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Brexit red tape not deterring investors in Mediterranean property

A developer claims there’s been an uptick in interest in property in Cyrpus and Greece because of strong yields. Leptos Estates claims yields across some of their...

NatWest announcement could trigger boost in short lets investment

NatWest has announced it will introduce new Airbnb-friendly mortgage terms that embrace home sharing via short lets. And now Airbnb wants other lenders to follow suit. The...

Buy To Let still attractive with 17 renters for each available property

Buy To Let is still an attractive investment with demand significantly outstripping supply according to Rightmove. The number of available rental properties is currently 14% higher than...

Election result stability boosts commercial property auction sale

Property auction house Allsop raised £54.5m from the sale of 65 lots at this month’s commercial auction, making an 80% success rate with an average lot...

High premiums for landlords selling high-rent locations

A new analysis suggests landlords quitting the sector and selling in high-rent areas enjoy strong premiums. A lettings agency has analysed average house price data in England’s...

Spotlight on dramatic uplift in European apartment prices

A property investment service called Deluze Holiday Homes has analysed apartment prices per square meter across much of Europe over the past 12 months. Serbia tops the...

UK Investors alerted to 4.5% yield and 10% capital appreciation

New research has given a detailed breakdown of Bristol’s housing market, claiming the city has seen the private rental sector grow 8% in size and have...

International investment booms in Malta

Malta has a big ex-pat community making up 22% of its population of 518,000.  Americans are part of this demographic, who favour investing in real estate...

INSIGHT: Latest UK sales and lettings snapshot

Property data consultancy TwentyEA has released its latest snapshot of the housing sales and lettings markets. One stand-out point is the substantial rise in landlords exiting the...

Purpose Built Student Accommodation investment soars

Property consultancy Knight Frank has launched its latest UK Student Housing Market Update, which reveals that investment in UK Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) is soaring. It...

Labour building programme turbo-charges investment prospects - forecast

Construction industry consultancy Glenigan says the new government is already reducing political uncertainty, rallying markets, and boosting long-term prospects for house building and other growth sectors. A...

City centre investment site with potential now on the market

A prominent city centre investment site with change of use and redevelopment potential is now on the market for £2.3m.   Watling Real Estate has been appointed to...

Premiums for waterfront properties splash upwards across UK and world

New research shows the average premium for waterfront homes in the UK standing at 48%. Knight Frank says that premiums broken down by property type and the...

New to Market: Knightsbridge investment giving £1m annual rent

Global property consultancy Knight Frank has been appointed to market Cornerstone, a freehold residential investment in Knightsbridge, SW7 London.   Situated at 47 Princes Gardens on the border...

Market waiting for base rate cut to take off for autumn - Rightmove

The average price of property coming to the market for sale dropped 0.4% in the past month to £373,493 says Rightmove. This is a bigger drop than...

What should investors offer tenants in mainstream rental sector?

Barclays Property Insights data shows the top 10 attributes that renters consider non-negotiable or ‘deal-breakers’ when assessing a property, as well as the qualities that landlords...

New Real Estate Investment service launched by developer

Downing - a real estate developer with a 35 year track record - is launching a property investment management business alongside Jessica Hardman, the UK chief...

New book for Investors looking to Off Plan Property

Property investment experts Abi Hookway and Gordie Dutfield have joined forces to pen ‘The Off-Plan Investor’s Handbook’ launching on August 1. Publicity from the authors says the...

Interest Rate cuts (not election stability) driving UK property investors

Property investors are cautiously optimistic and focusing on the prospect of base rate cuts ahead of UK and global political issues, according to a new study.   Handelsbanken’s...

Savills says 40% of private rental units could soon be Build To Rent

According to the Savills estate agency’s latest report on the UK Build to Rent sector, the past decade has seen £35 billion of institutional investment go...

Co-Living tipped as ‘the next big thing’ for property investors

Co-living is emerging as an alternative approach to delivering high quality rental accommodation in accessible locations, says prominent agency Knight Frank.  It says that last year in...

Rental Demand climbing but still lagging behind 2023 highs

Tenant demand for mainstream rental homes climbed by 1.5% between Q1 and Q2 2024, although demand remains 2.3% lower than this time last year.   That’s the story...

Algarve - Investors targeted by UK agency’s second of five offices

A UK agency has opened a new office on the Algarve aimed at wooing investor clients. Fine & Country Algarve’s new branch is in Albufeira. Managing partner Zoie...

Discounts on New Builds - special guide to negotiating

Property portal OnTheMarket has offered investors and other canny would-be purchasers some negotiating advice on new to secure discounts or other perks on new builds.   “Making an...

