High supply keeping UK house price growth in check - Knight Frank
'Anyone wishing to avoid a prolonged wait before selling this year should bear in mind just how much of a buyers’ market it has become,' warns the agency's head of UK resi research, Tom Bill.

Tom Bill is Head of UK Residential Research, producing reports that include Knight Frank’s flagship Prime Central London indices, the Super Prime London Insight and the London Residential Review. He has written detailed reports on London sub-markets and contributes to The Wealth Report and Global Cities report. Tom, a former Bloomberg and Reuters property journalist, is a regular media contributor on the London property market and has presented at events in Europe and the Middle East.
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