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Fancy escaping to the country? Here’s how much you’ll be paid to work on a ‘great estate’
Knight Frank has completed its latest research into the UK's rural property management sector and how much its staff are paid from maids to farm managers.
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Student renters happier in purpose-built accommodation, says new report
Report reveals how students who can afford 'PBSA' accommodation during their first year then find it harder to enter the often shabbier traditional market.
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Knight Frank opens new Southbank office
Knight Frank has expanded its residential London network with a new Southbank office, located within the mixed-use development, Southbank Place. The new office, the 32nd local London office for the firm will house a new sales and lettings operation that covers the South Bank local market. Mark Batty leads the lettings team, while Daniel Woods leads the sales team. The new branch will give Knight Frank a presence in one of the largest regeneration schemes in Europe, stretching over 5.25 acres, with over 800 new homes, 48,000 sq.ft of shops, restaurants and bars, as well as 530,000 sq. ft. of office space. It is a new chapter in the story of our London business, providing a sales and lettings service to our clients. Tim Hyatt, Head of London Residential at Knight Frank says, “Following the landmark regeneration of the South Bank with its excellent new commercial, residential and lifestyle offering, it gives us great pleasure to open our 32nd local London office within the iconic, Southbank Place development. “Marking a new chapter in the story of our London business, it will provide a sales and lettings service to our clients locally and around the world and house our new training…
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Proptech claims another corporate estate agency high flier
Former Knight Frank letting star Lucy Jones has joined proptech lettings and property management platform Rentify.
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Knight Frank returns to Zoopla but only for a three-month trial
Estate agency is the last but one of the original OnTheMarket founders who quit Zoopla in 2015 to satisfy OTM's launch 'two portal' rule.
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Americans Trump other foreign buyers for London super prime property
US buyers create surge in London super prime property sales with an average purchase price of £7.3m, and beaten only by the Chinese.
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UK housing market now weaker than Greece’s, global index reveals
The struggling UK sales market has propelled the nation ten places down the global house price index list, Knight Frank has revealed, and has been overtaken by a list of countries unknown previously for their perky housing markets. These include Slovenia, Greece, Peru, Iceland, Chile, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Slovakia, Colombia, Hungary and Latvia, all of which have seen more promising house price growth than the UK over the past 12 months. Two years ago the UK’s homes were increasing in price on average by 4.1% per annum, placing the nation at No.35 within the top 55 but since then the UK’s housing market has become increasingly subdued. The latest Knight Frank report reveals that slowing house price increases in the UK have helped the nation slip to 45th place with an annual inflation rate of 1.4%. This places us some way behind even Greece where house prices have increased by 2.4% despite its debt-ridden economy. Spare a thought for Australia. As Purplebricks found out to its cost, the property market there is in freefall and house prices are currently winding down by 5.5% a year, placing Oz last in the Knight Frank list. Slovenian boom The country with the highest…
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Newbuild property flipping in London is ‘finished’, claims leading estate agency
Tim Hassell of Drakers says developers have got wise to huge profits some flippers make from it and this, coupled to higher Stamp Duty, has all but killed off the practice.
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Knight Frank reveals it uses Instagram as much as magazines for marketing
Growing dominance of social media for many estate agents is revealed by agency's comments.
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Russell Quirk to ‘spill beans’ on why eMoov went bust
Former CEO of now resurrected business says he will offer visitors to Future Proptech conference a 'fireside confessional'.
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