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![Two major Midlands resi developments launch after £54.8m investment](/img/default/pit.png)
Real estate specialist Urban Village Capital has announced launch events for two major Midlands residential developments. Four Oaks House in Sutton Coldfield...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property news – new podcast launched, investor prospects and Castleford scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Across the property investment and development market, activity continues apace despite the challenges posed by Lockdown 3.0.Here, PIT zones in on...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Incredibly strong backing for leasehold reform, says poll](/img/default/pit.png)
A guest piece we ran on Monday suggesting that the government’s plans for leasehold might not represent a victory for leaseholders...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![A topic for debate – should the construction industry remain open?](/img/default/pit.png)
With Britain, and many other parts of the world, currently undergoing the worst months of the Covid-19 pandemic, some have called...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Round Hill Capital seals deal for new PBSA investment in Spain](/img/default/pit.png)
Round Hill Capital (RHC), a leading global real estate investment, development and asset management firm, has secured a deal to acquire...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Living large – rents for larger homes spiked in Q4 2020](/img/default/pit.png)
UK rent levels continued to rise faster for larger properties during the last quarter of 2020, according to The Deposit Protection...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Blockchain and holiday rentals: transforming the way we do business](/img/default/pit.png)
Blockchain technology and cryptocurrency have been such buzzwords in the last decade. We hear these concepts often pertaining to a variety...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Spain update – post-Brexit residency rules and high UK demand for second homes](/img/default/pit.png)
While Brexit may now be well and truly done, British citizens residing in Spain who have yet to complete the necessary...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Removing consumer choice is not a victory for leaseholders](/img/default/pit.png)
While many have cautiously welcomed the prospect of leasehold reform, Mick Platt, chief executive of Wallace Partnership Group, offers a different...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is Manchester’s Wardour Point the next golden investment?](/img/default/pit.png)
Wardour Point, a development crafted for modern living, has been launched in Manchester to meet the growing demand for regional property. The...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![‘Brexit has been worse for us than the pandemic’ – Q&A with Goldrose Sharpe](/img/default/pit.png)
A London-based property development company, founded by two young local entrepreneurs, managed to post record sales over the last two quarters...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lights, camera, action! Brighton film school student residence gets green light](/img/default/pit.png)
Brighton and Hove council last week (January 13 2021) granted planning permission to developer Alumno to construct purpose-built student accommodation on...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – record results and PropTech partnerships](/img/default/pit.png)
As we settle into 2021, Auction House and iamsold reflect on last year’s record sales, while Pugh announces new technology designed...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![BTR brand says new tie-up shows not all investors feel cities are dead](/img/default/pit.png)
UNCLE, a well-established Build to Rent (BTR) brand owned by Realstar Group, has announced a $1 billion transformative investment to grow...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – the best universities for a buy-to-let investment](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading UK student accommodation platform has unveiled which universities currently offer the best option for landlords in the student sector. UniHomes...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with One Point Six - Golden Ratios, record deals and the future of PCL](/img/default/pit.png)
In this Q&A, Property Investor Today checks in with the founders of luxury London property developers One Point Six - Bhavnish Chandaria...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Record number of city-dwellers are relocating - but where to?](/img/default/pit.png)
Looking for an investment property outside of London? Now might be the perfect time to do so as the demand for...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![BTR update – Goldman Sachs grows, L&G expands, new scheme in Brum](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the introduction of Lockdown 3.0, the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market shows no signs of slowing down, with acquisitions,...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – where are the UK’s property value hotspots?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the average homeowner staying put in their property for 23 years, mortgage loan company Ocean Finance has uncovered the top...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Portugal update – Golden Visa confusion and alternative forms of residency](/img/default/pit.png)
A number of experts in the Portuguese property market have pointed out that the Golden Visa scheme, which is set to...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Nicol & Co is ‘banging the Gavl’ for live stream viewings](/img/default/pit.png)
A Midlands estate agent is the latest to convert to live stream property viewings after six months of using an Australian-designed...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - why the Costa del Sol is the investment hotspot in 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
As long as the sun continues to shine, the area of Southern Spain, and especially the Costa del Sol, will always...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development update – from cohesive-use schemes to sustainable housing](/img/default/pit.png)
