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This is how much investor buyers can save at auction

New research claims investors who buy at auction can bag a bargain for 43% less than the price on the wider market. There are significant regional variations...

Investors to save thousands on Capital Gains Tax - claim

The average landlord looking to offload their portfolio from April 6 stands to save 4% on the rate of Capital Gains Tax. With the average landlord spending...

Residential Investment: Biggest Winners and Losers revealed

New research has produced league tables of UK locations which saw the largest residential price rises and falls in 2023. Researchers at legal firm Bird & Co...

Investor and landlord purchases rise, despite soaring taxes

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite soaring taxes. David Alexander, chief executive...

High proportion of property investors rely on ‘sources like us’

More than two in five UK property investors say they rely on the property and finance trade press - such as Property Investor Today - to...

Commercial Real Estate Investment Looking Very Positive

New retail and leisure research has revealed a boom in commercial real estate activity over 2023.  The latest report by the Local Data Company and Green Street,...

Revealed - the world’s second home investment hotspots

A new study conducted by comparison site GetAgent has revealed the most in-demand locations to buy a second property in. Global searches for second home purchases hit...

London’s struggling prime market offers opportunities for investors

The prime London sales market recorded both price and transaction falls in February, while in lettings, rental growth increased slightly and activity levels improved, although they...

Average home to top £500,000 within three decades - claim

An estate agency group claims that a baby born today will need to earn £95,121 as an adult to get a foot on the ladder. It claims...

Strong residential field in this week’s live-streamed auction

From executive homes to single-bedroom flats, an enormous range of homes feature in Bond Wolfe’s 190-lot live-streamed auction this Wednesday. A guide price of £400,000 represents a...

Regeneration experts pledge new neighbourhood in capital city

Investors looking for the next hot location will keep an eye on a new residential neighbourhood promised by a real estate firm regenerating part of central...

Town centre shop to be sold in auction with guide price of £250,000

A prime town centre shop unit in Bromsgrove is listed with a starting price of £250,000 in Bond Wolfe’s next auction. The two-storey unit is considered suitable...

Normal Sales and Rental Markets Are Back - new market snapshot

Home sellers’ optimism is vastly improved compared to March last year, according to the latest Asking Price Index from respected property website Home. It says that with...

Rocket Auctions lift off following merger of online companies

Two players in the online auction sector have merged.  My Auction and Bamboo Auctions have teamed up to form a new brand - Rocket Auctions - which...

Best Places guide to aid investors on up-and-coming locations

The Sunday Times has published its latest ‘Best Places’ guide - often considered a pointer to up-and-coming locations which could be ripe for investment. Although both the...

New property investor service launched by high end estate agency

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure to investors. Hamptons - part of...

Investor Opportunity - asking prices still thousands below last spring’s peak

The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the market continues its recovery after...

Warning: Buy To Let doesn’t offer guaranteed returns to investors

New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy.  This is according to Charlie Davidson, a...

Insider Insight: top agent’s view of Prime London housing market

A developer once said that after a slowdown, you need no further bad news for two consecutive quarters for a recovery to take hold. Perhaps an overly-simplistic...

Once-In-A-Lifetime investment proposal for massive city centre project

Proposals to deliver a “once in a lifetime” regeneration of Glasgow’s Charing Cross have taken a step forward with the submission of a new planning application. Planning...

Capital Appreciation boost as prices nearly back to 2022 peak

UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms, with the average house price...

Record month for “investor favourite” auction purchases

January 2024 has been classed as the busiest ever January in property auction history by the Essential Information Group. Regarding the number of properties coming to the...

Four in 10 landlords would like to expand investment - small survey

Almost four in 10 of landlords would like to expand their property portfolio in the next year says investment platform Lendlord. This is based on a small...

Renters Reform Bill threat to student accommodation investment

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find housing. The news coincides with the...

Surrey school site on sale, ripe for redevelopment

Knight Frank has launched to the market a 44-acre school site involving 14 buildings in Surrey. It’s on sale for £7m. The former Belmont School at Holmbury...

Will Chancellor’s Stamp Duty change deter residential investors?

