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![Property Investment Opportunity in Onshore Wind - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2136807021.jpg)
The commitment by the new Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to lift the onshore wind ban is set to ignite UK renewable investments. That’s...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let investors must factor in Labour's stricter energy rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EcoHome-400x310.png)
New buy to let investors are being advised to factor in the costs of stricter energy rules if Labour wins the...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Will Labour’s Rent Control Homes hurt London’s investment market?](/upload/images/24%2004%2016%20%2005.jpg)
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![How will the UK residential rental market develop up to 2030?](/upload/images/24%2002%2029%20%20%2004.jpg)
Zero Deposit has analysed historic rental data from the Office for National Statistics for each region of England, to forecast what...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Northern Town in Aggressive Campaign to win Property Investment](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2005%201%20Northern%20Town%20in%20Aggressive%20Campaign%20to%20win%20Property%20Investment.jpg/23%2009%2005%201%20Northern%20Town%20in%20Aggressive%20Campaign%20to%20win%20Property%20Investment__400x243.jpg)
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...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Don’t Write Off Office Space As An Investment](/upload/images/4%20MortgageCalculated(1).png)
New data from Rightmove and commercial property intelligence provider EG reveals that demand to lease office space is still higher than...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investment Hotspots of the Future identified by government](/upload/images/__thumbs/5.jpg/5__400x256.jpg)
Communities in Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley are the latest likely to benefit from thousands of new jobs and £1.2 billion...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPC legislation sparks transformation in commercial property sector](/upload/images/__thumbs/EPC%20legislation%20sparks%20transformation.jpg/EPC%20legislation%20sparks%20transformation__399x232.jpg)
The commercial property sector in England is in the midst of a seismic shift propelled by the introduction of stringent minimum...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Coming soon - British Land's apartments at Canada Water](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/canary.jpg)
Spring 2023 will mark the launch of The Founding at Canada Water. A collection of homes located among 160 acres of...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Energy efficiency mortgage discounts encouraging upgrades](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
New research from Shawnbrook shows that green mortgage discounts could be encouraging landlords to make home upgrades. These discounts can help...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Brownfield remediation: The Answer to the UK’s Growing Inner-City Populations?](/upload/images/Back-link-images/4houses.jpg)
The UK has seen a rapid uptick in its population over the last two decades. To put it into perspective, between...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - 500,000 mortgage applicants could be shut out the market by 2030](/upload/images/library/Mortgage-image400x310.png)
A significant nationwide study by leading specialist lender, Together predicts the UK specialist residential mortgage market will treble to £16 billion...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Tzvete Doncheva - talking PropTech, equality and LinkedIn tips](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyTechnology-1-400x310.jpg)
A few years ago, we carried out an interview with Tzvete Doncheva, who has become one of the most prominent PropTech...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Historic hospital development offers retail and café opportunities](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Hospital400x310.jpg)
Residential and commercial estate and letting agents in Sussex, Michael Jones Commercial, have been given the title as as sole agents on...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Major firms continue to invest in the PRS – what’s the latest?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
The UK private rented sector has become increasingly attractive to institutional, large-scale investors in recent years as returns on investment elsewhere...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Development – Canada Water reveals ‘once in a lifetime regeneration scheme’](/upload/images/Locations/CanadaWater-DockOffice-400x310.jpg)
The teams behind the regeneration of Canada Water have hailed the 53-acre masterplan as a ‘once in a generation opportunity’ to...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Green homes – three-quarters of councils say they need more help to reach net zero](/upload/images/Site%20logos/GreenPropertyPITlogo.jpg)
A recent survey carried out by strategic property advisers Cluttons and sustainability consultants AESG has found that the majority of 50...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![How developers can navigate electric vehicle charging challenges](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/ElectricCarCharger-400x310.png)
In this guest article, Isabel James, head of residential at Connected Kerb, one of the UK’s leading on-street electric vehicle (EV)...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why property services need to lead the charge in the green revolution](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyLightbulb-400x310.png)
The more the world learns about climate change, the more we realise that we all have a part to play in...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Water Neutrality – problems and solutions when it comes to development](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/build-to-rent400x310.png)
In this guest piece, Philip Allin, associate director at Boyer London, looks at the problems and solutions of water neutrality when it...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Net-zero insight: Maintaining a pragmatic approach](/upload/images/Site%20logos/GreenPropertyPITlogo.jpg)
