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Slowing inflation may - just may - lead the way for reduced interest rates. The headline inflation rate is now just 3.4%,...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years. The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...
16 March 2024
From: Agent Advice
Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank says that the Bank of England base rate is likely to stay unchanged at 5.25 per cent for at...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Office for National Statistics says private rents in England experienced a 6.1 per cent rise in 2023, the sharpest annual...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent estate agency says there’s a stronger case for a stamp duty cut now than there was during the pandemic. Knight...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipates stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...
11 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled. That’s the view of high...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s a blunt warning to renters from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Britain has suffered the worst house price fall out of any major European economy according to a report from property consultancy Knight...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
An uneasy relationship exists between UK politicians and the residential property market. Emotions have been running particularly high recently. More details were...
27 May 2023
From: Rental Reform
Rents in England their upward path last month, rising 0.1 per cent to an annual rate of 4.7 per cent according...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Proposed minimum energy efficiency standards regulation in England could leave residential landlords facing a £17.9 billion bill, a lettings agency warns. The...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The flat is back in demand in Britain’s most expensive rental enclave, a lettings agency says. Demand for apartments in prime central...
15 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The head of residential research at a prominent estate agency says the signs look ominous that “the housing market is headed...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Rental value growth remains firmly in double-digits in prime London postcodes as demand continues to outstrip supply, according to Knight Frank. The...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords relying on capital appreciation to help offset the growing costs of letting out property have been given bad news. October saw...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has now joined Knight Frank and Lloyds Bank in forecasting a price drop in 2023. The property website’s executive director, Richard...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
House prices could actual UP in 2023 - against the expectations of almost every property professional. That’s the view of Jonathan Rolande,...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
House prices in the UK rose by 0.4 per cent in August, against a 0.1 per cent drop in July, according...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A good broadband connection is one of the main amenities tenants expect from a rental property and something you, as a...
19 July 2022
From: Property Investment & Strategy
Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Lettings agency Knight Frank says it doubts the current high levels of capital appreciation will be derailed this year by uncertainty...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent agency has revised its market forecast for the rest of 2022 and says prices will rise more and for...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The strong fundamentals of a rental market with a chronic undersupply are attracting a growing amount of institutional capital says Knight...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank says landlords are in the driving seat in the prime rental market across London and the Home Counties. Low supply...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has given an end of year assessment of the prime London lettings and says rents in the enclave are...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Letting agency Knight Frank has identified an opportunity for landlords to cash in on a supply shortage - but only if...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The number of new tenancies started in September in prime areas of London was the highest monthly total in the last...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has identified part of central London which it describes as being historically overlooked but likely to be transformed in...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A respected private rental sector body wants the government to slow its timetable for energy efficiency reform, warning that landlords could...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Few landlords deal in the rarified surroundings of the central London market, and new figures from lettings agency Knight Frank show...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The roll-out of a vaccine for Coronavirus could dramatically change the poor rental market performance in prime London in the coming...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the vast majority of respondents expect rents in...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s more bad news for landlords and investors looking at prime London properties according to a market snapshot from Knight Frank. It...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the leading agents is advising landlords that the high-end housing market is ‘edgier’ than before - but there’s no...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Viewing figures in the letting market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10-year high at the end of August,...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Rental market activity in prime London markets has been lower than normal this summer due to uncertainty around the start of...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
The super prime property market in London has suffered amid the coronavirus pandemic, new research shows. In times of crisis, the prime...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News
There has been a noticeable increase in the supply of letting properties, placing downward pressure on rental values, according to Knight...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Mortgage approvals plummeted to an all-time low in May, leaving many would-be buyers with no alternative but to rent for longer. The...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Demand from consumers, including buy-to-let investors, for new build homes has increased over the past 12 months, new figures show. Fresh applicant...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Following a two-month pause, the rental market has seen a resurgence in tenant demand, while a record number of buy-to-let landlords...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Further signs of greater activity in the housing market have come from Knight Frank. The company reports that the volume of online enquiries...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Four in five deals underway when the Covid-19 pandemic struck are still progressing, but transaction numbers in the week ending 2...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The number of tenants renewing private tenancy agreements is rising, as people opt to stay put given the global uncertainty. The number...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News
House prices could fall by up to 20% this year in a worst case scenario for the economy, according to Jefferies. The...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank forecast that residential property sales will fall by 38% this year, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Based on the assumption that...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Carter Jonas, Marsh & Parsons and James Pendleton have become the latest letting agents to sign up to the Zero Deposit guarantee,...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News
An increase in demand, coupled with the growing rental stock shortage, is placing upward pressure on rental values in prime London. The...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Soaring demand in London is pushing up activity levels with the housing market seeing interest from would-be buyers, including property investors,...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...
