Company Tag: Knight Frank
Residential development land prices rise 7.3% as demand builds up
Residential development land prices in England and Wales are 7.3% higher now than at the same time last year, after a 0.8% increase in Q1, according to Knight Frank.
That 7.
Prime urban prices rising twice as fast as rural homes’
Prime country houses prices rose, on average, by 1.9% in the first three months of the year, says Knight Frank, taking the annual increase to +4.5%.
Required Reading: The HS2 Discretionary Compensation Package
Details of a new discretionary compensation package for property owners affected by the HS2 rail link between London and Birmingham were released by the government this week.
The slow rise of the Chinese buyer
Chinese developers have made their mark in London in the last year with several headline-grabbing deals.
London’s market becomes ‘less abnormal’ as the ripple returns
London's property market is becoming 'less abnormal' says Knight Frank, as prime central prices rise at a more moderate level, and are out-performed by the mainstream market and prime fringes as the ripple…
Prime Scottish prices rise as vendors wait it out
The first quarter of 2014 has seen another significant boost for Scotland's prime property market.
Knight Frank has recorded a 1.
Varsity Blues: Oxford and Cambridge bow to the river
Cambridge's property market has thrashed Oxford's by a good length over the past year, says Knight Frank in a Boat Race-themed bit of research.
Cambridgeshire prices have put in a strong +7.
Prime rents fell most rapidly in London and Hong Kong last year – Knight Frank
Using its considerable research muscle to measure performance across seventeen major world cities, Knight Frank's Prime Global Rental Index recorded a 4.8% boost in 2013.
Prime London prices 68% higher than post-Lehman low; Crimean instability drives new demand
Crimean turbulence has "underlined how uncertainty abroad has the potential to affect sentiment in the prime central London market," says Knight Frank in its latest market update.
Ronson’s Riverwalk sales hit 50%
Riverwalk, one of the few developments currently underway on the North bank of the Thames, is selling fast: 50% of the 116 units have already gone, just a month after sales officially launched with Knight…
Edinburgh’s property prices rise for fourth consecutive quarter, but prime under-performs
"The question mark over whether Scotland will remain part of the UK following the Referendum in September 2014 does not seem to be having an impact on buyers," says Knight Frank, as Edinburgh's property…
First major estate deal of 2014: Shakenhurst sells for only second time in 665 years
Knight Frank has sold the 1,324 acre Shakenhurst Estate on the Worcestershire/Shropshire border for £16m, claiming it as England's "first major estate sale of 2014."