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RESIDENTIAL RESEARCH

FOCUS ON:
VAUXHALL, NINE
PARSONS GREEN
ELMS, BATTERSEA
2016
VNEB REPORT
2018

REGENERATION   TRANSPORT HUB   MIXED USE AREA
VAUXHALL, NINE ELMS,
    VNEB is no longer just a                           BATTERSEA
    masterplan – there are                             The Vauxhall Nine Elms and Battersea (VNEB)
residents, workers, businesses                         Opportunity Area is a 227-hectare riverside district that
    and diplomats who now                              includes a new cluster of residential towers, the Battersea
                                                       Power Station redevelopment and a new US Embassy.
    occupy this community.
             CHARLES DUGDALE
      PARTNER, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
                                                       Transport infrastructure                              in more than seventy years. Tunnelling
                                                                                                             work to two new stations at Battersea
                                                       Regeneration and transport upgrades have              Power Station and Nine Elms completed
                                                       created new demand and underpinned                    in November, and from 2020 when the
                                                       residential market performance in many                stations open, residents will be able to
                                                       locations in London in recent years.                  reach the City or West End in fewer than 15
FIGURE 1
                                                       Vauxhall and the surrounding VNEB                     minutes (Fig 2).
Pricing growth compared
Indexed 100 = Q1 2010                                  opportunity area is one of London’s
                                                       largest regeneration schemes and is                   Public realm improvements
190
                                                       located around a transport hub adjacent to            The transport upgrades are taking place
          Wandsworth*
180       Lambeth*                                     some of the most affluent areas of prime              alongside sweeping improvements to the
          Prime Central London
                                                       central London.                                       public realm. Vauxhall is to be dramatically
170
                                                                                                             remodelled, establishing a pedestrian-
                                                       Vauxhall station, where a £36 million
160                                                                                                          friendly town centre, with more public
                                                       revamp has recently been completed, is
                                                                                                             spaces and room for cafes, restaurants
150                                                    on the Victoria tube line, with direct trains
                                                                                                             and shops. Plans to redesign the one-
                                                       running every two minutes to the West
140                                                                                                          way traffic gyratory, opening the whole
                                                       End and Kings Cross. The station also                 area up for pedestrians through to Albert
130                                                    has mainland rail services, carrying                  Embankment, are to be completed by
                                                       passengers to the Home Counties                       2022. A new linear park will snake through
120
                                                       and south coast. River buses run to                   the whole regeneration project, linking
110                                                    Embankment, Blackfriars and Canary                    Vauxhall to Battersea Power Station and
                                                       Wharf from piers at St George Wharf and               a new US Embassy.
100
                                                       Battersea Power Station.
                                                                                                             Pedestrians can already reach Westminster
 90
      2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017          The wider area is now primed to benefit               via Vauxhall Bridge and the proposed Nine
Source: Knight Frank Research/Land Registry            from further transport upgrades, including            Elms Pimlico Bridge will add to the area’s
*Three month rolling average                           the first extension to the Northern Line              cross-river connectivity.

FIGURE 2
Transport connectivity

                                 CURRENT TRAVEL TIMES                                                                     FROM 2020
                                        VNEB CONNECTIVITY                                                           VNEB CONNECTIVITY
             14                        14                   26                     37                            15                       15
            MINS                       MINS                 MINS                   MINS                          MINS                     MINS

         VAUXHALL TO                 VAUXHALL            VAUXHALL TO              VAUXHALL                 BATTERSEA POWER          BATTERSEA POWER
         BOND STREET                  TO BANK           CANARY WHARF        (ST GEORGE WHARF PIER)         STATION, NINE ELMS       STATION, NINE ELMS
                                                                            TO CANARY WHARF PIER              TO BOND ST                 TO BANK

      VICTORIA   JUBILEE         VICTORIA   NORTHERN   VICTORIA   JUBILEE    THAMES     THAMES                 NORTHERN                  NORTHERN
        LINE                       LINE       LINE       LINE                CLIPPER    CLIPPER                  LINE                      LINE

Source: Knight Frank Research/Transport for London
                                                                                                                                                              94%

2                                                                                            Please refer to the important notice at the end of this report
VAUXHALL, NINE ELMS, BATTERSEA 2018                                                                                              RESIDENTIAL RESEARCH