17 January 2020
From: The Big Issues
There has been a significant increase in demand for London’s most expensive homes from wealthy buyers, including property investors, following last...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Affordability is the most important issue facing students when renting, according to the latest UK student accommodation survey. The study, undertaken by...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News
There are tentative signs that landlords are beginning to return to the buy-to-let market, particularly in London where house price falls...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Rental price growth in prime London looks set to pick up to hit an annual rate of about 2% over the...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Rental prices in London are set to increase by an average of 15% over the next five years compared to 10%...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Demand for rental accommodation in prime London has jumped by almost a third over the past 12 months, according to the...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News
With 2020 fast approaching, it is time for forward thinking buy-to-let landlords to start looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in demand for rental accommodation in prime London, underpinned by uncertainty in the sales market,...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been a dramatic rise in demand for rental accommodation in prime London, underpinned by uncertainty in the sales market,...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Chestertons has become the latest letting agency to sign up to the Zero Deposit guarantee, a tenant’s deposit replacement product that...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News
The English Private Landlord Survey shows that couples aged 25 - 49 make up the largest proportion of private renters, a...
16 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content
There has been a significant increase in demand for rental accommodation in prime London, according to the latest report from Knight...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Australia is the popular country of residence for overseas Scottish property owners, followed by the USA, new figures show. SafeDeposits Scotland, the...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Rental values in London’s super prime rental market dropped by 0.5% in the year to July on the back of a...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in the number of film-related enquiries for short-lets in London and the Home Counties, according...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
With demand for short term rental accommodation growing, an increasing number of landlords and homeowners in prime London areas are offering their...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Activity in London’s super prime rental market continues to grow as more people opt to rent rather than buy property in...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News
There was an 11% rise in the number of tenancies agreed in prime central London and prime outer London in the...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Activity in London’s the super prime rental market has hit a five-year high as more people opt to rent rather than...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News
A new multi-housing report reveals five trends that are set to dominate the private rented sector between now and 2025. The...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been increased demand for buy-to-let property in prime central London in recent months and this trend looks set to continue...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News
As landlords increasingly feel the squeeze, with their reduction in yields principally due to increased regulation and tax changes, they are questioning...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News
The average rental yield achieved in prime central London in December was 3.35% - the highest level seen since April 2012...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News
The views and opinions of British and international students regarding their accommodation choices across the UK have been unveiled in the...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Renters in central London now face having to bid against each other, pushing rents up in the process, as a result...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Rents in London’s prime property market have increased further, rising by 1.1% in the 12 months to September, as more people...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Growth in demand for super-prime properties in prime central London has slowed significantly, fresh data shows. According to Knight Frank, the number...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Rents in London’s prime property market rose again in August as market conditions in the capital improved to levels not seen...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The government remains committed to building more new homes, but their target of 300,000 a year is unlikely to be met. Sky-high...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Rental yields in prime central London are typically among the lowest in the UK, but that does not mean that there...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Rents in London’s prime property market increased for the second consecutive month, rising by 1.1% in the 12 months to June...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Rents in London’s prime property market have moved into positive territory for the first time since January 2016, increasing by 0.8%...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News
With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major property portals, most landlords would naturally like...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News
A drop in the number of properties coming onto the private rented market in prime central London (PCL) has begun to...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News
A new build development of eight luxury flats has come on to the rental market in Shoreditch, east London. The new homes,...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Older people are facing a shortage of suitable housing for their retirement, putting pressure on the wider property market. A new report...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Wealthy foreigners are prepared to spend up to £50,000 a week renting luxury homes in London, and this now risks sending...
12 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Rents in prime central London increased by 0.2% between February and March, the first monthly rise since September 2015, according to...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Average rents in the prime central London (PCL) residential lettings market fell 2.1% in the year to February 2018, the same...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News
With residential property prices in super prime London continuing to fall, an increasing number of would-be purchasers are turning to luxury...
20 February 2018
From: Breaking News
With savers continuing to receive poor returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people unsurprisingly continue to turn to residential...
08 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Rents are forecast to see strong growth between 2018 and 2022, according to the latest residential property forecast from Knight Frank. The...
06 December 2017
From: Breaking News
As the letting fees ban looms ahead, it is clear that however it plays out we are seeing more and more...