Living Sectors

Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe

Build cost inflation is past its peak, land house price declines look to have bottomed out, and demand from prospective purchasers is stabilising.

Over the next 20 years, the over-65 age cohort is expected to grow at three times the pace of the national average.

Plus, predictions across development and living sectors

The past five years have seen investment into the Living sectors rise across the UK, from £7.6 billion in 2018 to £15.1 billion in 2022. Figures for 2023 suggest that institutions committed a further…

Just 22% of PBSA pipeline in the UK is currently under construction, as rising building and finance costs as well as planning laws slow delivery.

Britain is facing a looming supply crunch for new homes. Anna Ward, residential research, is joined by Knight Frank development experts to discuss the current obstacles in the market.

The number of Seniors Housing units and schemes increased last year as the market continued to evolve.

Fewer than 15,000 new purpose-built student beds will be added to supply in the 2023/24 academic year, a 28% fall on the previous year’s delivery and notably below the five-year average before the…

The seniors housing market had its strongest year since 2018 in terms of new delivery, led by a further expansion of the IRC market.