Property Investment Opportunity in Onshore Wind - claim

The commitment by the new Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to lift the onshore wind ban is set to ignite UK renewable investments. That’s the view of business consultancy...

It's Great Up North for property investment - new figures

There’s a new investment hotspot list prepared by fast-growing UK property portal OnTheMarket. It applies to the second quarter of this year but uses data from the...

Tax Grab soars as investors pay purchase levy on properties

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £628m over the last 12 months according to analysis of the latest statistics by a high profile property firm. DJ Alexander Ltd,...

Dubai developer launches regenerated urban scheme in UK

Dubai-based international luxury property developer Select Group has launched Velocity Tower, a newly refurbished 21-storey urban development in Sheffield. Situated to the south of Sheffield city centre,...

International lettings team aims to woo foreign investors

High end lettings agency Hamptons has launched a new international department to woo overseas investors and tenants seeking rental properties in the UK. The move is timed...

Warning that Labour landslide won’t boost housing immediately

The latest house price index for the UK - released as Sir Kier Starmer was still celebrating his move into 10 Downing Street - shows there’s...

Why a buy to let with a tenant in situ can be a great investment

A new analysis of buy to let properties now on sale, shows that those with tenants in situ make good investments - but they are few...

Free Data Hub eases path for foreign investors in Barcelona

A data hub established by one of Spain’s leading property experts is helping to make Barcelona the most transparent housing market in the country. Mark Stucklin of...

Investor Opportunities - "housing remains over-valued" says Zoopla

Property portal Zoopla says it has developed a long-run model showing whether UK house prices are too expensive or fairly valued. It highlights how UK home prices...

Flats with £40,000 annual rent under the hammer next week

A property in one of Birmingham’s prime suburbs where five self-contained flats producing rents of nearly £40,000 a year will be at Bond Wolfe’s next live-streamed...

Commercial Property Investment Update - the professionals' view

Propertymark latest Commercial Outlook gives a mixed view of the sector’s imminent future.     Propertymark’s commercial property agent members were asked to provide their views on supply...

Buyers’ Market could be on its way later this week

There’s been a 23% rise in the number of homes hitting the market across Britain over the past six months with more to come - as...

Lenders compete for investors with slashed buy to let rates

A slew of lenders have slashed rates on their buy to let mortgage products in recent days as competition hots up to win investor clients. Zephyr Homeloans...

Tax Hit coming for holiday let landlords

Looming tax changes around furnished holiday lets and the approaching holiday season are driving inquiries for tax advice from current owners and those looking to buy,...

Ola! Sales bounce back despite visa worries in Spain

The stats for the property sales transaction numbers in Spain, and particularly in Andalucia, are out for April and they are up 29% year-on-year after a...

Property investment by HNW investors set to boom post-election

Nearly three in five High Net Worth investors plan to significantly increase their overall investment allocation to real estate in the next 12 months. Research by specialist...

Big city review of Short Lets and Airbnb restrictions

A review of Edinburgh’s controversial short term lets licensing will take place this summer. City councillors agreed to publicly consult on the city’s existing policy and conditions...

Coastal hotspots give greater returns for property sellers

House prices in Britain’s hottest coastal housing markets have grown by 4.2% in the past 12 months, bucking the wider national trend that has seen British...

Terraces, Balconies, Gardens ‘should have separate property values’ - call

Two property consultancies say outdoor space should have a separate value to the rest of the home when it goes on the market. DDRE says this is...

World’s Most Expensive Cities - London’s in the Top 10

Perhaps unsurprisingly, London features in the top 10 most expensive cities in the world, slotting into eighth place. The ranking comes from Mercer, a lifestyle and investment...

Office landlords retain long-term optimism despite huge challenges

A new survey of 250 UK office landlords commissioned by workspace provider infinitSpace has found that 14% say their office buildings are at risk of closing...

Developer launches in-house lettings division focused on investors

Property developer and investment specialist Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind by a build-to-sell specialist. Select Residential...

New scheme predicts 7% yields or more for investors

E.R.E Property Group, a property investment firm for over two decades, has unveiled its latest development, The One Residences, in Leeds.   This 12-storey building features 125 flats...

Holiday Home Estate launches final village of investment properties

The last-ever ‘village’ of homes in a high profile holiday estate has just been launched to the market. The purpose-built Lower Mill Estate in the Cotswolds has...

Buy To Let investors must factor in Labour's stricter energy rules

New buy to let investors are being advised to factor in the costs of stricter energy rules if Labour wins the General Election next week. In recent...

Norwich Investment Potential Soars with Development Opportunity

Estate agency Knight Frank has been appointed to market a transformative redevelopment opportunity in the heart of Norwich. Anglia Square, a substantial 11.4-acre site in the city...

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