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Oliver Knight

Partner, Head of Res Dev Research

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Oliver is a Partner in Knight Frank’s residential research department, specialising in UK-wide development research. He is responsible for analysing and reporting on trends in the residential development, land and new homes markets across the UK, as well as within the build to rent, student housing and senior living sectors. Oliver also contributes to Knight Frank’s housing market forecasts and regularly presents Knight Frank’s market views to clients including developers, property companies, investors and lenders.

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Research Articles

UK Cities DNA | Stemming the flow: The role of housing in reversing regional brain drain

Graduate retention is an important but often complex issue. We explore the factors reversing the traditional brain drain of students for major regional cities.

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UK Cities DNA | What role can the living sectors play in the success of cities?

With more than two-thirds of the current build-to-rent pipeline located outside of London, housing and residential development are fundamental to the economic fabric of any town or city.

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Robust investment comes in spite of an ongoing challenging investment backdrop

Knight Frank’s quarterly review of the key development and investment themes in the UK student property market

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On track for a record year for BTR completions

Knight Frank’s quarterly review of the key investment themes in the UK Build to Rent (BTR) market covering co-living, multifamily and single family housing

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Accommodation plays an important role in student decisions

Student preferences are evolving. Accommodation providers need to move with that change to support the future student cohort. Our research outlines the views and expectations of incoming and current students.

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BTR Resident Experience Index

Resident experience can drive operational performance. Our index allows investors, developers and operators to understand the impact that design, management and satisfaction can have on the lived experience of their residents.

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Research Reports

European Living Sectors Yield Guide

Read the latest Investment Yield Guide for institutional grade Student and BTR stock in key markets across Europe.

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Seniors Housing Trading Performance Review

Knight Frank’s annual assessment of operating performance in the UK Seniors Housing sector. This market-leading report includes analysis of occupancy, sales and rental performance of the largest private operators.

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European Living Sectors Investor Survey

Knight Frank's annual review of trends across institutional rental accommodation in Europe, including the findings of a survey of major investors in the sector.

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UK Cities DNA

The eighth of twelve insight papers in our UK Cities DNA initiative — putting real estate supply and demand in the context of the economic direction of travel.

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UK Cities DNA

The fifth of twelve insight papers in our UK Cities DNA initiative — putting real estate supply and demand in the context of the economic direction of travel.

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UK Student Housing

This series of reports analyse the current health of the UK student housing market taking into account student numbers, investment and rental change, as well as our outlook for the coming year.

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Build to Rent Market Update

Knight Frank’s quarterly review of the key investment themes in the UK Build to Rent (BTR) market.

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UK Seniors Housing Market Update

Knight Frank’s quarterly review of the key investment and development themes in the UK Seniors Housing market

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Co-Living Report

Our Co-Living report outlines the opportunity for funders and developers to capitalise on the solid near-term and projected long-term demographic trends underpinning the rapid growth of the sector, as well as providing a detailed analysis…

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Affordable Housing Report

In this report, we assess the state of the UK affordable housing sector. A slowdown in housing delivery comes against the backdrop of a long-term need for more housing of all tenures, but particularly for affordable housing. .

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Single Family Housing Report

Knight Frank’s review of the performance and opportunities in the nascent SFH to rent sector.

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UK Living Sectors Investor Survey

The Knight Frank Living Sectors Investor Survey represents the views of 50 institutional investors active in the sector who account for £75 billion in Living assets under management in the UK.

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Seniors Housing Development Update

What’s the development landscape for seniors housing in the UK, and how is that set to change over the next five years? Our market-leading research takes a detailed look at the development pipeline and includes our forecasts for growth.

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Multihousing

The Knight Frank Multihousing report gives a comprehensive overview of investment and development trends in the UK Build to Rent sector.

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Focus on: Acton

This report provides a detailed analysis of the residential market in Acton. The report examines market dynamics, demand and the development pipeline.

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The Suburban BTR Housing Report

Investor interest and activity in the suburban Build to Rent housing market is rising. To date, the capital committed remains low as a proportion of overall institutional investment into BTR, however the sector is set to see significant…

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NLA/Knight Frank London Tall Buildings Survey

The NLA Tall Building Survey is an annual publication, developed with research partner Knight Frank, delivering up-to-date figures and analysis of the London tall buildings pipeline.

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Knight Frank/HBF:

This report, produced in partnership with the Home Builders Federation (HBF), attempts to quantify the important contribution that the housing market makes to the UK economy taking into account the spending associated with moving house in…

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UK Development Opportunities

The UK Development Opportunities report highlights the latest dynamics in the housebuilding market, and contains the results of our model identifying the most suitable and sustainable places to build houses in the UK.

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Knight Frank/HomeViews Multihousing Report

The Knight Frank/HomeViews Multihousing report gives a comprehensive overview of investment and development trends in the UK Build to Rent sector, as well as - via our collaboration with HomeViews - revealing what residents value.

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European Residential Investment

Despite short-term challenges, the fundamentals driving growth in European residential investment markets remain

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