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In this Q&A, Thomas Balashev – who has spoken previously of breaking into the old-money elite of prime London property despite...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The UK’s prime property market is evolving, rather than suffering, throughout the coronavirus pandemic, new data from wealth manager and private...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

To no-one’s surprise, there haven’t been petitions or concerted pressure from the public, MPs and trade bodies regarding the introduction of...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The annual price decline in prime central London (PCL) was 4.3% for the third consecutive month in January, while average rents...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

It goes without saying that 2020 was an incredibly eventful year for us all. The Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns meant...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Here, in this guide piece, the experts at Alexander & Co - a firm of chartered accountants in Manchester - run...
28 January 2021
From: Conveyancing, Mortgages, Tax & Finance

Following one of the most disruptive and challenging years in living memory, I have no doubt that many of those in...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News

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

Sometimes even seasoned investors will need guidance, help and assistance, particularly during times of crisis and uncertainty. With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Last week, Build to Rent (BTR) trade body UKAA and design and consultancy firm Arcadis hosted a Zoom webinar focused on...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

When Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave his Summer Statement last month, many people were surprised to learn that buy-to-let investors would be...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Interest in UK property from overseas buyers is surging as investors look to take advantage of the current stamp duty holiday...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Accountancy firm MJ Bushell says now is the perfect time for landlords and investors to consider property incorporation. Property tax specialists at...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Some four in 10 mortgage advisers expect to write more buy-to-let business in the next 12 months, according to Paragon Bank. The...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new report has found that the UK’s residential market is missing out on billions of pounds of potential investment from...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Investors buying homes worth up to £500,000 won’t have to pay stamp duty on these purchases until the end of March...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you? My name is Benjamin Hall and I’m the Founder and Managing Director of LOFT. What services does LOFT provide? LOFT delivers...
26 June 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

The coronavirus pandemic has had huge impacts on all parts of the property industry, with the market effectively on pause mode...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which is causing such destruction and disruption to all our lives, new tax legislation is still...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a huge impact on all our lives, with all schools now closed (other than for...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed in his first Budget plans to introduce a 2% stamp duty surcharge on non-UK tax residents. While...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

With recently released figures revealing Airbnb’s huge reach across the country and Build to Rent’s rapid growth, Property Investor Today analyses...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

With the Conservative Party winning a big majority in last week's general election, it will be expected to honour its manifesto pledge...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Overseas buyers may be faced with a relative drop in value of up to 30% in the event of a Conservative...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Conservative Party has unveiled plans for a 3% stamp duty surcharge for non-UK tax residents who are purchasing property, which...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Whether you’re a first-time landlord or an experienced one, there are frequent regulatory changes in the buy-to-let sector that you will...
19 August 2019
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You can earn good money from buy-to-let property. Over the last few decades, people have been investing in property to supplement...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Some 97% of property investors do not think the government is doing enough to support the UK property market, new research...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A Brexit-inspired holiday letting boom is expected to hit the South West this year, according to local holiday letting agency Bournecoast. The...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting a home can be an intimidating task if you’re doing it for the first time. You may have deliberately entered...
06 December 2018
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Brexit uncertainty is continuing to drive foreign investment in the UK, research by CashbackRemortgages.co.uk has claimed. A third of multi-million pound homes...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Even though the most recent Budget offered some welcome relief for landlords and the buy-to-let sector as a whole, there are...
23 November 2018
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Asking rents have reached a record high this quarter following an ongoing trend of fewer property investors purchasing buy-to-let properties, according...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The housing market is not set up for the increasing number of life-long renters, a property management company has claimed. DJ Alexander,...
07 September 2018
From: Breaking News

There will be a continued dampening of the buy-to-let sector over the next three years, before the market stabilises in 2021...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Attitudes towards being a landlord in the current economic and political climate remain optimistic, according to recent research from Your Move. Its...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News

New research by Gatehouse Bank has revealed that Winchester is home to the most vulnerable rental market as tax changes amplify...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Property is still top choice when it comes to long-term investment, according to findings from a survey carried out by Perrys...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Allsop saw strong results at its May residential auction despite growing wariness among investors across the UK. By close of business, the...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News

As the National Landlord Investment Show prepares to celebrate its fifth anniversary at Aston Villa Football Club on Wednesday May 16th,...
10 May 2018
From: 60 Second Interview

A property expert from Finchley-based Richard Anthony Chartered Accountants has warned potential investors to plan their investment with care. This comes...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Research by bridging finance lender mtf has found that a third of UK property professionals are set to expand their portfolios...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Private Finance’s latest buy-to-let hotspots analysis has revealed that Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best-performing locations for property investment, with...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Allsop Residential Auctions has taken a look back on a successful 2017 for the firm, when it raised a total of...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlords showed extreme resilience in 2017, new data has revealed, with 57% of the mortgage applications received by Accord Buy To...
12 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Bishop Fleming has called for the Chancellor in his next Budget to assist residential landlords who wish to downsize their property...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK is now the fifth worst country in Europe for buy-to-let investment, with average rental yields of just 4%. The findings,...
21 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Sales of buy-to-let properties continue to be driven by pension “pot hunters”, according to the latest findings from Sequre Property Investment. Sequre’s...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A number of buy-to-let landlords are turning their attention to student housing, which is regarded by many property investors as a...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Improvements to the existing stamp duty regime would significantly boost the number of housing transactions across England and Wales, according to...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A single mum who lived in a council flat with her newborn baby has been given a new £120,000 home for...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News

