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![International lettings team aims to woo foreign investors](/upload/images/shutterstock_2295707641.jpg)
High end lettings agency Hamptons has launched a new international department to woo overseas investors and tenants seeking rental properties in...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![World’s Most Expensive Cities - London’s in the Top 10](/upload/images/shutterstock_74559973(1).jpg)
Perhaps unsurprisingly, London features in the top 10 most expensive cities in the world, slotting into eighth place. The ranking comes from...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Flipping Forward: A Data-Driven Approach to Maximize Profits in 2024](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/lendlord/Landlording%20101(1).png)
The savvy property investor knows the importance of adapting their strategy to the ever-changing market. In 2024, one strategy has emerged...
21 June 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Far East property investors wooed by UK estate agent](/upload/images/24%2006%2004%20%203.jpg)
High end and high profile estate agency Hamptons has entered what it calls “a landmark partnership” with Singapore Realtors Inc (SRI),...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Property investment service launched for global HNW individuals](/upload/images/24%2005%2010%20%2003.jpg)
UK Sotheby’s International Realty has launched The Family Office to provide global ultra-high-net-worth individuals and multi-family offices with investment advice as...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Social Housing specialist seeks investors to solve UK housing crisis](/upload/images/24%2004%2011%2003.jpg)
Citygate, a UK-based social housing investment firm, and UCEA, a third-generation Single Family Office, say they’re going to help solve the...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![How to Optimize Your Property Investment Returns](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/lendlord/Lendlord%20Article%202%2090x70px.png)
Maximising Returns: Use tech to make better decisions before acquiring your next property As property investors, staying ahead in today's competitive market...
15 March 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Investor Briefing - the market has turned the page says Hamptons](/upload/images/24%2002%2027%20%20%2004.jpg)
Hamptons head of research Aneisha Beveridge says the early signs in 2024 suggest that the market has firmly turned the page. She...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rich Pickings - Market boom for prime and super-prime property in London](/upload/images/23%2012%2028%204.jpg)
Investment returns and activity in London’s property market has been stronger than the rest of the country over the last 12...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![High end global residential investment still ahead of pre-Covid level](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2019%204.jpg/23%2009%2019%204__399x266.jpg)
Residential sales above US$10m in the 12 cities covered by the Knight Frank Global Super-Prime Intelligence Report totalled 422 in Q2...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![High Returns in High End Global Luxury Markets](/upload/images/4%20High%20Returns%20in%20High%20End%20Global%20Luxury%20Markets%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.png)
Rents in global luxury residential markets are continuing to see strong growth. The Knight Frank Prime Global Rental Index rose by 8.5...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Singapore nationals help to drive UK property market activity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
New research by Benham and Reeves, highlights that a supporting cast from Singapore is helping to drive UK market activity. The bonus of the...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTR growth - from Stratford and Sheffield to Reading](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/360x280_ARPM.png)
In this latest BTR roundup, PIT explores the opening date for a scheme in Olympic hub Stratford, work beginning on the...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: The secret weapon that will make your development a success](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyInvestment-400x310.jpg)
There are many shades on the ‘developing property’ spectrum, and for my money, one of the most attractive hues is a...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Four times higher! Overseas investors confessing to tax evasion quadruple in a year](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Calculator-PoundCoins-2019-400x310.jpg)
The number of overseas investors confessing to tax evasion in the UK has more than quadrupled to 338 this year from...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Perfectly on Kew – what is the latest with Apo’s plans to transform renting?](/upload/images/Locations/BrentfordFCView-400x310.jpg)
In November last year, we reported on the rental rooms with a view overlooking Brentford FC’s impressive Community Stadium. On a crisp,...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Chitra Stern: The balance of women in leadership is gradually changing](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/FemaleInvestor4-400x310-min.jpeg)
Off the back of International Women's Day, which took place on March 8 2022, Property Investor Today hears from Chitra Stern, co-founder...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong buyers dominate 17 London boroughs, study shows](/upload/images/Locations/Central-London400x310.png)
Hong Kong buyers currently have the biggest property footprint within the London market, new research from Benham and Reeves shows. The agent’s...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – from famous gym buildings to £1m farmhouses](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week is nothing but positive, with the release of Clive Emson’s diverse catalogue, impressive lots set to go under the...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![A rental room with a view! First glimpse of homes overlooking Brentford FC](/upload/images/Locations/BrentfordFCView-400x310.jpg)
