Company Tag: Knight Frank

The golden postcodes of Mayfair, Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Chelsea and Kensington have "stepped up a gear" in terms of super-prime supply and activity in recent years, says Knight Frank, with groundbreakers…

Knight Frank has been busily building up its regional new homes offering, adding a Cotswolds and Warwickshire new homes team to the Central division.

The world's financial elite are developing more sophisticated tastes, says luxury lifestyle and brand consultant Robert Lyle;

Striking architecture and the involvement of a big-name architect have long been used to sprinkle some fairy dust over residential development projects

Knight Frank City and East has bolstered its resi development department with the addition of Peter Robinson as Associate.

Knight Frank has slashed its annual price growth forecast for prime central London in 2016 from +4.5% to just +2%.

The international superprime scene can seem a crowded one, with hyper-specced schemes lavishing ever-more luxury to stand out at the top of the market.

We hear apartments at London Square's new scheme in Richmond have been flying off the shelves, after 2,000 potential buyers registered their interest in the launch.

"The heady days of 5% annual growth look unlikely to be repeated for some time," says Knight Frank's Kate Everett-Allen, as the firm's Prime Global Rental Index hovers close to the zero mark.

House prices in Dulwich have increased by 897% since Land Registry records began in 1995; that's the strongest growth recorded anywhere in the UK and the equivalent of 12% a year for two decades.

Prime country house prices nosed up by 0.7% in the third quarter of 2015, taking annual price growth to +2.7%. Annual price growth stands up from +2.

Knight Frank's pre-tax profits soared by 19% to £162m in the year to March's end, with the commercial property division doing nearly all of the heavy lifting.