Knight Frank

Knight Frank LLP is a property consultancy that specializes in both residential and commercial real estate. It was established in London in 1896 by John Knight, Howard Frank, and William Rutley. Alongside its partner firm, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, based in New York, Knight Frank is recognized as one of the largest property consultancies globally.

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Strong Q1 for investment positions the market well for 2025 - UK BTR Market Update - Q1 2025

1 week ago | knightfrank.com | Oliver Knight

Knight Frank’s quarterly review of the key investment themes in the UK Build to Rent (BTR) market covering co-living, multifamily (MFH) and single family housing (SFH) Categories: Property Sector Development Living Sectors World Regions UK BTR investment More than £1.1 billion was invested in the UK BTR market over the first three months of 2025, the seventh consecutive year that first quarter investment has topped £1 billion. Investment was slightly down on the same period of 2024 but...
The Rural Update: Honest conversations about food, farming and the environment

1 week ago | knightfrank.com | James Farrell

Your weekly dose of news, views and insight from Knight Frank on the world of farming, food and landownership Categories: Property Sector Agriculture Rural Matters The Rural Update Viewpoint One of Energy Minister Ed Miliband's first actions after Labour's general election win last year was to fast-track approval for several large and highly controversial solar farms in the East of England. Within the past few weeks, an industry-leading, environmentally friendly vertical farming business with...
The Rural Update: Development vs nature vs farming

2 weeks ago | knightfrank.com | James Farrell

Your weekly dose of news, views and insight from Knight Frank on the world of farming, food and landownership Categories: Property Sector Agriculture Rural Matters The Rural Update Viewpoint “Nature and the economy have both been in decline for too long. That changes today.” So said a bullish Steve Reed last week, as the Defra Minister announced the government’s response to an independent review of environmental regulations. The government is to be applauded if it can indeed cut red tape and...
The Rural Update: The future for nature-based solutions

3 weeks ago | knightfrank.com | James Farrell

Your weekly dose of news, views and insight from Knight Frank on the world of farming, food and landownership Categories: Property Sector Agriculture Rural Matters The Rural Update Viewpoint The anticipated surge of corporate investment into nature-based solutions in the UK has yet to materialise, much to the chagrin of a cash-strapped government that is desperate for private money to do some of the heavy lifting required to deliver green finance initiatives at scale. It is helpful,...
Rising investment into Single Family Housing

1 month ago | knightfrank.com | Oliver Knight

Creating vital new supply in the face of ambitious housing targets Categories: Property Sector Living Sectors World Regions UK • £4.4 billion has been invested in acquiring or funding Single Family Housing (SFH) since 2020, with £1.8 billion in 2024 alone • A record 31 SFH deals were completed nationwide in 2024, up 24% year-on-year and more than double the level in 2022 • SFH represented 43% of total BTR deal volumes in 2024, up from just 2% in 2020 • £1.06 million of cross-border capital...
The Rural Update: Discussing the future of food and farming

1 month ago | knightfrank.com | James Farrell

Your weekly dose of news, views and insight from Knight Frank on the world of farming, food and landownership Categories: Property Sector Agriculture Rural Matters The Rural Update Viewpoint Defra was busy last week talking to the country’s largest landowners and biggest food businesses about ways to protect the environment and “restore pride” in British food (see News in Brief). Listening is always good, but much of this work has already been done via the Dasgupta Review and Henry Dimbleby’s...
The Rural Update: The government knocks farmers again

1 month ago | knightfrank.com | James Farrell

Your weekly dose of news, views and insight from Knight Frank on the world of farming, food and landownership Categories: Property Sector Agriculture Rural Matters The Rural Update Viewpoint You have to give it to Defra’s PR team; it took some chutzpah to spin last week’s no-notice closure of the current round of the Sustainable Farming Incentive as a success story. Sure, plenty of farmers had already signed up, but many more were still pulling their applications together and have now missed...
Will developers accelerate applications amid planning reforms and rate cuts?

1 month ago | knightfrank.com | Anna Ward

Plus, housebuilding downturn masks Britain’s labour issue Categories: Property Sector Development Residential Sales World Regions UK UK developers are poised for some more positive momentum as the Bank prepares to make further interest rate cuts this year, while the government has set out plans this week to liberalise planning rules and boost development. Last month, the Bank of England cut rates by a quarter point to 4.5%, the third cut in six months, and it has signalled that it expects to...
The Rural Update: Affordable energy for all

1 month ago | knightfrank.com | James Farrell

Your weekly dose of news, views and insight from Knight Frank on the world of farming, food and landownership Categories: Property Sector Agriculture Rural Matters The Rural Update Viewpoint The announcement, detailed below, that homeowners living near new electricity pylons will get a discount on their energy bills may go some way to appeasing affected communities, but more urgent action is needed to help rural businesses struggling with energy costs that are set to rise again in April....
The Rural Update: Diets of the future

1 month ago | knightfrank.com | James Farrell

Your weekly dose of news, views and insight from Knight Frank on the world of farming, food and landownership Categories: Property Sector Agriculture Rural Matters The Rural Update Viewpoint The UK Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) Seventh Carbon Budget was released last week and, as discussed below, calls for significant cuts to the number of cows and sheep reared on British farms. If this is to reduce carbon emissions, meat consumption will also have to fall, rather than be replaced by...