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Following one of the most disruptive and challenging years in living memory, I have no doubt that many of those in...

Real estate specialist Urban Village Capital has announced launch events for two major Midlands residential developments. Four Oaks House in Sutton Coldfield...

Across the property investment and development market, activity continues apace despite the challenges posed by Lockdown 3.0.Here, PIT zones in on...

A guest piece we ran on Monday suggesting that the government’s plans for leasehold might not represent a victory for leaseholders...

With Britain, and many other parts of the world, currently undergoing the worst months of the Covid-19 pandemic, some have called...

Round Hill Capital (RHC), a leading global real estate investment, development and asset management firm, has secured a deal to acquire...

UK rent levels continued to rise faster for larger properties during the last quarter of 2020, according to The Deposit Protection...

Blockchain technology and cryptocurrency have been such buzzwords in the last decade. We hear these concepts often pertaining to a variety...

While Brexit may now be well and truly done, British citizens residing in Spain who have yet to complete the necessary...

While many have cautiously welcomed the prospect of leasehold reform, Mick Platt, chief executive of Wallace Partnership Group, offers a different...

Wardour Point, a development crafted for modern living, has been launched in Manchester to meet the growing demand for regional property. The...

A London-based property development company, founded by two young local entrepreneurs, managed to post record sales over the last two quarters...

Brighton and Hove council last week (January 13 2021) granted planning permission to developer Alumno to construct purpose-built student accommodation on...

As we settle into 2021, Auction House and iamsold reflect on last year’s record sales, while Pugh announces new technology designed...

UNCLE, a well-established Build to Rent (BTR) brand owned by Realstar Group, has announced a $1 billion transformative investment to grow...

A leading UK student accommodation platform has unveiled which universities currently offer the best option for landlords in the student sector. UniHomes...

In this Q&A, Property Investor Today checks in with the founders of luxury London property developers One Point Six - Bhavnish Chandaria...

Looking for an investment property outside of London? Now might be the perfect time to do so as the demand for...

Despite the introduction of Lockdown 3.0, the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market shows no signs of slowing down, with acquisitions,...

With the average homeowner staying put in their property for 23 years, mortgage loan company Ocean Finance has uncovered the top...

A number of experts in the Portuguese property market have pointed out that the Golden Visa scheme, which is set to...

A Midlands estate agent is the latest to convert to live stream property viewings after six months of using an Australian-designed...

As long as the sun continues to shine, the area of Southern Spain, and especially the Costa del Sol, will always...

Ambitious plans for a ‘ground-breaking’ cohesive-use scheme at Nottingham’s The Island Quarter development have been submitted. The latest phase – which is...

In 2019, senior housing – also known as retirement housing or senior living – seemed to be developing into one of...

In a year of tumultuous uncertainty, where the headwinds of Covid-19 bore a number of new realities and decimated others, some...

Like everything else, the highest echelons of the property market in the UK haven't been immune from the impact of Covid-19. But what...

Almost two thirds of the UK’s largest cities are experiencing a property selling boom, according to Apropos. The letting firm analysed year-on-year...

After a few weeks of being top of the news agenda again, Brexit has been relegated to second fiddle thanks to...

Happy New Year! We return with another auction roundup, from a brand-new hire at Bond Wolfe, to a creative video from...

In this guest piece, Andrea Fawell, sales & marketing director of award-winning property developers Kebbell, tackles many of the important factors...

Two thirds of people believe mould is solely the landlord’s responsibility, with two out of five claiming they wouldn’t clean mould...

Football, more than ever, is providing much-needed entertainment and escapism for the UK population now that it’s entered Lockdown 3.0, with...

To kick off the New Year, our friends at 11K Consulting - the UK's leading China PR and comms agency - have...

In recent decades, property developers and local football clubs have regularly locked horns over historic grounds – and it’s rarely been...

While Brussels and Westminster finally agreed an eleventh-hour trade and security deal before the end of the Brexit transition period –...

The housing market in Scotland is showing no signs of slowing down, with marked increases throughout Q4 2020 despite Covid setbacks,...

In September last year, Hungarian-based property developer Cordia International acquired Birmingham-based, PRS-specialist developer Blackswan Property Limited. The Blackswan acquisition marked Cordia’s first investment in the UK market and is...

With 2020 wrapped up and many anticipating the year ahead, Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, provides commentary...

It wouldn't be the start of a new year without predictions for the 12 months to come. And the forecasts from...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA) could almost double and become a more mainstream way of buying and selling if people...

For those who are looking to sell their property in Spain and return to the UK, Simon Pelling, managing director of...

Many home improvement companies will target their products and services towards property investors. Here, Natalka Antoniuk outlines the reasons why such companies...

With mixed views of what 2021 could bring to the property market, Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine & Country UK...

With 2021 nearly upon us, it’s time to look forward to what the next 12 months could bring from a property...

At the start of this year, you would have got very, very long odds on the prospect of UK-wide lockdowns, mandatory...

As we look ahead to 2021, one of the biggest questions on the lips of property investors – as is always...

Although the global travel industry has taken a nosedive in 2020 as a direct result of Covid-19, not all elements of...

Fast-growing Build to Rent company Moda Living has joined FOOTPRINT as a founding member, pledging its commitment to net zero carbon. FOOTPRINT is...