Ambitious plans for a ‘ground-breaking’ cohesive-use scheme at Nottingham’s The Island Quarter development have been submitted. The latest phase – which is...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Senior housing – severe undersupply in Scotland could lead to housing crisis](/img/default/pit.png)
In 2019, senior housing – also known as retirement housing or senior living – seemed to be developing into one of...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![PBSA operators must provide a student-first solution to match soaring demand](/img/default/pit.png)
In a year of tumultuous uncertainty, where the headwinds of Covid-19 bore a number of new realities and decimated others, some...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Expert opinion – what does PCL have in store for 2021?](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – which UK cities are experiencing a property boom?](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Own a home in Spain? What will Brexit mean for you?](/img/default/pit.png)
After a few weeks of being top of the news agenda again, Brexit has been relegated to second fiddle thanks to...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – a positive start to 2021!](/img/default/pit.png)
Happy New Year! We return with another auction roundup, from a brand-new hire at Bond Wolfe, to a creative video from...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - what will affect house buyers and housebuilders in 2021?](/img/default/pit.png)
In this guest piece, Andrea Fawell, sales & marketing director of award-winning property developers Kebbell, tackles many of the important factors...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Mould? That’s the landlord’s duty, say most tenants](/img/default/pit.png)
Two thirds of people believe mould is solely the landlord’s responsibility, with two out of five claiming they wouldn’t clean mould...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Newcastle top the league…of rental yields!](/img/default/pit.png)
Football, more than ever, is providing much-needed entertainment and escapism for the UK population now that it’s entered Lockdown 3.0, with...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Webinar - how much UK property could the Chinese be buying this year?](/img/default/pit.png)
To kick off the New Year, our friends at 11K Consulting - the UK's leading China PR and comms agency - have...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![A PR own goal? Developer and local football team lock horns over ground](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent decades, property developers and local football clubs have regularly locked horns over historic grounds – and it’s rarely been...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Countdown - Brits have 6 months to secure EU residency with PT Golden Visa](/img/default/pit.png)
While Brussels and Westminster finally agreed an eleventh-hour trade and security deal before the end of the Brexit transition period –...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ongoing boom! Scotland property market ends 2020 on a high note](/img/default/pit.png)
The housing market in Scotland is showing no signs of slowing down, with marked increases throughout Q4 2020 despite Covid setbacks,...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - why will Birmingham continue to attract investment in 2021?](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – what will 2021 have in store for the UK property market?](/img/default/pit.png)
With 2020 wrapped up and many anticipating the year ahead, Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, provides commentary...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight - how will the property market look in 2021?](/img/default/pit.png)
It wouldn't be the start of a new year without predictions for the 12 months to come. And the forecasts from...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![MMoA could thrive if homeowners understood it better – study](/img/default/pit.png)
The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA) could almost double and become a more mainstream way of buying and selling if people...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![2021 - how can British sellers sell their Spanish home post-Brexit?](/img/default/pit.png)
For those who are looking to sell their property in Spain and return to the UK, Simon Pelling, managing director of...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why you should exhibit at the Homebuilding & Renovating Show](/img/default/pit.png)
Many home improvement companies will target their products and services towards property investors. Here, Natalka Antoniuk outlines the reasons why such companies...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![An outlook on the year ahead, as told by property specialists](/img/default/pit.png)
With mixed views of what 2021 could bring to the property market, Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine & Country UK...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![2021 outlook – what are the predictions from our property experts?](/img/default/pit.png)
With 2021 nearly upon us, it’s time to look forward to what the next 12 months could bring from a property...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Season’s greetings – after a year like no other](/img/default/pit.png)
At the start of this year, you would have got very, very long odds on the prospect of UK-wide lockdowns, mandatory...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – where can 2021’s property investment hotspots be found?](/img/default/pit.png)
As we look ahead to 2021, one of the biggest questions on the lips of property investors – as is always...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight: five emerging short-let trends for investors](/img/default/pit.png)
Although the global travel industry has taken a nosedive in 2020 as a direct result of Covid-19, not all elements of...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![BTR roundup – developers aim for zero carbon and L&G expands its portfolio](/img/default/pit.png)
Fast-growing Build to Rent company Moda Living has joined FOOTPRINT as a founding member, pledging its commitment to net zero carbon. FOOTPRINT is...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Going up! Tallest residential building in London’s Zone 1 tops out](/img/default/pit.png)
A 53-storey tower at One Thames City in Nine Elms, one of the largest residential schemes to be built in the...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - will Covid increase the demand for co-living?](/img/default/pit.png)
