{"id":2526,"date":"2017-03-24T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2017-03-24T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T12:00:09","slug":"knight-frank-reveals-prime-rent-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/03\/24\/knight-frank-reveals-prime-rent-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Knight Frank reveals prime rent index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A new report just released by Knight Frank has revealed that international prime rents fell marginally by 0.4% in 2016.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>This compares to 2.5% growth reported by the same index two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>While the general trend in the 17 key cities tracked in Knight Frank\u2019s Prime Global Rental Index was for rental declines last year, there were areas of positive performance. <\/p>\n<p>Ten cities recorded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/12\/21\/rental-growth-slowed-2016-set-rise-2017\/\" target>rental growth<\/a> over the course of 2016 up from seven in 2015. At the same time the difference between the strongest and weakest-performing markets increased to 14% \u2013 up from 12.5% in 2015.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sGUSvRA5q4\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/02\/01\/cape-town-experiences-property-growth\/\">Cape Town experiences property growth<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Cape Town experiences property growth&#8221; &#8212; BuyAssociation Group\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/02\/01\/cape-town-experiences-property-growth\/embed\/#?secret=vewgDLS8gt#?secret=sGUSvRA5q4\" data-secret=\"sGUSvRA5q4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Toronto led the company\u2019s ranking with prime rents growing by 8% year-on-year. This rise comes despite a fall in the volume of tenancies agreed over the course of the year caused by a lack of supply in the apartment rental market.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Nairobi remained the weakest-performing market for the fourth consecutive quarter with rental values falling by 6% last year. However, in the last quarter of 2016, prime rents were unchanged, suggesting declines may have started to bottom out. This trend is further supported by a steady increase in oil prices over the past few months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/01\/18\/us-property-market-foreclosures\/\" target>North America<\/a> continued to be the strongest performing world region for the fifth consecutive quarter according to the firm, with average annual prime rental growth of 5.2%. Europe displaced Africa as the weakest-performing region with prime rents falling 2.1% in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report just released by Knight Frank has revealed that international prime rents fell marginally by 0.4% in 2016. This compares to 2.5% growth reported by the same index two years ago. 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