Knight Frank’s head of resi on the markets to watch in H2
After a frantic first half, Tim Hyatt reviews the state of play in the prime sales, lettings and new homes markets - and looks at how the next six months could unfold…
As Head of UK Residential, Tim looks after a network of 58 offices and 1,300 people. Tim joined Knight Frank in 2003 as a Partner in charge of UK Lettings and Property Management Business, after 12 years at Foxtons. Since 2012, Tim has set up a Corporate Relocation department, Investment and Management department, Overseas Investors services and a Business Generation team. He was appointed as a Proprietary Partner in 2009 and became Head of London Residential in 2019. Tim is also a Board Director of both the CLEA (Central London Estate Agents) and of LonRes.
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