Co-living, while still highly niche in the UK and across Europe, has been growing in size and stature in recent years...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – what are the four S’s of building a property empire?](/img/default/pit.png)
With 2021 now just around the corner, thoughts naturally turn to what next year might bring. For existing investors, this could...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
!['Hopefully better times will return'...a Spanish agency's view of 2020](/img/default/pit.png)
2020 has been the strangest of years, and not particularly pleasant either! Here on the Costa del Sol, our buyer market...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – Staines, Digbeth, London and Worthing](/img/default/pit.png)
In this bumper development roundup - the final one of the year - we explore the planned creation of new developments and...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – ending 2020 on a high note!](/img/default/pit.png)
With tighter Covid restrictions throughout the UK, concerns surrounding the pandemic spike once again. However, property auctions continue to prevail during...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![2021 - could it be the year more developers turn to BTR?](/img/default/pit.png)
In early December, senior researcher at AMA Research, Alex Blagden, talked about an expected surge in Build to Rent (BTR) applications...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Retail to resi – rising number of conversion applications are being rejected](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the biggest property investment trends of the year, driven by the pandemic and the devastation this has caused for...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Uruguay to become more investor-friendly ‘with relaxed requirements’](/img/default/pit.png)
Earlier this year, we wrote a number of articles about the potential of Uruguay as an investment destination. Unheralded compared to...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Securing a Spanish mortgage after Brexit – what do you need to know?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the transition period for the UK leaving the EU ending in a matter of weeks, there is no doubt that...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Do rushed planning reforms risk damaging the physical environment?](/img/default/pit.png)
In this opinion piece, Elizabeth Osborne - a legal director at Ashfords Solicitors - asks whether the government's proposed planning reforms will be dangerous...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Nottingham developments – historic homes and luxury living](/img/default/pit.png)
Works to restore and convert a Grade II listed rectory building into separate homes are progressing well, with two new houses...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – demand for European living and property investment remains strong](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK’s appetite for European property investment in 2020 has not been significantly hampered by the major disruptions of a global...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![The crème de la crème of French ski property revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a major impact on the housing market – including the ski market, with French...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![UK the top hotspot for overseas resi investment post-Brexit, says research](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK has ranked highest for future residential real estate investment, in a survey of 500 investors, developers and asset managers...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Automated lettings platform launches tenant-facing app](/img/default/pit.png)
PlanetRent, the automated lettings platform, is launching a tenant app to give renters greater transparency at the click of a button. The...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Three major PBSA schemes topped out despite Covid roadblock](/img/default/pit.png)
Student accommodation provider Future Generation is ending the year on a high note by topping out three schemes in two months...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Regeneration update – what are the latest plans to transform Old Kent Road?](/img/default/pit.png)
As part of our 10-part London regeneration series last year, we zoned in on Old Kent Road – the ancient thoroughfare...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Four key points property investors need to check](/img/default/pit.png)
Covid-19 hasn’t changed the fundamentals of property investment (or any other form of investment). It has, however, changed some of the...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - will suburban BTR thrive as a result of Covid-19?](/img/default/pit.png)
Since the pandemic started, there has been a shift in the number of people seeking homes away from the city, or...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – The ‘tremendous success’ of online and MMoA](/img/default/pit.png)
This week’s results have proven, once again, that auctions – particularly, online auctions – continue to thrive in the face of...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buying a second property? Here’s all you need to know](/img/default/pit.png)
For anyone looking to purchase a second property, the experts at regulated fast house sale site Good Move have provided all...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![How can investors meet the rising demand for sustainable homes?](/img/default/pit.png)
With some 20% of the UK’s carbon emissions coming from domestic buildings, the importance of sustainable construction has become undeniable. Over the...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Take your pick – housing demand and rental stock at record high](/img/default/pit.png)
As we near the end of 2020, NAEA Propertymark and ARLA Propertymark provide analysis of their 2020 sales and lettings data. The...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investors - is housing the future of the high street?](/img/default/pit.png)
On PIT, we’ve asked this question quite a lot in recent months, with John Lewis entering the Build to Rent market...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property market predictions for 2021 – what can we expect?](/img/default/pit.png)
