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The private rental sector may have been tough for investors in recent months in particular, but new figures show a healthy...

Slowly reducing mortgage rates this year have led to first-time buyers accounting for a record 33% of all buyers across Britain...

Scottish new build house average prices have soared ahead of existing homes according to analysis of the latest statistics by a...

The Home Builders Federation, the developers trade body, says planning permissions for new homes continues to fall sharply. Figures for 2023 -...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

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

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

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

A developer once said that after a slowdown, you need no further bad news for two consecutive quarters for a recovery...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Typically, rents rise in line with wages - which, in turn, tend to track inflation or increase at a slightly lower...

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

Figures released by the National House Building Council show 133,213 new homes were completed in 2023, down 12 per cent on...

A property analyst has taken the long view and produced an optimistic snapshot of the current housing market for investors. Anthony Codling...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

Data from London property data consultancy LonRes suggests supply in prime areas of the capital is improving and so rental growth...

Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

A house price index has indicated a gentle rise in capital appreciation coming through at the end of 2023, and says...

We believe a well-functioning housing system is one that meets everyone’s housing needs. There will always be people who can’t or...

London’s restaurant scene is thriving in spite of the cost-of-living crisis, with 253 new openings in 2023, up from 243 in...

It looks like investors in mainstream UK homes who anticipated losing capital values in the 2023 may have been mistaken -...

By Sean Woolley, director of real estate agency Cloud Nine Spain   In 2022 we were predicting that the market would cool, but...

Flipping a property is something that so many people have a desire to do, in fact, data shows that searches for...

One of the country’s highest profile high-end property consultancies says confidence is returning to prime markets after a turbulent year, with...

Last year, 2023, was a challenging one fo the housing market in the UK and a frustrating one for investors. While there...

BNP Paribas Real Estate research shows that Middle Eastern investment into central London offices is the busiest it has been since...

Investment returns and activity in London’s property market has been stronger than the rest of the country over the last 12...

A chronic mismatch between supply and demand has been the defining feature of the private rental market for three years.  UK rents...

Black Brick has been advising professional property investors, buyers, sellers and developers since 2007.  It says it’s advised, sourced and acquired almost...

House prices in the world’s major property investment centres remain robust in the face of higher debt costs, with average annual...

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - but just as it has done this, it’s revealed asking prices have dropped...

Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service shows that average UK monthly rents for Q3 2023 were £1,121.46: a rise of...

The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...

Landlord confidence has rebounded strongly in recent months according to a survey by a leading buy to let-focussed bank. All aspects of...

Residential developers now have a unique opportunity to provide much needed high-quality accommodation in a city currently with limited stock, says...

A property and legal consultancy has identified what it calls Scotland’s buy to let capital - and it’s neither of the...

The average sale price of completed home transactions using cash or mortgages in England and Wales in October 2023 fell by...

Over 70 locations in Britain have seen average house prices rise over the last year, bucking the national trend. An analysis of...

Investors are buying second homes in the North East and North West at an increased rate compared to the rest of...

The gloomy mood surrounding buy to let with higher taxation and stricter regulation has not stopped it being relatively lucrative for...

Savills is warning that the average UK house price is projected to fall by a further 3.0 per cent in 2024...

Knight Frank says the seasonal autumn bounce has failed to materialise in the UK housing market this year. It was a...

The average price of a home in Wales has fallen to £239,378 in the third quarter of 2023, the first time...

England and Wales have seen rising rental yields for the third quarter in a row, with the total yield up 1.0...

Momentum within London’s £5m-plus residential market ramped up in the third quarter of 2023, according to new analysis from Savills. The high...

Lots submitted to residential auctions have more than doubled in numbers in recent months. Fresh figures released by EIG Property Auctions show...

All regions saw annual price falls in Q3 The Nationwide has produced regional house price indices for Q3 - the July to...

House prices across the UK’s increasingly price sensitive prime markets nudged down for a fourth consecutive quarter in the three months...

In August, Dubai's real estate market experienced a remarkable surge, presenting an exciting opportunity for investors like myself. Sales soared by...

The latest UK house price index, over the weekend, lifts the lid on exactly what’s happening in the UK housing market...

New research by lending service Octane Capital reveals that the average buy to let investor has seen the money they owe...

One of the many monthly house price market reports comes from Home - it’s arguably lower profile than most but is...

A property investor has launched a new platform to share information for investors and other players in the short-term rentals industry. Holiday...