The latest collection of 487 rental homes in Brentford, West London, has been revealed by Apo (a-part-of.com), the innovative new London-based residential...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental market rumble – London tenant applications double](/upload/images/library/Central-London400x310.png)
Tenant demand appears to have returned to the capital’s rental market as the pandemic freeze continues to thaw. Analysis from London estate...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Outer London - why it could be a boom town for 20 minute neighbourhoods](/upload/images/Locations/GreaterLondon-400x310.jpg)
One of London's leading property services groups has explored the most amenity-rich and walkable communities in Outer London in a report...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![China update – increased interest in UK resi buying and a demand bounce-back](/upload/images/Locations/ChinaUKInvestment-400x310.jpg)
Interest from China in the UK property is bouncing back, according to experts on the Chinese buying market in Britain. Domenica Di...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Japanese Knotweed cases increase by 28% in the UK](/upload/images/library/JapaneseKnotweed-1-400x310.jpg)
Japanese knotweed is detrimental to the property industry. It can reach up to 10cm a day in just 10 weeks and...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – where are the UK’s top 20 towns for second homes?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the recent staycation boom, which is likely to continue for future summers even as international travel opens up again, the...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development update – colossal schemes and a city within a city](/img/default/pit.png)
Scarborough Group International (SGI) has submitted two reserved matters planning applications and a revised outline planning application for the next significant...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sandstone - company launches fund across ten UK cities](/img/default/pit.png)
A UK-based private property investment and management company has launched the Sandstone Residential REIT, focused on traditional residential property across ten...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![The best global cities for remote working - study](/img/default/pit.png)
The Covid-19 pandemic has reshaped work practices around the globe. Since the huge shift to remote working, people have been able...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - how to pick the right property development project](/img/default/pit.png)
A small project in property development industry terms can be quite literally life-changing from a personal income point of view. But...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors - should Greece be back on your investment agenda?](/img/default/pit.png)
The outlook for Greece’s property market is buoyant, off the back of gradual lifting of restrictions and a surging vaccination programme...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – housing digitisation, women in property and the future of short-lets](/img/default/pit.png)
In this Q&A, Property Investor Today speaks to Vivi Cahyadi Himmel, co-founder and chief executive of PropTech platform AltoVita, on a...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Leading BTR brand launches 'bold and alternative' new scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Quintain Living – formerly known as Tipi and one of the best-known brands in the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) space...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Algarve investment – why golf resorts are fighting back as residential hotspots](/img/default/pit.png)
For many years, golf has been one of the biggest draws for those coming to the Algarve either on holiday or...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![The roaring 20s – will there be a return to the cities that never sleep?](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the strangest sights during the pandemic has been the image of some of the biggest, busiest cities in the...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![flatfair and Spike Global join to enhance BTR experience at Apo](/img/default/pit.png)
flatfair, the rental payments technology firm, has partnered with PropTech company Spike Global to further streamline the rental experience of tenants...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – How has Covid affected global housing market trends?](/img/default/pit.png)
Few places remain unaffected by the Covid-19 pandemic, with cases fluctuating across the nation, but still high overall. Domestically, as far...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Roundup: Brexit causes decline in homes for overseas firms plus co-living growth](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of properties owned by overseas companies in England and Wales has fallen by 4,000 since the EU referendum in...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – how the National Leasehold Campaign took the fight to leasehold](/img/default/pit.png)
The leasehold scandal has been one of the biggest topics of debate and controversy in the property industry in recent years,...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Free support for housing sector during Lockdown 3.0](/img/default/pit.png)
A free virtual house viewing package will be available to estate agents, sellers and property management companies thanks to a recently...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent changes – are landlords up to speed?](/img/default/pit.png)
In March 2020, the Home Office made a number of changes to the Right to Rent scheme to make it easier...
