365 Days Later: How the market has fared over the last year in ten stats
Exactly a year on from the first national lockdown, Tom Bill curates ten numbers that tell the story of an unprecedented 12 months in the UK housing market - and provide some clues as to what might come next...
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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