Residential sales above US$10m in the 12 cities covered by the Knight Frank Global Super-Prime Intelligence Report totalled 422 in Q2...

As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...

Zoopla is giving investors five key takeaways in its latest market analysis: 1. UK house prices have risen 0.1 per cent in...

Demand for projects fell like a stone during 2022 as the cost of building supplies were on the rise and tradespeople...

Here Richard O’Neill - managing director of lettings at Romans Estate Agents - advises investors how to recognise and optimise yield for...

Demand for office space has soared in Derbyshire’s largest town following the completion of several high-quality schemes. That’s the claim from Destination...

Propertymark, the UK agents’ trade body, has given a snapshot of what’s happening with lettings and sales.  Chief executive Nathan Emerson says...

The North of England is outperforming the South for both capital appreciation and rental yields.  Sourced Franchise has analysed annual changes in...

New figures from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than...

The number of completed Build-to-Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to 88,100 units...

A property investment platform has analysed rental yields to see the best returning areas for buy to let investors. Sourced Franchise analysed...

Latest figures from HMRC show that Capital Gains Tax receipts hit a record £16.7 billion in tax year 2021/22 - that’s...

New data from Rightmove and commercial property intelligence provider EG reveals that demand to lease office space is still higher than...

Smarter Rent co-founder Alex Sullivan says: “People often ask us if now is the right moment to invest in property. While...

The average UK house price fell only slightly in June, by around £300 compared to May with a typical property now...

According to estate agent Jackson-Stops’ annual Waterside Review, the average price paid for homes in waterside postcodes have risen by 23...

With national and local politicians speaking out about additional homes, and pushing up taxes on them at the same time, the...

Airbnb is offering £100 to new Hosts welcoming their first Airbnb guest during the Wimbledon Championships, which begin on Monday. Last year...

We all need to learn more about how to reduce our energy bills and take steps to ensure our homes are...

Rents in global luxury residential markets are continuing to see strong growth.  The Knight Frank Prime Global Rental Index rose by 8.5...

Billionaire investors are buying even larger, more expensive and more luxurious ultra-prime homes in London during 2023 a new wealth survey...

Having bounced back from pandemic decline, the size of the commercial building construction sector is forecast to grow further this year. Sirius...

New starts on construction continued to fall during April, according to Construction industry insight experts, Glenigan. Their May edition of the Construction...

Following three years of seismic shifts in the property sector, the UK is moving towards a ‘new normal’ – with the...

The number of build-to-rent completions fell substantially in the past year, according to research by Stripe Property Group. Stripe analysed historic data...

Insurers and risk managers must pull out all the stops to support the beleaguered UK construction sector, which is facing extreme...

Research from Idealista, Spain’s largest property portal, showed that in December 2022, 20% of properties listed sold within a week, 35%...

Pepper Advantage, a global credit intelligence company, has released data which points to potential future increases in credit impairments in the...

Quinta do Lago, the exclusive Algarve residential resort, has announced the property management of One Green Way Residences, under a new...

A new report, published by leading international property portal Kyero, has revealed that British buyers remain the biggest overseas spenders when it comes to buying...

Shakeel Adli is not your average property developer – first and foremost, he wants to give away half of his profits. And...

2022 was a year that presented an assortment of challenges for the commercial real estate (CRE) market; the aftermath of Covid-19,...

Research by Alliance Fund, the end to end real estate fund, has revealed that while Greater London may have seen the...

Andy Jones, Group Director, Corporate  & Build to Rent, Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Build to Rent (BTR) and more specifically, its regional...

Rental yields and tenant demand are holding firm for landlords’ property investments, however profitability of portfolios was slightly down on the...

Since the start of the pandemic, there has been a noticeable shift in the real estate market with 4,628 sales in...

Spanish property experts Sean Woolley from Cloud Nine Spain and Mark Stücklin from Spanish Property Insight have been sharing their thoughts...

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, this week released its latest Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q4 2022 rental yields across England...

The capital city’s super-top-end property transactions rose by 30% last year, and that is likely to continue in 2023. Multi-millionaires and billionaires...

International Off-Plan Property Consultancy, LH1 Global has launched The Residence. The renovated Regency-style Grade II listed building in Cheltenham includes 17 stylish one- and two-bedroom...

Where are the top locations for property investment in 2023? It's the question all existing or budding property investors will be...

It’s reasonable to say that the 2022 property market was unpredictable and a whirlwind (although we did make some good predictions!)....