The improvements, part of a £1 billion           Commercial impact                                          feet of office space upon completion,                                                                           Apple has agreed a deal to move 1,400                                          Nine Elms has also been the subject                                                    have contributed to an ongoing uplift
revamp of local infrastructure, are                                                                         which is scheduled for 2026. The first                                                                          staff from offices across several locations in                                 of diplomatic interest, and a new                                                      in amenity and lifestyle.
                                                 The £9 billion project to revamp the
enhancing the area’s attraction not just         Grade II* listed Battersea Power Station,                  two residential phases, comprising 1,120                                                                        the capital to a new ‘campus’ at the power                                     American Embassy opened in January.
to residents but to businesses whose             which has been empty since it was                          private homes, have all been sold. Phase                                                                        station. In August the developer received                                      In Vauxhall, recent openings including                                                 Residential pipeline
workers will have additional transport           decommissioned in 1983, is taking shape.                   three, comprising more than 1,200 private                                                                       approval to add an extra 40,000 square feet                                    Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery                                                  Around 5,650 private units are under
options to travel to the area.                   It will include more than 1.25 million square              units, is currently under construction.                                                                         of office space in the former engine room.                                     and Soho House restaurant Dirty Burger                                                 construction in the VNEB opportunity

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VAUXHALL, NINE ELMS, BATTERSEA 2018                                               RESIDENTIAL RESEARCH

         area, constituting about 9% of all private          funding for land and construction has                    overseas students applying to London
         homes currently under construction in               increasingly been led by investors from                  universities. The number of overseas
         the capital. Almost 60% of units under              North America, China, Russia and the                     applicants has climbed from 91,790 in
         construction, which are due to complete             Middle East (Fig 5).                                     2009 to 137,745 in 2016, according to
         over the next two to three years, have                                                                       UCAS data (Fig 4).
         been sold.                                          The type of housing under construction
                                                             in Vauxhall has become more diverse
         A further 6,800 homes have been
                                                             as regeneration has progressed.                          Residential pricing
         granted planning (Fig 3).
                                                             Larger sections of private rented sector                 Average residential prices in Wandsworth
                                                             accommodation and a student housing                      and Lambeth, the borough in which
                                                             pipeline of 1,865 beds has emerged,                      Vauxhall sits, have climbed 68% and
                                                             underpinned by rising numbers of                         81% respectively since the beginning

           VNEB, with the arrival of
         Apple, is now a recognised                          FIGURE 5
                                                             Global attraction
         office location for occupiers                       Table shows the year and origin of primary funding for each residential development in the VNEB
                                                             opportunity area
            to consider with all the
           infrastructure to support                            2011
                                                               and earlier
                                                                             2012          2013         2014              2015        2016           2017           2018
               global businesses.
                       IAN MCCARTER
             PARTNER, LONDON WEST END AGENCY

         The VNEB area has attracted
         development finance from around the
         world and investment in land has taken
         an increasingly international flavour,
         underlining the global appeal of London
         real estate. Over the last two years,               Source: Knight Frank Research

                                                              Two

                                                                                                              5,650
         FIGURE 4
         Number of overseas students
         applying to London universities                      3.2km
                                                                                                              private
                                                              Northern Line tunnels
                                                              to Battersea Power
                                                              Station and Nine Elms

                                                                                                              units
         160,000
                                                              are now complete.
ng UK)

                                                                                                              are under construction in the
                                                                                                              VNEB opportunity area
         140,000

                                                              Since 2010, in Lambeth, average   Prices in Prime central                  Apple will move

                                                                                                                                         1,400
         120,000                                              residential prices have climbed   London are forecast to

                                                              81%
                                                                                                climb by

         100,000
                                                                                                12.6%
                                                                                                between 2018 and 2022
                                                                                                                                         staff to a new headquarters at
                                                                                                                                         Battersea Power Station

          80,000
                                                                                £
2016               2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

         Source: UCAS

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                                                                                                                 UK house price growth has been
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          DEVELOPMENT
                                                                                                                                                                             UK house price growth has moderated from recent peaks, although

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        independent advice customised to their
                                                                                                                 slowing since the summer of 2014,                           markets remain highly localised.
                                                                                                                 although the annual change
                                                                                                                 remains positive
                                                                                                                                                                             The momentum in house price growth is                                 observed in the prime housing markets in                     LONDON SUPER-PRIME LETTINGS INSIGHT                                                                                                                         SPRING                        2018

