Intelligence Talks

The Spring Budget at a glance, plus what else could be coming down the tracks from a property perspective before the UK general election… Anna is joined by a trio of experts from our research team including Knight Frank's head of UK residential Tom Bill, head of UK retail Stephen Springham and head of ESG Flora Harley. They share their takes on the March Budget, what is likely to happen next, and...

From student bed shortages to net zero dilemmas in property redevelopment, this episode provides a snapshot of the UK’s housing landscape. The living sectors alone can’t fix Britain’s housing crisis, but momentum is building. The country needs more decent and well managed private-rented housing, as well as more options for students and seniors. Investors have taken note: total volumes into UK...

In our first episode of 2024, we talk about Britain’s laboratory shortage, with start-ups actively searching for lab space amid a dearth of supply. Anna Ward is joined by Knight Frank partner and life sciences specialist Jennifer Townsend to discuss the growth of the UK’s £90bn health and life sciences sector. In London alone, the city is struggling to provide biotech and life sciences entrepreneu...

For our final episode of the year, we look at Knight Frank’s predictions for residential and commercial property in 2024...    For a UK take, Anna speaks to Tom Bill, head of UK residential research, Shabab Qadar, London research partner and Flora Harley, head of ESG research. Anna is also joined by our global head of research Liam Bailey, head of UK commercial Will Matthews an...

With global residential rents surging at three and a half times their pre-pandemic rate, Liam Bailey speaks to New York property guru Jonathan Miller to assess where rental markets are headed in that city as we move towards 2024. https://content.knightfrank.com/research/357/documents/en/prime-global-rental-index-q3-2023-10751.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anna speaks to Knight Frank rural surveyor Steph Small and Irwin Mitchell partner Sam Knight to find out more about the nutrient mitigation market, which the government just announced fresh funding for. Natural England has established its own nutrient mitigation scheme; however, this is currently only available to developers in the Tees catchment in the North East of England and there is a limited...

In our latest Ski Property Report, a third of respondents to our sentiment survey said the long-term resilience of a ski resort is very important to them and influences their decision on where to buy. In this episode of Intelligence Talks, we look at the impact of climate change on Alpine property markets. Anna speaks to Kate Everett-Allen, head of global residential research at Knight Frank, and...

Rishi Sunak may have weakened a number of green commitments, but the property sector is pressing on with key net zero priorities. From residential to commercial buildings, Britain’s built environment currently accounts for a quarter of the country’s carbon footprint. Developers are exploring ways to build more energy efficient homes that can withstand the most extreme climates. Meanwhile, property...

The build-to-rent market has made serious inroads into Britain’s property sector, with the number of completed units more than tripling to over 82,000 units in the last five years. While the scale of this remains small relative to overall housing delivery, all signs point to a strong growth trajectory ahead.  But how do the completed schemes measure up so far?  To find out, Knight Frank...

Britain is facing a looming supply crunch for new homes. In this episode, we explore how housebuilders and developers across the ‘living sectors’, including student, seniors, build to rent, and single-family housing, are responding to the current economic uncertainty and high cost of debt. Anna speaks to Knight Frank partner and head of development partnerships Charlie Dugdale, and associate in ou...

While global real estate markets are feeling the pinch from higher interest rates, the branded residences market is enjoying something of an upswing. Liam Bailey is joined by The Four Season’s James Price to unpack the data on a sector set to grow by 12% per year globally each year up to 2026.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where does it make sense to refurbish offices to higher environmental standards and to what extent will obsolete offices see a change of use to residential? Across London, approximately 140m sq ft of office space has an EPC rating below grade C, a recent Knight Frank study showed, a figure which represents 51% of total office floorspace. Under current government proposals, commercial properti...

Liam Bailey talks to Knight Frank’s rural experts Isabel Swift and Andrew Shirley to understand a burgeoning new property asset class.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liam is joined by Knight Frank’s head of debt advisory - Lisa Attenborough - to assess the fallout for developers and investors from rolling banking turmoil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Knight Frank research team take apart Wednesday’s budget, discuss the SVB collapse, and consider outlook for the UK base rate – with some bold predictions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The wealthy are moving, and competition to attract them (and their tax revenue) is rising. Liam Bailey speaks to leading mobility expert Kristin Surak. Kristin’s research on golden passports, international migration, nationalism, and politics has been translated into a half-dozen languages, and her latest book, The Golden Passport: Global Mobility for Millionaires, will be published by Harvard Uni...

Liam speaks to Janine Cole from GPE and Will Matthews to uncover the economic and green challenges and opportunities from retrofitting office buildings.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you thought you would be working at home five days a week - Lee Elliot has some bad news for you. Lee explains to your host Liam Bailey why the office market has never been more active, more innovative and more creative. It’s time to dust off the business casual and fight for your hot desk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The team assess what the latest UK government report on net zero means for property, and discuss whether ESG is fit for purpose or whether a simpler approach might help meet industry objectives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our 2022 season ends with a Christmas special with the Knight Frank research team bringing you a review of the key risks and opportunities for property investors during the year ahead.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode, Liam Bailey and Kate Everett-Allen take the pulse of the world’s luxury housing markets and set out the new 2023 Knight Frank Global Residential Forecast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Knight Frank research team unpick the Chancellor's statement and consider the implications for the housing market - including a bold forecast for the UK base rate! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Liam Bailey is joined by William Matthews, head of commercial property research at Knight Frank and Simon Marx, research head at Lothbury Investment Management, to unpack the outlook for commercial property investors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liam Bailey talks to Andrew Shirley and Jess Waddington about the resilience of the UK’s farmland market. The average price of agricultural land recently reached a near historic high of £8,300 per acre, according to the Knight Frank Farmland Index. Andrew and Jess explain why, despite widening economic gloom, confusion over post-Brexit environmental schemes and the impact of rising fuel and f...

The UK has been rocked by financial market turmoil in the last week – Liam Bailey, global head of research is joined by Flora Harley of Knight Frank Research and Andrew Wishart of Capital Economics to discuss the implications for the housing market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.