above recorded the strongest growth of any property type in the three months...

Property developer Nikal recently announced that it has signed contracts with Grainger plc for the latest Build to Rent scheme to...

Knight Frank’s latest Global Residential Cities Index, which tracks the movement in mainstream residential prices across 150 cities worldwide using official...

The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t put a hold on major new developments and regeneration projects taking place across the UK. Here, we...

Activity in the lettings market has increased sharply in the four weeks since the property market reopened on May 13. Knight Frank...

Knight Frank’s latest PCL (Prime Central London) index reveals that average prices in this market declined by 2.1% in April, the...

In these social distancing times, where so many of us are working remotely and being encouraged to stay at home as...

It has been well over a month since the UK government first announced social distancing measures in response to Covid-19. At...

The knock-on effects of the spread of coronavirus and the subsequent government lockdown will result in 56,000 fewer homes being delivered...

A Chinese-led house buying boom is on the way in the UK, according to the CEO of Emerging Communications, a Chinese...

The whole world is currently dealing with the challenge of Covid-19. Huge government support is being promised on a scale even...

Covid-19 and the subsequent government lockdown will result in a loss of 526,000 home sales in 2020, according to further analysis...

With lockdown measures in place until at least May 7, and possibly for much longer than that, the new normal is...

UK house sales are predicted to decline by 38% on 2019 to 734,000 transactions for the full year (2020). That is according...

The Birmingham Report, released a few weeks ago by global property consultancy Knight Frank, revealed that the Midlands’ residential development market...

Growing demand and a shrinking supply of rental properties in prime central London (PCL) has led to a 50% increase in...