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

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

Landlords play a crucial role in providing safe and comfortable housing for tenants while also managing rental properties effectively. Staying informed...

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

Landlords are spoilt for choice, having seen the number of buy to let mortgage products increase by 8.8 per cent in...

An estate agency claims its research shows that fixer-uppers sell at only 6.2 per cent less than comparable ready-to-occupy properties. YOPA analysed...

New research from an over-50’s property company reveals that bungalow construction has dropped to account for just 1.2 per cent of...

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

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

Newcastle based property developer, Stripe Property Group, has highlighted how the North East has so far been left out in the...

The value of the UK's fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector has risen to £56 billion, up 60% from £35 billion...

Residential property developer and owner of Birmingham-based Cordia Blackswan, Cordia Group, is adding 500 new homes to the Budapest property market. Over...

Renters must be banging their heads against the wall by now as they are being pushed towards smaller properties and lower...

Hong Kong buyers currently have the biggest property footprint within the London market, new research from Benham and Reeves shows. The agent’s...

Russian residential property purchases contributed an estimated £190 million in market value and £13.2 million in stamp duty tax last year,...

While the level of new homes being granted planning permission dipped during the first year of the pandemic, this negative trend...

A housing development company wholly owned by Manchester City Council was formally launched late last week (Friday February 4) in order...

UK renters are forking out up to 77% of their monthly household income to get by in the UK rental market,...

The latest research by Unlatch has revealed how the new-build market looks based on the diversity of stock currently available to...

A leading Spanish home builder has revealed that more than half (54%) of Brits who reserved homes with the firm in...

The borough of Wandsworth sits top as London’s prime property hotspot over the last year, accounting for the highest level of...

New-build homes account for 6.5% of pandemic property purchases, new research from Unlatch finds. The new-build sales optimisation platform looked at the...

Research by Sequre Property Investment has revealed which cities are seeing the largest level of high yield rental homes. The buy-to-let (BTL)...

Land plots currently account for just 1.4% of for-sale stock listed on the market, yet demand is high, with 55% of...

In the final instalment of our Black History Month investor special, we speak to Roland John, co-founder of property information platform,...

The last auction roundup of October sees superb results for iamsold, Bond Wolfe and Sutton Kersh Auctions, as well as Allsop’s...

If seaside living is high up on your property wish list, the latest research by Warwick Estates could make your property...

With the Covid-19 pandemic and its subsequent lockdowns causing people to seek more spacious homes, coupled with the reduced need to...

Along with Japanese knotweed, it’s one of the issues that can have the biggest impact on a home’s value and ability...

Research by London South Bank University (LSBU) has claimed that the high-profile collapse of construction giant Carillion in January 2018 highlights ‘a culture of financial...

As a once in a lifetime event, the response to the pandemic has taken precedence over other global issues, including our...

Last week, Global Citizen Solutions – a boutique migration investment firm headquartered in Lisbon – held a webinar to discuss the...

A new thought leadership paper has looked at where, what and why Chinese high-net-worth-individuals (HWNIs) and investors are buying and developing in...

In light of the controversy surrounding cladding as of late, DBRS Morningstar has released a commentary titled ‘UK Cladding: Much More...

Having weathered the various challenges of 2020, showing its resilience and adaptability with companies surviving despite the difficult travel climate, the...

Over the last 10 months, we have seen a raft of changes to the planning rules in England. This has been...

From March 1 2021, HMRC’s new VAT domestic reverse charge for building and construction services comes into effect. With this in mind,...

Nottingham’s residential development, The Waterside Apartments, has opened its show penthouse and apartment to eager buyers. Boasting panoramic views of the River...

Research by high-net-worth mortgage broker, Enness Global, has revealed how the upper tiers of the French property market are currently tempting...

Two of Australia’s most popular cities - Melbourne and Sydney - are tipped for a Build to Rent (BTR) boom, according...

People thinking about Vilamoura might first and, in all likelihood, only think about the marina and the hotels, bars and restaurants...

Build to Rent (BTR) specialist Ascend Properties has forecast that completions in the sector will double by 2025, as the fast-growing...

Build to Rent (BTR) has been a growing trend in the UK for a number of years, but what about in...

New data has revealed that thousands of affected property businesses across the UK qualify to join a major High Court fraud...

When you're disposing of a property, you’ll have to take certain things into consideration, from choosing an estate agent to sell...

In recent months, we’ve covered a number of stories extolling the virtues of converting retail units to residential in light of...

With the staycation boom caused by Covid-19, which is likely to continue for the foreseeable future as travel restrictions remain for...

With the potential for restrictions to be in place on and off for many years to come, and the likely continued...

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the London lettings market in full force this month, accounting for 25% of all...

Londoners have enjoyed one of the most significant increases in ‘livability’ where the cost of renting and living as a percentage...

Following the recent introduction of a stamp duty holiday, property investors can remortgage to raise funds for future purchases. According to Paragon...

One of the UK’s leading Build to Rent providers for family housing has launched its private rental sector (PRS) market research...