There was a marginal increase in the number of residential property sales in prime central London in the first half of...
03 August 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let property acquisitions, following the government’s decision to introduce the 3%...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A new ‘questions and answers’ resource designed to make it easier for those investing in property to understand their Stamp Duty...
13 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The government’s decision to introduce stamp duty land tax (SDLT) reforms 12 months ago has had an adverse impact on the...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Sterner affordability criteria, stress testing and more robust risk management for lenders seeking to underwrite mortgage contracts has left many property...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Property transactions fell in April this year, down 3.2% on March’s total, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue &...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market continued to fall last month as a result of...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The property auctions market continued to slow across the UK last month, with the number of lots offered and sold at...
27 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL this week – 28...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Gross mortgage lending held up relatively well last month despite a fall of almost 20% year-on-year, according to the latest estimate...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Residential property prices will surge by more than £50,000 over the next four years despite Brexit uncertainty, economists predict. The average UK...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Residential property sales across many parts of the UK will fall in the year ahead, especially in London, if demand for...
28 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Yesterday’s rather low-key Budget statement failed to mention the housing market as the government continues to bury its head on the...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Britain is a nation obsessed with property but experts have warned those thinking of investing in buy-to-let are facing headwinds that...
08 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK housing market remains remarkably solid, as reflected by the 4.9% increase in the volume of residential property transactions between...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Private property investors, including buy-to-let landlords, who missed their self-assessment tax return payment last week and do not have a valid...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Demand for bridging loans surged last year, as a growing number of property investors turned to short-term finance solutions, which typically...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Asking prices for homes in Britain have increased marginally in the last month, while demand on the house-hunting website Rightmove has...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty, sales volumes are rising in the central London prime property market as buyers look to...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Fewer people are expected to invest in residential property in 2017, as tax changes and economic uncertainty deter many property investors...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Homeowners and property investors in Greater London are facing steep falls in house prices as the slowdown in prime areas of...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A number of property investors, including buy-to-let landlords and property developers, are still unaware that they are liable to pay the...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News

While buying property in the UK has proved to be a lucrative move for many buy-to-let landlords, it is increasingly holding...
22 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A strong showing from private investors helped Allsop raise £61.1m at their November residential property auction, held at the Cumberland Hotel...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News

There was a surprise rise in UK home prices in October, despite the slowdown in the housing market in recent months,...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Residential property prices in the UK were unchanged in October compared with the previous month following 15 consecutive months of house...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of home sales fell sharply in the year to September, the latest figures from the tax office show. According to...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Investors, landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on London's ExCel on October 7 and 8 for the annual Property Investor &...
23 September 2016
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The UK's largest auction network, Auction House, says that the introduction of the 3% stamp duty surcharge in April has paved...
16 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Residential property prices in the UK dipped by 0.9% in July compared with a month earlier, despite a healthy rise in...
10 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of residential property transactions in the UK increased by 4.9% between May and June, according to new data from...
22 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Gross mortgage lending rose by 16% last month compared with May to reach an eight-year high for the month of June,...
22 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Residential property sales in the UK increased by 1.5% in May compared with April but the month’s seasonally adjusted figure is...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Residential property prices in the UK could fall by up to 20% as a consequence of the Chancellor George Osborne’s buy-to-...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Residential property prices in the UK fell by 0.4% in May, the steepest decline since November 2011, as the European Union...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News

House prices are still rising but surveyors are warning the market to be braced for a significant slowdown in the coming...
09 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Housing market activity in the UK remained healthy as overall valuation activity in May increased by almost a fifth on an...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Residential property auction sales remained relatively firm in April despite the introduction of the new stamp duty surcharge, according to official...
23 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Foreign investors are expected to push through deals for properties in the Australian state of Victoria before an increase in taxes...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Property investor Marco Robinson is offering fellow property investors an opportunity to win a buy-to-let property in Manchester worth in the...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Mortgage lenders are slashing the cost of buy-to-let mortgages in a move that will bring some relief to private investors eyeing...
25 April 2016
From: Breaking News

There was a sharp increase in the number of property transactions between February and March 2016 as property investors rushed to...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Last month was a good one for the UK property auction sector, which continues to attract a wide array of national...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News

There was a significant increase in the volume of buy-to-let mortgage products available in the UK in the first quarter of...
19 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Residential property prices across many parts of the UK look set to cool over the next few months amid ‘Brexit’ uncertainty, but...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News

As the deadline for stamp duty purchases before the 3% surcharge passed last night, it has been reported that investors have...
01 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Research by conveyancing experts My Home Move has revealed that activity within the buy-to-let and second home market has risen by...
18 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Increased activity from landlords and investors has pushed demand for property to a six-month high, according to the latest report from...