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          HOTSPOTS
                                                                                                                                                                             slowing in many parts of the country, and                             London and beyond are set to continue,
                                                                                                                 Price growth across the UK is expected                      we expect price rises to remain muted                                 and we explore this more fully in our blog.
                                                                                                                 to be 1.0% in 2018, reaching 14.2%                          overall next year amid increased economic                             The UK may now be entering a period of                       Price sensitivity in the sales market meant there was a record number of super-
                                                                                                                 cumulatively between 2018 and 2022                          and political uncertainty in the run-up to                            interest rate rises, but even so, we expect                  prime tenancies in 2017. However, an anticipated recovery in sale prices means
                                                                                                                                                                             Brexit and amid more muted forecasts for

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        specific needs.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   rates to be low compared to long-term                        there are more ‘try-before-you-buy’ tenants, as Tom Smith tells Tom Bill
                                                                                                                 In London, prices are forecast to fall by
                                                                                                                                                                             wage growth. The market is localised and
                                                                                                                                                                             we see slightly stronger growth in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   norms by the end of the forecast period.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   While development levels are rising across
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
                                                                                                                 0.5% in 2018, but cumulative price
                                                                                                                 growth over the next five years is
                                                                                                                                                                             Midlands, East of England and the North                               the country, the shortage of new homes is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                There was a record number of super-prime
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                tenancies agreed in London in 2017 as price-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                compared to 11 in 2016. “There is increasingly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                the opportunity to rent the sort of high-quality
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          OPPORTUNITY AREAS 2018
                                                                                                                                                                             West, a continuation of the trend that has                            unlikely to be fully reversed in the coming                  sensitivity in the sales market continued to boost
                                                                                                                 positive at 13.1%                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              stock that has come from the sales market that
                                                                                                                                                                             emerged this year.                                                    years, and that will underpin pricing.                       demand.                                                                         historically did not exist on the lettings market,”
                                                                                                                                                                             Once the Brexit deal is completed, we                                 On the other hand, factors such as                                                                                                           said Tom. “The clear message for landlords is                  Prince Albert Road, let, guide price £12,000 p/w
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Some 137 properties were rented out at £5,000-
                                                                                                                                                                             forecast rising momentum across the                                   deepening affordability pressures and                                                                                                        that super-prime tenants will not compromise on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                plus per week last year, which represented a
THE WEALTH REPORT 2018

