Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank highlights how mounting regulatory pressures and softening prices are forcing prime London landlords into a difficult decision...

Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, explores how, despite many non-doms leaving the UK, selling their London home, for some, is clearly a step too far.

Over 25% of properties in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, and the City of London are unoccupied.

Just 4% of all net additional dwellings in England during 2023/24 were delivered via permitted development rights, with regional variation from 8% in the South East to 1% in the North...

81% of large-scale schemes (50+ units) in London were approved between 2019–2024.

The facility was issued at 65% LTV on a 16-month term with a flat rate of 0.78%.

Only 7.72% of first-time buyers in 2025 are opting for new builds, down from 10.03% in 2022

As UK transactions fell 28% in April thanks to higher rates of stamp duty introduced at the start of the month, Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank asks if there...

Recent internal figures from Searchland indicate a downward trend in the number of HMO licences being issued by local planning authorities (LPAs). 

51% of UK households will need to tap into property wealth to fund retirement by 2040.