In part two of her net-zero column, Frédérique Carrier, head of investment strategy at RBC Wealth Management, reviews some investment implications regarding net-zero and...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Net-zero insight: What will life be like in 2050?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/GreenPropertyPITlogo.jpg)
In part one of her net-zero column, Frédérique Carrier, head of investment strategy at RBC Wealth Management, explores some of the most eye-catching...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Warning – London needs 85,000 rented homes a year to meet targets](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.png)
The capital needs almost 85,000 new private homes a year to meet government housing needs, a new report has cautioned. The report,...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![More schemes underway – sustainable homes and PBSA in Notts](/upload/images/Site%20logos/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
This mini development roundup sees homebuilder Placemakers putting sustainability and profitability at the fore of its new scheme in Beulah Hill,...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Faster progress is needed to decarbonise the property sector – claim](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCRating-400x310.png)
The Chartered Institute of Housing’s (CIH) upcoming 2022 Housing Review shows the lack of clear government strategies and insufficient financial incentives...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Levelling up a damp squib for investors, says expert](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
Last week (Wednesday February 2), the government finally released its long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper, designed to help flesh out a...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – development sprees and a moment of firsts](/upload/images/library/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
In this week’s roundup, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest development news, from Downing’s development spree after a major...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Don’t lose sight of the ‘S’ in ESG: Why diversity and recruitment are key](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-Meeting-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Deborah Gray, founding director at Totum Partners, looks at why those operating in the property sector shouldn't lose...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![PBSA firm releases Net Zero Carbon Pathway](/upload/images/library/EnergyEfficientHome-400x310.png)
Unite Students, the UK's leading owner, manager and developer of student accommodation, has published its net zero carbon pathway. The pathway sets...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![How our homes and cars are driving the green transition](/upload/images/library/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
In this guest piece, St. Modwen Homes explores how homes will navigate the electric vehicle revolution and help our national environmental...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![‘Dodgy landlords’ likely to ruin COP26 agreement – claim](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnvironmentallyFriendly-400x310.jpg)
A lettings expert and tenant’s rights campaigner has warned that any progress on climate change as a result of the COP26...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![#BuildingToCOP26 – built environment unites like never before](/upload/images/Site%20logos/GreenPropertyPITlogo.jpg)
The built environment will play a key role at the upcoming UN climate change conference, COP26, which is being held across...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![The electric vehicle revolution: How our homes are driving the green transition](/img/default/pit.png)
Electric vehicles are driving the UK’s green transition, helping the nation on its journey towards sustainability and net zero emissions by...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![UK’s first mainstream zero carbon homes arrive – are they the future?](/img/default/pit.png)
A government-backed modular housing ‘pioneer’ has unveiled the UK’s first mainstream zero carbon home, which it claims can cut energy bills...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Update – future-proof homes in Bournemouth, Yorkshire and Scotland](/img/default/pit.png)
Simple Life has partnered with Vistry Partnerships and Wakefield District Housing to build 140 two and three-bedroom eco-friendly properties in the...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![An eco-boost – Lendlease and WorldGBC to create net zero built environment](/img/default/pit.png)
Lendlease, an international real estate and investment group, has partnered with the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) on its Advancing Net...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Can new-build homes lead the renewable energy revolution?](/img/default/pit.png)
In December 2015, the UK accepted the terms of the Paris Agreement. The accord recognised the growing threat of climate change...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Office to resi – City of London plans to convert offices into homes post-Covid](/img/default/pit.png)
In one of the clearest signs yet of an office to residential revolution, the City of London has revealed that it...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Dev roundup – major Liverpool and Wokingham schemes underway](/img/default/pit.png)
Multi-specialist banks Leumi UK and NatWest have teamed up on a 50/50 club facility to help deliver Galliard Homes’ Tottenham Court...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Roundup – Liverpool’s £100m waterfront project & new BTR scheme in Sheffield](/img/default/pit.png)
Liverpool-based global property developer Romal Capital has reinforced its commitment to Liverpool’s Central Docks by committing £100 million to transform the derelict brownfield...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight - why are international investors piling into the North West’s BTL market?](/img/default/pit.png)
International investors are increasingly focusing on the buy-to-let (BTL) property market in the North West of England, according to property investment...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property news – issues with regeneration and a multi-million Indian development](/img/default/pit.png)
In this news roundup, Property Investor Today explores how the government’s ‘build back better’ mantra is being thwarted by data issues,...
