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Land development and investment research
Understanding land development in the UK
Our land research provides a definitive view of the development land market, tracking values, transactions and the policy landscape shaping delivery across residential and commercial land development.
We benchmark greenfield and urban brownfield values across the residential land development market and commercial schemes, alongside farmland and rural land markets, and analyse strategic land investment, planning risk and emerging development themes including modular delivery, later living and single family housing.
Our research supports landowners, promoters, housebuilders, developers, investors, local authorities and advisors seeking to understand where land value is being created, and how planning, funding and delivery are shaping the pipeline.
Our latest research
Land & Development
Residential Development Land Index Q2 2026
Residential development land values continued to decline during Q2 as higher borrowing costs, elevated build costs and weaker sales rates weighed on scheme viability. Developers increasingly favour lower-risk sites and deferred payment structures that reduce upfront capital commitments.
12 August 2026
Land & Development
UK Res Dev Land Index
Knight Frank’s Residential Development Land Index tracks the performance of residential land values across prime central London and England each quarter.
12 August 2026
Land & Development
The cost of building keeps rising
Plus, is the government mulling a return to Help to Buy?
06 August 2026
Build-to-rent and Multifamily
Investors spent some £679 million acquiring or funding BTR assets in the first quarter of 2026
UK BTR market update Q1 2026
05 May 2026
Prime residential
Rob Perrins on Planning Reform, the Future of London and Post-Budget Market Signals
15 January 2026
Prime residential
Housing Unpacked - Rob Perrins on Planning Reform, the Future of London and Post-Budget Market Signals
15 January 2026
Land & Development
Progress for London housebuilding policy...but the clock is ticking
24 October 2025
Land & Development
The great reallocation? | London’s plan for a redistribution of industrial land
22 July 2025
Towards a New London Plan
16 July 2025
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