Knowing exactly where you can go without having to self-isolate for 14 days upon your return to the UK will be...

Before the coronavirus pandemic took hold, there could be no denying that Build to Rent (BTR) was the biggest property market...

Spain has experienced one of the most severe lockdown regimes, with rules in place from March 15, subsequently affecting the country's...

Throughout the property industry, in response to the challenges posed by Covid-19, various webinars have been held offering top tips, guidance,...

A Chinese-led house buying boom is on the way in the UK, according to the CEO of Emerging Communications, a Chinese...

A leading Cypriot developer says it is still receiving daily enquires from Britain despite the Covid-19 crisis putting a temporary freeze...

A new report into technology’s involvement in the booming short-lets market has uncovered key tech trends being adopted by property managers. Rentals...

With the number of new homes registered to be built per annum in the UK rising by more than 80% over...

Auctions are becoming an increasingly popular way for people to buy and sell homes, but the process behind them - and...

The Balearic Islands remain a ‘safe haven’ for property investments, with the overall volume of transactions on the market levelling out...

The UK’s second city could see its Build to Rent (BTR) portfolio grow further after plans were announced for a new...

The amount of net income required to cover the cost of renting has increased 16.8% in the last two decades to...

It’s impossible to know for sure what the major investment trends will be for the next decade, but if recent trends...

It conjures up so many images – from that Sinatra song and the Statue of Liberty, to the bright lights of...

An ‘astonishing’ £10.7 billion’s worth of properties are sitting empty in London, according to new research by HomeProtect on unoccupied homes. The...

Police investigations into electricity theft are 13% higher this year than in 2018, according to Direct Line for Business. The insurance company...

With approximately 120,250 Chinese people living in London, accounting for 1.5% of the capital's population, and many young Chinese people coming...

The latest research from global real estate firm CBRE has revealed that the total institutional investment into multifamily housing (much more...

Roby.ai, an Articificial Intelligence (AI) assistant, has been launched in the UK property market. Thought to be an industry first, Roby.ai works...

Spanish luxury real estate agency Lucas Fox witnessed sales of new homes triple in the period from January to April 2019,...

New research by inventory and property compliance specialists VeriSmart has analysed the value of the English and London rental markets and...

Appetite amongst buyers for property in Marbella has strengthened over the last year, particularly in the prime and super-prime end of...

A property developer based in Plymouth has been handed an eight-year ban from running companies after failing to keep adequate records...

France has been revealed as the top choice of EU country for British emigrants when it comes to moving overseas with...

Activity of transactions in Scotland’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) exceeded £100 million in 2017, according to recent figures for GVA’s Student...

The Spanish property market continues to thrive, according to estate agency Lucas Fox, with sales of new homes in Madrid and...

The total value of privately owned properties in the UK has increased by £1.94 trillion over the last decade, surpassing £6...

Demand for Spanish property continues to increase, the latest market analysis from Lucas Fox has revealed. The number of Lucas Fox sales...

Central London commercial investment levels hit £11.5bn during the first seven months of 2017, marking a 24% rise on the corresponding...

Commercial property investment in the City of London last month totalled £2.1bn, boosted by the sale of the Walkie Talkie to...

The number of mortgages in arrears of 2.5% or more of the outstanding balance fell during the second quarter of 2017. This...

Soaring home values provided a major boost to Britons holding property assets in 2016 as they helped push the nation’s wealth through...

More than £1.bn was invested in the London hotel market during the first half of this year, which accounts for 55%...

Millennials are the generation born between the early 1980s and the early years of the 21st century, which means that at...

Equity release continues to grow among UK homeowners in the UK with activity hitting more than £700m in the second quarter...

Commercial property investment in the City of London reached £4.98bn in the first six months of 2017 – a 17% increase...

More than £2bn was invested into the UK hotel market in the first half of the year, according to the latest...

A new accounting, reporting and tax compliance service designed to help buy-to-let investors with their tax and regulatory landscape has been...

Residential property price in the UK rebounded in June after falling for three months, fresh data from Nationwide has revealed. House prices...

The government’s decision to drop significant proposals to non-domicile rules and inheritance tax changes to UK residential properties from the Finance...

More than a third of home sales fell through in the UK prior to completion during the first quarter of the...

International investors’ interest in UK food stores is likely to increase this year, according to a new Savills report, as the...

There was a surge in remortgage activity in 2016, which peaked in Q4, as more borrowers opted for longer term fixed...

There has been a significant fall in British demand for Spanish homes since the EU referendum, despite the overall Spanish housing...

Investment from China last year exceeded Singapore as the largest source of Asian capital in the global property market for the...

Investment volumes in London increased to £4.1bn in the final quarter of 2016, the latest Property Perspective report from CBRE shows.  The...

Private property investors, including buy-to-let landlords, who missed their self-assessment tax return payment last week and do not have a valid...

Demand for bridging loans surged last year, as a growing number of property investors turned to short-term finance solutions, which typically...