Intelligence Talks

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...

This week, we take a look at the senior living sector, with Knight Frank Head of Senior Living Research, Lauren Harwood, and Mandip Bhogal, Associate and Development Consultant in Knight Frank’s Healthcare team. We're also joined by guest speaker Anne-Marie Nicholson, partner at PRP architects, and specialist in the field of design for older people and those with special needs. The episode lo...

This week, we're taking a closer look at our Commercial markets and finding out a little more about investment and strategy in a post-pandemic world. This conversation has been extracted from our Commercial Conversations webinar series, hosted by our Head of Commercial Research, Will Matthews. In this episode, Will is joined by Simon Marx an Investment Strategist and Managing Director at LaSalle....

This week, Anna chats to the London Borough of Hounslow's Council Leader, Steve Curran, about the future of West London's regeneration post-Covid. We're also joined by Oliver Knight, Residential Research Associate at Knight Frank, and James Barton, Residential Development Partner in the Knight Frank City & East Office, to look at the broader vision for London's property future and the plans fo...

This week we take a trip over to Asia Pacific (APAC) in the first of our 'Asia Pacific Focus' series, hosted by Head of APAC Research at Knight Frank, Nicholas Holt. Nicholas is joined by Kevin Coppel, Managing Director for Asia Pacific, and Sigrid G. Zialcita, Chief Executive of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association. In the episode our guests discuss the changes faced by real estate marke...

This week we take a look into the future of student property as young people start thinking about heading back to university in September. Anna is joined by Sarah Barr Miller, Head of Insight and Consultancy at UCAS; Matt Bowen, Head of Student Property Research at Knight Frank; Neil Armstrong, Joint Head of Student Property at Knight Frank; and Merelina Sykes, Joint Head of Student Property at Kn...

In the first of our Private Office specials, we hear from Rory Penn, Co-Chair of the Knight Frank Private Office; Sarah-May Brown, Private Office Partner; Anthony Duggan, Head of Global Capital Markets Research; and Flora Harley, Residential Research Associate. Our guests discuss the economy, the rise of High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) and the key geographies HNWIs are focused on. This is a pre-...

In the latest of our guest specials, we're joined by Toscafund's Chief Economist, Savvas Savouri, to hear about the UK’s Coronavirus recovery and what it means for the property market. Anna also chats to Tom Bill, our Head of London Research, to hear his take on the latest market insights. Intelligence Talks, is a podcast from the Research Team at Knight Frank. Every Monday and Friday we...

This week, we hopped over to Spain to hear about how the Spanish property markets are faring as Europe moves out of lockdown. Anna chats to Kate Everett-Allen, our Head of International Residential Research; Javier Martin, Director of Development for Grosvenor in Madrid; Carlos Zamora, our Head of Residential for Madrid; and Pia Arrieta, Partner at Diana Morales Properties, about the future of cit...

This week, we're joined by not one, but two special guests to discuss out latest agricultural research from The Rural Report. Anna chats to our Head of Rural Research, Andrew Shirley; Clive Hopkins, a Partner in our Country Department; Tom Heathcote, an Associate in our Agricultural Consultancy team; Ed Brown, a Bioagriecologist at H L Hutchinson; and Roy Cox, Estates Director at Blenheim Palace....

This week, we're taking a closer look at our Commercial markets and finding out a little more about the rise in private investors. This conversation has been extracted from our Commercial Conversations webinar series, hosted by our Head of Commercial Research, Will Matthews. In this episode, Will is joined by Andrew Shirley, Editor of Knight Frank's Wealth Report, and Alex James, Head of Knight Fr...

The luxury investment landscape has fascinated economists, researchers and investors for decades; so, this week we take a deep-dive into the luxury handbags sector with Rachel Koffsky from Christie's. We also hear from Andrew Shirley, the Editor of The Wealth Report, on his latest research; and from Sebastian Duthy from Art Market Research on their latest handbag report: https://www.artmarketresea...

In the latest of our global episodes, he head down under to hear the latest insights from the Australian property markets. Anna chats to Ben Schubert, Head of Agency at Knight Frank Australia; Andrea Roberts, National Head of Leasing at Knight Frank Australia; and Ben Burston, Chief Economist at Knight Frank Australia, about the market impacts of returning to work and the wider factors affecting b...

As the retail sector re-opens in England, we spoke to our Head of Retail Research, Stephen Springham, to hear his take on how the first week went. We also spoke to Faisal Durrani, Head of London Commercial Research, about how the serviced office sector is changing amid new demand for flexible space. Intelligence Talks, is a podcast from the Research Team at Knight Frank. Every Monday and Frid...

A recent survey of our global network confirms an increasing number of expats are seeking a foothold back home. So, this week we hear from Kate Everett-Allen, our Head of International Research; Victoria Garrett, Head of Residential for Asia Pacific; and Shayne Harris, Head of Residential for Australia, on what this means in practice. To read the full article, please click here: https://www.knight...

This week we're joined by two special guests: Professor Tony Travers, Visiting Professor in the London School of Economics (LSE) Department of Government and Director of LSE London; and Sean Randall, Stamp Duty Partner at Blick Rothenberg. Tony and Sean join Anna and Residential Research Partner, Tom Bill, to discuss the options for Stamp Duty going forward and how it could be reformed as par...

This Friday we hear from two members of our Middle East and African Research team on where they see the markets going in a post-Covid world and how the pandemic has impacted individual nations in the regions. Taimur Khan, Associate Partner in Development Consultancy and Research and Tilda Mwai, Researcher in Development Consultancy and Research, chat to Anna Ward about the key developments in the...