The property predictions for 2021 continue to roll in, as the sector looks ahead to the upcoming 12 months. Here, we get...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top five regions for property investments in Spain next year](/img/default/pit.png)
Spain is a very popular destination for foreign property investors, as demonstrated by the high percentage (16%) of international buyers who...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing market resilience will continue in 2021 – analysis](/img/default/pit.png)
Although it’s been said quite a lot this year, 2020 has been an unprecedented year in history and one in which...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Moda and Samsung partnership to build ‘smart’ rental homes](/img/default/pit.png)
Moda Living has formed a technology partnership with Samsung to provide 60,000 smart home appliances across its pipeline. The smart home is...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Going, going…gone: has Covid killed off the traditional auctioneer?](/img/default/pit.png)
Like many other sectors, auction houses have headed exclusively online during the pandemic - and have made a huge success of...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Southern Grove breaks into BTR and co-living markets](/img/default/pit.png)
Developer Southern Grove has revealed it will expand into the Build to Rent (BTR) and co-living sectors after eyeing significant opportunities. With...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![What will the situation look like for British investors in Portugal post-Brexit?](/img/default/pit.png)
With UK-EU trade talks going down to the wire, there is still no clarity over exactly what will happen when the transition...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![For sale! Unique collection of freehold Bloomsbury properties offered by Colliers](/img/default/pit.png)
A collection of properties known as the Bloomsbury Portfolio have been put on sale for an overall price of £37 million, with...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![On the rise – Scotland enjoys a property boom since lockdown](/img/default/pit.png)
Scotland has enjoyed a boom in its property market since the beginning of lockdown in March, according to UK-wide letting firm...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight: how will Brexit affect the UK property market?](/img/default/pit.png)
As the clock ticks ever closer to the end of the transition period, and the start of post-Brexit Britain from January,...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – November results and December promises](/img/default/pit.png)
This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest auction results from iamsold and SDL Property Auctions, as well...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![French ski resorts closed, but buyer demand set to remain undeterred](/img/default/pit.png)
French ski resorts will remain closed this Christmas to stop the spread of Covid-19, but one ski expert believes buyer demand...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – what does 2021 hold for the student market?](/img/default/pit.png)
As we get ever closer to leaving 2020 behind (and many might be happy to write this year off entirely), thoughts...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![A long road ahead for the rental property sector](/img/default/pit.png)
The residential and commercial lettings market has always required those involved to be on their toes in order to keep up...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investors – should you be looking north to the grand old city of York?](/img/default/pit.png)
York is one of the most atmospheric and beautiful cities in the UK, but is perhaps overlooked by investors and holiday...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![And the virtual winner is…Property Investors Awards 2020 revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
The Property Investors Awards – the annual event celebrating excellence in property investing, which is normally held at a swanky London...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Trends property investors can expect to see in 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
For most people, 2020 has been a very difficult year. The Covid-19 pandemic has had devastating consequences on so many aspects...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Build to Rent sector set for growth, research firm claims](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises tail off as number of tenants continues to boom](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of tenants experiencing rent rises dropped for the second month in a row, according to ARLA Propertymark. The trade body's...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight – why is the Algarve’s Golden Triangle booming?](/img/default/pit.png)
In the decades since Portugal became one of the go-to destinations for British holidaymakers, second home owners and investors, one part...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Will reduced quarantine breathe life into the Prime Central London market?](/img/default/pit.png)
There is hope that a reduced quarantine time for travellers arriving into England from December 15 will provide a boost for...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why international investors are looking at UK’s tier 2 cities for returns](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK's second tier cities are very often more appealing to international investors in terms of guranteed rental returns - as...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – where are the top five UK regeneration hotspots?](/img/default/pit.png)
Here at PIT, we regularly cover regeneration stories – and last year we even ran a 10-piece series zoning in on...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![New BTR scheme in Wolverhampton as city set for 64-room project](/img/default/pit.png)
Work is set to get underway in the coming weeks on the construction of a new Build to Rent (BTR) development...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Manchester the top BTL investment hub as hidden gems found UK-wide](/img/default/pit.png)
Manchester has topped the list of the best areas for landlords to invest in, according to Aldermore’s 'Buy to Let City Tracker'. The...