Tom Bill: Don’t read too much into current UK housing market data
KF's UK resi research chief explains why we are unlikely to see much clarity on the longer-term trajectory for house prices until March next year...
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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