A 53-storey tower at One Thames City in Nine Elms, one of the largest residential schemes to be built in the...

Co-living, while still highly niche in the UK and across Europe, has been growing in size and stature in recent years...

With 2021 now just around the corner, thoughts naturally turn to what next year might bring. For existing investors, this could...

2020 has been the strangest of years, and not particularly pleasant either! Here on the Costa del Sol, our buyer market...

In this bumper development roundup - the final one of the year - we explore the planned creation of new developments and...

With tighter Covid restrictions throughout the UK, concerns surrounding the pandemic spike once again. However, property auctions continue to prevail during...

In early December, senior researcher at AMA Research, Alex Blagden, talked about an expected surge in Build to Rent (BTR) applications...

One of the biggest property investment trends of the year, driven by the pandemic and the devastation this has caused for...

Earlier this year, we wrote a number of articles about the potential of Uruguay as an investment destination. Unheralded compared to...

With the transition period for the UK leaving the EU ending in a matter of weeks, there is no doubt that...

In this opinion piece, Elizabeth Osborne - a legal director at Ashfords Solicitors - asks whether the government's proposed planning reforms will be dangerous...

Works to restore and convert a Grade II listed rectory building into separate homes are progressing well, with two new houses...

The UK’s appetite for European property investment in 2020 has not been significantly hampered by the major disruptions of a global...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a major impact on the housing market – including the ski market, with French...

The UK has ranked highest for future residential real estate investment, in a survey of 500 investors, developers and asset managers...

PlanetRent, the automated lettings platform, is launching a tenant app to give renters greater transparency at the click of a button. The...

Student accommodation provider Future Generation is ending the year on a high note by topping out three schemes in two months...

As part of our 10-part London regeneration series last year, we zoned in on Old Kent Road – the ancient thoroughfare...

Covid-19 hasn’t changed the fundamentals of property investment (or any other form of investment). It has, however, changed some of the...

Since the pandemic started, there has been a shift in the number of people seeking homes away from the city, or...

This week’s results have proven, once again, that auctions – particularly, online auctions – continue to thrive in the face of...

For anyone looking to purchase a second property, the experts at regulated fast house sale site Good Move have provided all...

With some 20% of the UK’s carbon emissions coming from domestic buildings, the importance of sustainable construction has become undeniable. Over the...

As we near the end of 2020, NAEA Propertymark and ARLA Propertymark provide analysis of their 2020 sales and lettings data. The...

On PIT, we’ve asked this question quite a lot in recent months, with John Lewis entering the Build to Rent market...

The property predictions for 2021 continue to roll in, as the sector looks ahead to the upcoming 12 months. Here, we get...

Spain is a very popular destination for foreign property investors, as demonstrated by the high percentage (16%) of international buyers who...

Although it’s been said quite a lot this year, 2020 has been an unprecedented year in history and one in which...

Moda Living has formed a technology partnership with Samsung to provide 60,000 smart home appliances across its pipeline. The smart home is...

Like many other sectors, auction houses have headed exclusively online during the pandemic - and have made a huge success of...

Developer Southern Grove has revealed it will expand into the Build to Rent (BTR) and co-living sectors after eyeing significant opportunities. With...

With UK-EU trade talks going down to the wire, there is still no clarity over exactly what will happen when the transition...

A collection of properties known as the Bloomsbury Portfolio have been put on sale for an overall price of £37 million, with...

Scotland has enjoyed a boom in its property market since the beginning of lockdown in March, according to UK-wide letting firm...

As the clock ticks ever closer to the end of the transition period, and the start of post-Brexit Britain from January,...

This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest auction results from iamsold and SDL Property Auctions, as well...

French ski resorts will remain closed this Christmas to stop the spread of Covid-19, but one ski expert believes buyer demand...

As we get ever closer to leaving 2020 behind (and many might be happy to write this year off entirely), thoughts...

The residential and commercial lettings market has always required those involved to be on their toes in order to keep up...

York is one of the most atmospheric and beautiful cities in the UK, but is perhaps overlooked by investors and holiday...

The Property Investors Awards – the annual event celebrating excellence in property investing, which is normally held at a swanky London...

For most people, 2020 has been a very difficult year. The Covid-19 pandemic has had devastating consequences on so many aspects...

Purpose-built Build to Rent (BTR) housing is only a recent concept, with just over 51,000 dwellings completed across the UK as of Q3...

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises dropped for the second month in a row, according to ARLA Propertymark. The trade body's...

In the decades since Portugal became one of the go-to destinations for British holidaymakers, second home owners and investors, one part...

There is hope that a reduced quarantine time for travellers arriving into England from December 15 will provide a boost for...

The UK's second tier cities are very often more appealing to international investors in terms of guranteed rental returns - as...

Here at PIT, we regularly cover regeneration stories – and last year we even ran a 10-piece series zoning in on...

Work is set to get underway in the coming weeks on the construction of a new Build to Rent (BTR) development...

Manchester has topped the list of the best areas for landlords to invest in, according to Aldermore’s 'Buy to Let City Tracker'. The...

You may have heard people say that as the coronavirus continues and a possible recession approaches, this spells the end of the...