04 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Auction Roundup – remember, remember, the sales in November](/img/default/pit.png)
As we reach the end of October, Property Investor Today looks at how auction houses have been preparing for November auctions -...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Part 1: retail to residential – has John Lewis set a precedent?](/img/default/pit.png)
The high street was already struggling before the pandemic, but Covid-19 has perhaps sent it into terminal decline. High streets in major...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Singapore PropTech start-up launches first ever virtual property expo](/img/default/pit.png)
PropTech start-up MOGUL.sg and Singapore Land Authority (SLA)’s OneMap3D have announced the launch of Singapore’s inaugural 3D Virtual Property Expo. Running until...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – Luxury hotels and iconic partnerships](/img/default/pit.png)
This week, we provide a rundown of the latest auction news, from a one-of-a-kind hotel business site up for sale in...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Global super-prime property outperforming expectations](/img/default/pit.png)
Global super-prime property markets have performed strongly in recent months, despite the challenges of Covid-19 lockdowns. Knight Frank research shows that 153...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Inside the mind of a Chinese investor – what are they searching for?](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the current thawing of relations between Westminster and Beijing, caused by controversial new laws in Hong Kong (a former British colony)...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Think beyond your postcode: international supply is the answer](/img/default/pit.png)
Since lockdown, we have witnessed an increased focus on overseas properties, with many UK buyers using the extra time at their...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Philippines – does it make for the perfect post-pandemic investment location?](/img/default/pit.png)
It’s not a name that immediately springs to mind as a property investment destination, but the Philippines – the small collection...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Manhattan-inspired Salford development a hit with overseas investors](/img/default/pit.png)
A recently-completed £85 million development in Salford has been a huge success with overseas property investors. Downtown, six interlinked apartment blocks inspired...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Life after corona – what next for Chinese and international investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
A thought leadership article from UK-China PR agency 11K Consulting has revealed that a country’s healthcare system, air quality and food...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – Chinese interest in UK property soars despite Covid-19](/img/default/pit.png)
A Chinese-led house buying boom is on the way in the UK, according to the CEO of Emerging Communications, a Chinese...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Coronavirus impact – is it changing the makeup of overseas investors in the UK?](/img/default/pit.png)
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has had a dramatic impact on all of our lives, including those who operate in the property...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Emerging PropTech: work it harder, make it better, do it faster](/img/default/pit.png)
The promise of emerging technologies, championed by the most forward-thinking in the PropTech space, could have been inspired by nostalgic French...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - how big is the demand for British property from South Africa?](/img/default/pit.png)
Experience Invest, a London-based firm which provides property investors in the UK and overseas access to exclusive investments across a variety of...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Almost half of Victoria Point’s stylish apartments snapped up by young buyers](/img/default/pit.png)
Over 40% of the 216 luxury apartments at a prestigious new development in Ashford, Kent, have been snapped up by eager...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Sustainable homes in action – why housing is going green](/img/default/pit.png)
With sustainability and green issues becoming popular buzzwords in 2019, driven by an increasing awareness of the climate crisis, the school...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![London regeneration – historic shopping centre set for dramatic transformation](/img/default/pit.png)
In the final part of this series – which kicked off with an update on Battersea Power Station and has since explored everywhere...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb manager hits £1bn milestone – is the short-lets market now unstoppable?](/img/default/pit.png)
GuestReady Group, a leading short-term let and Airbnb property manager, announced this week that it has passed the milestone of $1billion...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Home of politics gets new luxury development](/img/default/pit.png)
A new luxury riverfront development in Westminster is now on the market with prices starting from £1.25 million. Marketed by estate agents...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![TfL announces new guidelines to curb short-let rental ads](/img/default/pit.png)
Labour’s London Assembly spokesperson for housing has welcomed new advertising guidelines published by Transport for London (TfL) banning adverts on its...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Eco-villages – will they soon be mainstream?](/img/default/pit.png)
Property Investor Today was recently invited along to the 150th anniversary celebrations of renowned constructor Sir Robert McAlpine, where we met...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![London regeneration – what is going on at Battersea Power Station?](/img/default/pit.png)
Property Investor Today recently went to discover the latest goings-on at Battersea Power Station, part of central London’s largest regeneration area. One...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Demand soars in France’s prestige property market](/img/default/pit.png)
The French property market saw a record 970,000 transactions in 2018, up from 564,000 in the depths of the financial crisis. The...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Will luxury renting replace home ownership for Generation Y?](/img/default/pit.png)
A report has asked whether luxury renting is the new home ownership for millennials, with the dying dream of home ownership...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Should you consider Asia for your next property investment?](/img/default/pit.png)
Estimates by BNP Wealth Management predict that by 2026, Asia will be home to over 35% of the world’s investable real-estate...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Purpose-built student accommodation sector to reach £53 billion in 2019](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK’s Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector is predicted to reach a total combined value of over £53 billion by...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Overseas investors boosted by Brexit uncertainty and weak pound](/img/default/pit.png)
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
![Britain the 16th most expensive place in the world for a city centre flat](/img/default/pit.png)
The average price for a two-bed city centre flat in the UK is £227,000, nearly £100,000 more than in Europe (£131,000)...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![House price growth increases but rate continues to slow](/img/default/pit.png)
UK national house price growth is on an upward curve, according to Carter Jonas. But it continues to slow with rates...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Strawberry Star secures GBP 260m Luton development mix-use scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Strawberry Star has announced that it has exchanged contracts on a major residential-led mixed use development scheme in Luton, Bedfordshire. Located close...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Research outlines where the world’s millennial millionaires reside](/img/default/pit.png)
Research has revealed there are more than twice as many millennial millionaires in US cities than anywhere else in the world. The...
