Company Tag: Knight Frank

The average price of a prime country house in the UK climbed by 1.4% in the final quarter of 2013, according to Knight Frank, taking the annual rise to 3.1%.

The majority of prime resi's pundits are looking forward to this year - 2014 - with a sense of hope and vigour.

2013 was a truly vintage year for vintage property.

Homeowners are more positive about house prices now than at any time in the last five years, according to Knight Frank's latest Sentiment Survey.

UK house prices are now 6.5% up on the year, having risen by 0.6% in November. Prime central London, however, is getting comfortable  in the (relatively) slow-lane, with prices rising by just 0.

Education, it seems, is becoming more valuable: the average price premium for a home within a mile of one of England's top A-Level schools is +30%, up from +27% last year.

Showing the likes of British Airways, Diageo and Heineken how it's done, Knight Frank's mighty Wealth Report 2013 has triumphed at the International Content Marketing Awards.

The prime country house market has "come back to life" in 2013, according to Knight Frank, with a 0.8% uplift in Q3 marking the third consecutive quarter of price growth.

The last three months have been the best yet for Knight Frank's super-prime team, with more new buyers looking for £10m+ homes than ever before, and the average price of the top-end's top end climbing…

Knight Frank has recruited a new Associate Partner to its Residential Research team.

Householders still think that their homes' value is on the up for the next year, but "a small amount of froth has come off" price expectations.

Knight Frank's take on what will happen to property prices next year falls pretty much in the middle of what everyone else is saying, with property "substantially" out-gunning inflation: +7% for average…