Company Tag: Knight Frank

The Conservatives will be the power party for the next five years, and they've even got a fully-fledged majority government.

Global prime residential property prices increased by 3.9% in the year to March 2015, according to Knight Frank's index, with North America and Australia pulling up the rest of the world.

Prime central London's property market - especially the £2m+ segment - has been in lockdown for the last month, says Knight Frank, as annual price growth hits a five year low and both vendors and househunters…

Rents in prime central London saw their biggest increase in six months in April, rising by 0.5% to take a values increased by 0.5% in April, annual growth to 4.1% - a four-year high. That +0.

Conditions in the residential rental market of prime London remain more bouyant than the sales market, although there is still an air of caution among tenants.

Average greenfield residential development land prices fell by 1.8% in Q1, says Knight Frank, taking the annual change to -0.

"There is evidence to suggest that some tenants are renting before making a decision about purchasing property ahead of the election," says Knight Frank, as prime rents in the Home Counties rose by 3.

There's "resilience in the face of upcoming election uncertainty" amongst homeowners, notes Markit's senior economist.

Tony Blair presided over the biggest increase in house prices of any Prime Minister's tenure - prices increased by 211% while he was in residence at No.

It's "the final countdown" says Knight Frank in its pre-election UK residential market outlook report, as vendors and buyers across all corners of the market hunker down to wait and see what policies may…

Farm Street, Mayfair, London £25m Billed as the UK's most expensive farm-to-resi conversion, this 8,000+ square foot mansion on the site of a historic dairy parlour is being offered up for a gold-topped £25m.

Annual price growth for prime Scottish country houses has eased to +1.2%, after just a 0.