24 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Singapore ranked as the best expat location yet again](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest HSBC Expat Explorer survey has revealed that Singapore is the top expat destination for the third year in a...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![London hotel market accounts for over half of total UK hotel investment](/img/default/pit.png)
More than £1.bn was invested in the London hotel market during the first half of this year, which accounts for 55%...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Chinese investors target Malaysia’s property market](/img/default/pit.png)
Property investors from China have replaced those from Singapore as the largest group of foreign property buyers in Malaysia, fresh figures...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Midlands Engine strategy will ‘provide a welcome boost for housing levels’](/img/default/pit.png)
The government yesterday launched its Midlands Energy strategy, which is expected to boost the supply of much needed new homes in...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property investment from Chinese investors overtakes Singapore](/img/default/pit.png)
Investment from China last year exceeded Singapore as the largest source of Asian capital in the global property market for the...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Overseas investors race to secure UK property bargains](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a sharp rise in the number of opportunistic foreign investors taking advantage of effective discounts caused by the...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Where in the world are house prices growing fastest?](/img/default/pit.png)
Global house prices rose 5.3% on average in the 12 months to September 2016, with Turkey, New Zealand and Iceland recording...
04 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Trevor Abrahmsohn - what to expect in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Trevor Abrahmsohn, director at Glentree Estates offers his thoughts on what property market trends we can expect over the coming year. 2016 has...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![New scheme boosts ‘investor confidence in London’s status as global city’](/img/default/pit.png)
A proposed 73-storey skyscraper looks set to become the tallest in the City of London after being given the green light...
29 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![U.S. home prices continued to increase in August, Case-Shiller Says](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the U.S. rose by 0.4% in August, and were up 5.1% compared with the corresponding month last...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Where are the Gulf’s wealthiest investors likely to invest next year?](/img/default/pit.png)
The property markets in London, New York and Singapore have been among the most popular international destinations for the Gulf’s wealthiest...
22 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Student property investors target homes in continental Europe](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a significant increase in the number of property investors acquiring student housing assets in mainland Europe, new research...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![The strongest global housing markets unveiled](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices continued to boom in some parts of the world, with the five strongest housing markets in Global Property...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Asia’s housing markets are now two-tiered](/img/default/pit.png)
Five of the eleven Asian property markets for which figures are available saw house price increases during the year to Q2...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Plans for London’s tallest office tower could be scrapped after Brexit vote](/img/default/pit.png)
Plans to build the tallest office tower in the capital could be abolished as London’s office market remains under threat following...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Where in the world are property prices growing fastest?](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices across the world increased on average by 4% in the 12 months to June 2016, with New Zealand,...
09 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Top global property investment hotspots unveiled](/img/default/pit.png)
Prime residential property prices across the world’s major cities increased on average by 4.4% in the 12 months to June 2016, with...
08 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Lewis Hamilton’s win in Hungary sparks worldwide tour](/img/default/pit.png)
Following Lewis Hamilton’s comfortable victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, we delve into the fast lane to take you...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Vancouver and Sydney lead the way in the global prime property price stakes](/img/default/pit.png)
Average prime property prices in the world's key global cities increased by 1.9% in the year to September 2015, according to...
06 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![London leads the world on prime property](/img/default/pit.png)
London is now the destination of choice for the world's richest investors, according to recent findings from high-end agency Knight Frank....
09 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Is the influx of overseas investors a good sign for local investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
I’ve seen a sharp rise this year in the number of foreign investors looking to establish a presence or even expand...