                                                                                                                                                                             market, with price growth reflecting this in                          property taxes, will continue to weigh                                                                                                       quality in the same way as buyers will not.”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                34% increase on the figure of 102 in 2016. In the
                                                                                                                                                                             many locations. The variations currently                              on pricing.                                                  three-month period between July and September                                   The prime central London sales market is now
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                there were 49 transactions, which is a record for a                             moving towards recovery mode as higher
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                single quarter in 12 years of LonRes data.                                      transaction costs are absorbed. Average prices
                                                                                                                                                                             2017-2022 Forecasts, December 2017                                                                                                                                                                                 above £10 million rose 0.2% in the year to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                “The momentum of recent years is still gathering
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                pace,” said Tom Smith, Knight Frank’s head of                                   January 2018, the first annual increase in almost
                                                                                                                                                                                                             2017                          2018       2019        2020        2021          2022 2018 - 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                super-prime lettings. “Demand is resilient due to                               two years.
                                                                                                                                                                              Mainstream residential sales markets
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Kensington Palace Gardens, let, guide price £15,950 p/w
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                higher rates of stamp duty and the associated                                   In a sign that more tenants are anticipating this
                                                                                                                                                                              UK                                               1.5%        1.0%        2.0%        3.0%       3.5%          4.0%     14.2%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                uncertainty over the short-term prospects for                                   recovery, there has been an increase in the
                                                                                                                                                                              London                                         -1.0%        -0.5%        2.5%        3.0%       3.5%          4.0%     13.1%      price growth in the sales market. A lack of clarity                             number who have requested a clause in the
                                                                                                                                                                              North East                                       2.0%        2.0%        2.0%        4.0%       3.0%          3.0%     14.8%      regarding Brexit has also been a factor.”                                       tenancy agreement giving them first refusal to                 Super-Prime Lettings Team
                                                                                                                                                                              North West                                       2.0%        1.0%        2.0%        4.0%       4.0%          4.5%     16.4%      As well as more transactions, the deals agreed                                  buy at the end of the tenancy.                                 The Knight Frank Super-Prime Lettings team
                                                                                                                                                                              Yorks & Humber                                   0.5%        1.0%        2.0%        3.0%       3.0%          3.0%     12.6%      are now on a longer-term basis as renting                                       “This option was rarely mentioned a few years
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               provides a bespoke service to clients with property
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                becomes more accepted as a tenure model in                                                                                                     interests of £5,000-plus per week in prime central
                                                                                                                                                                              East Midlands                                    4.5%        2.0%        2.5%        2.5%       3.0%          3.5%     14.2%                                                                                      ago but is now a frequent topic of conversation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                the super-prime market, said Tom. The average                                                                                                  London. Led by Tom Smith, the team consists of
                                                                                                                                                                              West Midlands                                    4.5%        2.0%        2.0%        3.0%       3.0%          4.0%     14.8%                                                                                      on viewings. Many landlords have nothing to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                length of a tenancy in 2017 was 589 days, which                                                                                                12 local specialists with over 130 years of collective
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                lose with this ‘try-before-you-buy’ route,” says
                                                                                                                 Methodology Statement:                                       East                                             1.0%        2.0%        3.0%        3.0%       4.0%          3.0%    15.9%       compared to 548 in 2016 and 528 in 2015, an                                                                                                    experience and has a dominant market share in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Tom. “The worst case scenario is that you have
                                                                                                                 House price forecasts are based upon time series
                                                                                                                                                                              South East                                       3.0%        0.0%        2.0%        3.0%       4.0%          4.5%    14.2%       analysis of Knight Frank data shows.                                                                                                           London. It completed twice as many super-prime
                                                                                                                 regression analysis of relevant statistically significant                                                                                                                                                                                                                      an income stream that covers your costs and
                                                                                                                 macro-economic variables adjusted in-house to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 lettings deals in London as its nearest competitor
                                                                                                                                                                              South West                                       4.0%        1.0%        2.0%        2.5%       3.5%          4.5%    14.2%       There was also a record number of £15,000-                                      the best is that you also have a sale at the other
                                                                                                                 encompass externalities such as likely risk factors.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          in 2017, LonRes data shows. The team members
                                                                                                                 The forecast uses the Nationwide House Price Index
                                                                                                                                                                              Wales                                            1.5%        1.5%        1.5%        2.5%       3.0%          4.0%    13.1%       plus per week deals last year, with 20 recorded                                 end.”
                                                                                                                 as a base. Our forecasts assume a Brexit deal, but                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            are based in Belgravia, Belsize Park, Chelsea,
                                                                                                                 with a two year transitional period.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Hampstead, Hyde Park, Kensington, Knightsbridge,
                                                                                                                                                                              Scotland                                         1.5%        1.0%        1.0%        2.5%       3.5%          3.5%    12.0%
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Marylebone, Mayfair, Notting Hill, South Kensington
                                                                                                                                                                              Prime residential sales markets                                                                                                   London super-prime lettings volumes and rental values
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               and St John’s Wood. Knight Frank’s global real
                                                                                                                                                                              Prime central London east                        0.0%        0.5%        1.5%        2.5%       3.0%          5.0%    13.1%         Total Transactions          Average weekly rent                Maximum weekly rent                                                           estate network gives the team access to London’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               most exclusive properties on and off the market.
                                                                                                                                                                              Prime central London west                        0.0%        0.5%        1.5%        3.5%       3.0%          3.5%    12.6%       50
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    £45,000                          £45,000
                                                                                                                  “The market is localised and                                Prime outer London                             -1.0%         0.0%        1.0%        3.0%       3.5%          4.5%    12.5%       40                                             £30,000
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          £35,000
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      £29,000 £25,000 £30,000
                                                                                                                   we see slightly stronger                                                                                                                                                                          £16,800 £15,000£18,500                                                     £13,500
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           £20,000
                                                                                                                                                                              Prime England & Wales                            0.7%        1.5%        2.0%       2.0%        2.0%          2.0%      9.9%      30
                                                                                                                   growth in the Midlands,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Tom Smith
                                                                                                                   East of England and the                                    Residential rental markets                                                                                                        20                                                                                                                                   £10,000
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Head of Super-Prime
                                                                                                                   North West, a continuation                                 UK                                               1.2%        2.5%        2.5%       2.5%        3.0%          3.0%    14.0%       10                                                                                                                                   £8,000                             Lettings
                                                                                                                   of the trend that has                                      London                                          0.7%         3.0%        2.5%       3.0%        3.0%          3.0%    15.0%        0                                                                                                                                   £6,000
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        tom.smith@knightfrank.com

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                                                                                                                                                                              Prime central London                           -1.5%         0.5%        1.5%       2.5%        3.0%          3.0%    11.0%
                                                              12th Edition                                         For the latest news, views and analysis                    Prime outer London                             -3.5%        -1.0%        1.0%       2.0%        2.5%          3.0%      8.0%
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