The Chancellor has abolished multiple dwellings relief for stamp duty land tax. Relief from SDLT for multiple dwellings in England and Northern Ireland (MDR) will be abolished for...

Holiday Lets Investment gets body blow from anti-landlord Budget

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025 onwards. As expected, Hunt’s Budget this...

Big discounts for cash buyers as vendors stay desperate to sell

New research suggests investment buyers with cash can secure chunky discounts on residential properties. Octane Capital analysed house price data for both cash and mortgages buyers, how...

House Price Growth in Positive Territory for first time in a year

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in February, says the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal effects. This resulted in an improvement in the annual...

Saddle Up! Unique industrial premises at auction, ripe for redevelopment

A saddle makers’ factory in a Black Country town which still contains some of its raw material leather, sewing machines and finished products is appearing in...

Rental demand to stay high as first time buyers hit obstacles

New research by consumer group HomeOwners Alliance shows that for many young people, homeownership has become an impossible dream. A sentiment survey by the group suggests that...

Commercial property attracting increased private investment worldwide - report

Knight Frank says private investors remain the most active buyers in global commercial property. In 2023 private capital invested US$338 billion globally, equating to a 49 per...

Mallorca looking a hot bet for holiday property investment

Mallorca is booming.  Visitor numbers are at an all-time high and the property market has shown a stable 1.7 per cent annual rise - soaring to 13...

UK housing market improves but warning of obstacles to come

House prices across the UK are down just 0.5 per cent in a year as the housing market recovery continues. New data from Zoopla shows seven regions...

Director banned after unlawful property scheme saw investors lose £57m

The director of two companies which operated an unauthorised property investment scheme costing investors more than £57 million has been banned from being a company director...

High profile Spanish resort offers new apartments to investors

La Manga - a 3,000 acre resort at Murcia in south east Spain - is offering apartments for sale with the description that they are not...

High yields promised by team behind new 39-flat development

A prestigious development of 39 apartments carved from a former Victorian wool warehouse has been officially unveiled in the centre of Newark.  The Textile Building is the...

New Build firms slammed over quality, charges and lack of competition

The UK house building industry needs “significant intervention” from government to address planning, quality and financial problems according to the Competition and Markets Authority.  The watchdog found...

Demographics mean Build To Rent set to boom as renters get older

Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying its fastest growth rate in...

Megatrends set to dominate property investment in 2024 - expert panel

Four key ‘megatrends’ are set to dominate investment decisions in 2024 despite the year potentially bringing uncertainty and volatility, a property investment event has heard. Fisher German’s...

Capital Appreciation - UK winners and losers over past 12 months

Average house prices rose £7,599 in Scotland last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by DJ Alexander Ltd, the largest lettings and estate agency...

Top UK cities for 2024 rental potential revealed by industry supplier

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up the rest of the top...

Positive About Spain - the year ahead for investors and buyers

In the Spanish property podcast “La Piedra”, Sean Woolley from Cloud Nine Spain and Mark Stücklinfrom Spanish Property Insight reviewed the market to give an overview of the past...

How will the UK residential rental market develop up to 2030?

Zero Deposit has analysed historic rental data from the Office for National Statistics for each region of England, to forecast what the average renting may be...

Investors secure higher returns on sale of properties with good EPCs

Based on average house prices in the UK, a correlation has been found that properties with a higher Energy Performance Certificate rating are more valuable.  This is...

What do new short let rules mean for investors?

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is changing the rules governing Airbnb-type lettings by requiring planning permission for properties let for more than 90 days per year, introducing...

Will rents keep rising?

Typically, rents rise in line with wages - which, in turn, tend to track inflation or increase at a slightly lower rate. From the late 90s,...

New villa and ambitious new developer boost Dubai potential

International entrepreneur David von Rosen has launched 25 Degrees – a new top-end Dubai-based property development company co-founded with a Dubai-based family office: it has also...

Investor Briefing - the market has turned the page says Hamptons

Hamptons head of research Aneisha Beveridge says the early signs in 2024 suggest that the market has firmly turned the page.   She says falling mortgage rates have...

Green Shoots appear in Prime London sales market - LonRes

London-focussed property data firm LonRes says there are signs of green shoots in the capital’s prime housing market. January saw a rise in the number of properties...

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