Main image: If the UK housing market comes out of this week's 'fiscal event' largely unscathed, it would certainly calm nerves...at least until this autumn’s Budget
Tom Bill: Don’t overlook foreign investors in hunt for economic growth
It feels like backs are moving closer to the wall inside Whitehall, says Knight Frank's head of UK resi research.

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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