Intelligence Talks

As concerns mount this week around rising house prices, with Bloomberg claiming the UK housing market is among the world’s bubbliest, our latest guest on the podcast to weigh in on this debate is Toscafund’s chief economist, Savvas Savouri. He tackles whether the current UK house price boom looks like a bubble and how the Bank of England is likely to respond.   Anna also chats to Tom Bill, ou...

Anna heads to Manhattan to find out how the ‘race for space’ is driving New York’s prime housing market and how London’s experience compares, as well as how they will cope with governments dialling back economic support.   She speaks to Jonathan Miller, expert on prime housing markets across the US and President and CEO of real estate appraisal firm, Miller Samuel, as well as Kate Everet...

This week, Anna Ward is joined by urban planning and retail specialists to discuss how the UK can revive its towns and what successful urban centres will look like in the future.   Ben Bolgar, Senior Design Director for The Prince’s Foundation for Building Community, and Cameron McDonald, senior geospatial analyst at Knight Frank, kick things off by looking at the importance of creating...

This week Patrick Gower is joined by residential development specialists Oliver Knight and Anna Ward to explore how house-builders are trying to predict the future.  They cover the impact of the pandemic on London’s pipeline of tall buildings, the challenge faced by London borough’s with big housing targets and what on earth the government means by ‘gentle density’.   They also ask why t...

This week Patrick Gower is joined by Global Head of Research Liam Bailey and Global Wealth Analyst Flora Harley to explore why solving housing's pollution problem could be a step too far for the government and how green mortgages might revolutionise lending. We also ask; where are the world's billionaires looking to buy their next homes? How has London leapfrogged rivals as the top destinatio...

This week, the UK has been preparing for the first significant easing of the third national lockdown. After over three months for some parts of the UK, pub gardens and hairdressers will be reopening on Monday. As cities prepare to reopen, how are UK residential markets changing and what’s coming next? Is a ‘normal’ property market still some way off? UK head of research Tom Bill and senior re...

With new economic data pointing to a sharp recovery, Patrick Gower speaks to head of UK residential research, Tom Bill, to find out; is the UK housing market really out of the woods? They cover what could still go wrong, variants, sentiment, the absence of foreign buyers and the plight of the City of London. Patrick also speaks to Flora Harley about New Zealand's plan to target speculators, runawa...

In this episode, Anna Ward, senior research analyst, talks to head of international residential research Kate Everett Allen and Lee Elliott, global head of occupier research, about the future of the office and residential across the world. The absence of the office and the return to work was notable in Boris Johnson's road map announcement. Since then, there have been divergent views abo...

This week Patrick Gower speaks to  The Wealth Report ’s editor Andrew Shirley and deputy editor Flora Harley to dissect the findings of the 15th annual edition. What is the fate of cities across the globe as they move to reopen? And what does the prospect of inflation mean for governments with growing deficits? The team also explore what part wealth taxes are likely will play in paying for th...

Knight Frank's research podcast is back after a brief hiatus and re-launching as a weekly podcast out each Friday co-hosted by Anna Ward and Patrick Gower. Each week, we'll look at the biggest stories impacting property.  This week Rishi Sunak delivered a budget heavily focused on Covid-19 support measures, and for the property sector we saw a number of very well trailed i...

Classic cars have been one of the top performers in our Luxury Investment Index, but how are they faring now, and what does the future hold as environmental regulations tighten?  Andrew Shirley speaks to His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent GCVO to find out how the world of classic cars has changed. He reminisces with Andrew about his early memories of driving and most memorable experien...

As coronavirus fuels huge lifestyle shifts, with many seeking to upsize, we speak to the authors of new book  Broken Homes  to find out new housing policy could result in bigger, better spaced homes.    Journalist and former Editor of EG and Building Magazine, Peter Bill, and urban regeneration specialist and former government advisor, Jackie Sadek, talk about issues in housing...

Despite Boris Johnson telling the country last week to get ready for a no-deal, Toscafund Chief Economist Savvas Savouri believes an agreement will be reached. Here, he explains why he thinks the UK will exit the EU on friendly terms, while also analysing two other global issues: the upcoming US election and US-China currency trade tensions. Against this backdrop our Head of Residential Research,...