29 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
![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
![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
![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
![Senior living’s top providers start to boom, but faster growth is needed](/img/default/pit.png)
A law firm has said the value of the UK’s top 15 senior living providers has increased by 62% in the...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Where is best to invest? Top ten investment hotspots for 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
While 2020 has been a challenging year due to Covid, the property market has boomed, driven by changing priorities for homeowners...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Green homes - want to save the planet & improve your house using free money?](/img/default/pit.png)
I have been a developer and landlord for over 25 years and, for my sins, ended up owning an estates and...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Is this the right time to invest in property?](/img/default/pit.png)
Although the last six months have undoubtedly been difficult for many property investors and landlords for others this has been a...
28 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Lessons of lockdown – Places for a changing world](/img/default/pit.png)
As the UK gradually starts to emerge from lockdown, the reflective mood it has created is likely to continue in the...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Portugal investment – Finnish group commits €30 million to scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Ombria Resort – a ‘world-leading luxury real estate development in the heart of the Algarve’ – recently announced that Pontos Group,...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight – which developers are driving the Build to Rent boom?](/img/default/pit.png)
In part one, we looked at the major institutional investors ploughing money into the rapidly growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector. Here,...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![European student accommodation remains attractive post-Covid-19](/img/default/pit.png)
While Covid-19 continues to affect us all in differing ways, many countries in Central and Eastern Europe are tentatively lifting lockdown...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Green property – Legal & General boosts eco credentials with tech tie-up](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the biggest players in the burgeoning Build to Rent market has announced that it has taken a 36% stake...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investment futures - modernising for the millennial workforce](/img/default/pit.png)
Real estate investment firms face a range of day-to-day challenges as they consistently look for ways they can mitigate their risks...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![The eco-friendly revolution – how is the property industry going green?](/img/default/pit.png)
We’ve previously reported on everything from sustainable living developments to eco-villages, and recently covered a major trade body’s call for the...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - talking modular housing, sustainability and the self-build boom](/img/default/pit.png)
With the number of major modular housing providers in the UK increasing, and calls getting ever-louder for more modern methods of...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tomorrow’s property – could these be the investment homes of the future?](/img/default/pit.png)
The start of a new decade is a rich time for grand predictions to be made about how our homes will...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why 2020 could be a strong year for the UK’s PBSA sector](/img/default/pit.png)
A new student housing report from global real estate firm JLL has revealed that the outlook for UK PBSA (purpose-built student...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![London regeneration: what is the Canada Water Masterplan?](/img/default/pit.png)
In the latest part of our series on London’s regeneration hotspots, Property Investor Today finds out more about the dramatic plans...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Senior living – is it the next major property investment trend?](/img/default/pit.png)
Last month Property Investor Today attended AEW UK’S economic briefing on senior living to find out whether this could be the...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![What does France’s property market currently look like?](/img/default/pit.png)
Global property consultancy Knight Frank recently launched its Prime France Report, which revealed that British buyers now account for one in...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Andermatt is a hidden gem, says first British buyer at Swiss ski resort](/img/default/pit.png)
The first British purchaser of property at Swiss ski resort Andermatt Swiss Alps says she has been ‘blown away’ by how...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage debt for the over-65s set to double by 2030](/img/default/pit.png)
Over the past two decades, investing in residential property in the UK has been a relatively secure way to make money,...
04 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investor interest in commercial property is 'strong and growing'](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK commercial property market could see an exceptionally high amount of activity in the coming weeks as investors flood to...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![German property prices continue to boom as investors rush to buy homes](/img/default/pit.png)
A growing number of property investors are attracted by rising residential property prices in Germany’s main cities, supported largely by high...
15 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Crossrail 2: Property hotspots tipped for house price growth](/img/default/pit.png)
Crossrail 2 is coming to London! The £27bn project is now well underway, which will link Surrey to Hertfordshire via London...
14 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Allsop release July commercial auction catalogue](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop Commercial has released the summer catalogue ahead of its next London property auction in July, which will feature 174 properties. The...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Plans for almost 18,500 new homes in Redbridge discussed](/img/default/pit.png)
Councillors met last week to discuss a draft version of the Local Plan for housing in Redbridge which outlines plans for...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let investments in Germany are a boon for small budgets](/img/default/pit.png)
Property expert and managing director at Tranio.com, George Kachmazov, argues the benefits of low yield residential property for small budget investors. The...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices in London to hit £1m by 2030](/img/default/pit.png)
The average London home will cost more than £1m by 2030, according to new analysis, as a growing population and severe...
18 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![£1m homes to triple by 2030](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of UK properties worth at least £1 million is expected to more than triple by 2030, according to a...