Luke Kemp

Luke joined Vail Williams in 2026 as a Partner in the valuation team. Based in Reading and Oxford he provides property valuation advice to clients across Oxford, Oxfordshire and the wider Thames Valley, as well as nationally.

A RICS Registered Valuer with more than 20 years’ post-qualification experience, Luke has worked for some of the UK’s leading international property consultancies. He advises a wide range of clients, including fund managers, banks and other lending institutions, investors, developers and property owners.

Luke has extensive experience in commercial property valuation, residential property valuation, portfolio valuations and development appraisals. He provides valuations for a variety of purposes, including secured lending, financial reporting and accounting, pension planning, and tax planning including Capital Gains Tax.

Drawing on his knowledge of the Oxford property market and wider regional and national market trends, Luke provides clients with robust, commercially focused valuation advice to support property, investment and lending decisions.

Luke also has particular expertise in the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector. Having specialised in student property valuation from 2013, he has advised on the valuation of major student accommodation portfolios for clients including Scape Student Living, The Mansion Student Accommodation Fund, the BlackRock Student Housing Fund and Unite.

Before specialising in PBSA, Luke worked as an investment portfolio valuer, overseeing the valuation of billions of pounds of property assets on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. More recently, his work has included valuations of mainstream commercial property, including London landed estates for accounting purposes, as well as office and retail properties for pension planning, tax planning and Capital Gains Tax purposes.

His broad valuation experience, combined with his understanding of the Oxford and Oxfordshire property markets, enables him to advise on individual properties, development opportunities and complex property portfolios across a range of sectors.

Outside work, Luke has a keen interest in sport, including motor racing, having competed in hill climbs, as well as hockey, dinghy sailing, cricket, football and rugby.