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The estate agent’s latest Prime Global Rental Index showed the overall cost of rents increase by 0.5% in the first quarter of 2017.
Cities in the Middle East showed the strongest rise in prime rents, up 1.7%, while Europe, racked by political uncertainty, showed the weakest growth and fell by 0.3%.
Knight Frank classifies “prime” property as the top 5% of the housing market in each city. Here is how the index breaks down.
The percentage described in the index refers to the 12-month change in rental prices.