This week our Head of Asia Pacific Research, Nicholas Holt, catches up with The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Tom Rafferty, who is regional director for Asia and an expert on politics and economics in the region. Tom believes the worst is over for Asia Pacific economies, and expects GDP across the region to bounce back to 5% growth in 2021. For property investors, he says exposure to the region ma...

This week we take a look at the future of design in the rental sector, specifically build to rent: homes designed for rent instead of sale. Our 2020 multihousing report forecasts that this year will be a record year for investment into UK build to rent stock, with a figure topping £4bn for the whole year. But at this pivotal moment, how will current developments need to adapt and what will future...

This week we focus on the sustainability agenda, looking at the key findings from our Active Capital report and speaking to a leader in the field – Richard Walker, Managing Director of Iceland Foods. Richard has been setting an example across both the retail sector – with Iceland having just published its own plastic footprint and called on other grocery chains to do the same – and property. Anna...

This week, we delve deeper into the findings of our Global Development Report. Out last week, the report surveyed 160 developers across 22 locations. It found  almost six in ten global developers have delayed projects  in response to the spread of Covid-19.  Of those with delayed projects, more than four in ten are now making changes to designs that were once considered complet...

We’re back with episode two of our latest series. After catching up with our New York affiliate Newmark last week on what’s happening with the office market over there, we now look at London, Paris and Hong Kong.  The next few weeks are expected to be a key test for the London office market with our research estimating there’s around £5bn worth of offices up for sale in the capital. Faisal Du...

This week we launch the second series of Intelligence Talks. Having emerged from an unprecedented lockdown, and with many of us starting to commute into offices, we’ve adapted the podcast to bring you a tightly focused weekly Monday edition opening with our latest big piece of research, followed by a topical discussion on what’s happening in global property sectors. We have merged our Monday UK an...

We are focusing on the mortgage market this week, with Patrick Gower, a consultant to Knight Frank, giving an update on the latest activity: from mortgage holiday adoption rates, to interest rates and how lenders are responding. He is joined by David Forsdkye from Knight Frank Finance who speaks about how older generations can help first time buyers.  Intelligence Talks, is a podcast from the...

This week, for the second episode in our Asia Pacific Focus series, we are looking at logistics across APAC, discussing what’s going on in 2020 and what lies ahead in 2021. Peter Garrison, Head of Strategic Customers at LOGOS Group, one of the major APAC logistics developers and managers, joins Tim Armstrong, our APAC Head of Occupier Services and Commercial Agency. They also talk to host Nick Hol...

KPMG UK Chief Economist Yael Selfin joins our Head of UK Residential Research, Tom Bill, for a look at what’s happening with the economy, the race for a vaccine and how all of this is driving the UK residential market. We hear from Yael on unemployment projections, vaccine scenarios and stamp duty and Tom discusses the current outlook for the UK housing market.  Intelligence Talks, is a podca...

Our ‘In Conversation with the Private Office’ series continues with an exploration of Knight Frank’s recent research report: ‘Super-prime residential markets around the world outperform expectations despite Covid-19 lockdowns’. In this episode, our Global Head of Prime Sales and Equity Partner Paddy Dring delves into the report which found the global average super-prime price rose b...

This week we take another look at The Rural Report with a specific focus on our new Forestry Investment Team, which launched in April 2020. The team includes Andrew Bronwin, who is an external consultant to our Private Office. Andrew’s firm, Bronwin Andrew & Co also has an association with Knight Frank. We hear from Andrew Bronwin, alongside our Head of Rural Research, Andrew Shirley; and...

Our global podcast this week explores how Covid-19 has impacted home buyers around the world, following the release of our 2020  Global Buyer Survey . Our guest speaker is Jonathan Miller, President and CEO of Miller Samuel, a real estate appraisal firm based in New York and Connecticut. Since 1994 Jonathan has produced market reports for Douglas Elliman, Knight Frank’s residential...