Housing delivery may stall but market fundamentals will drive long-term performance
No one knows when normal service will resume in the resi development market, but the long-term supply and demand still point to the need to up housing delivery, writes Knight Frank's Oliver Knight...
Oliver Knight is a senior analyst in Knight Frank’s residential research department, focusing on the performance of prime country housing markets in the UK. He produces Knight Frank’s Prime Country House Price Index and the Country Review, as well as more detailed reports examining housing market trends on a localised basis. Oliver also contributes to Knight Frank’s housing market forecasts, as well as co-authoring the House Price Sentiment Index.
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