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![New property investor service launched by high end estate agency](/upload/images/24%2003%2019%20%2001.jpg)
Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...
19 March 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
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![Packaged Living enters joint venture to develop BTR portfolio](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Specialist UK Build to Rent (BTR) investor, Packaged Living, has entered a new joint venture with USAA Real Estate (USAARE). The joint...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Four new acquisitions for 'revolutionary' property developer](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.png)
A property developer which describes itself as 'revolutionary' has increased its portfolio through the acquisition of four new sites located in Ipswich,...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTR investments showing no sign of decline in the East Midlands](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
In this guest piece, Anna Reed, data director at EG, outlines the latest on the BTR market in the East Midlands...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Alternative property investment firm unveils new Group structure](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/HunterJonesGroup-400x310.jpg)
Hunter Jones has revealed its new Group structure which aims to establish the brand as a leading consultancy for 'diligently researched and structured property...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Seven Sisters set for major regeneration as new vision outlined](/upload/images/Locations/SevenSisters-400x310.png)
One of London’s most neglected areas could soon see a high-quality new town centre after Haringey Council agreed to purchase land...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Castleforge - talking interest rates, BTR trends, data and rental reform](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Interview-Speaker-400x310.jpg)
In this Q&A, we speak to Adam MacLeod, partner at Castleforge Partners, for his thoughts on data-driven investment, the latest trends...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Urban Splash completes £28m worth of deals](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Urban%20Splash%20400%20x%20310.jpg)
The Urban Splash Residential Fund recently announced that deals worth £28 million have been completed in the first quarter of 2022. A...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Richard Bosson - 'Prime Central is absolutely crucial'](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Caudwell-RichardBosson-400x310.jpg)
Prime Central London (PCL) was hit harder by most than the pandemic, as international buyers stayed away (due to Covid travel...
23 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
![HUB and MARK agree on partnership for new BTR scheme in Birmingham](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/build-to-rent400x310.png)
Residential developer HUB and pan-European real estate investment manager MARK have acquired 2 Snow Hill Plaza in Birmingham from a global...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – from BTR portfolios to resi partnerships](/upload/images/library/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest development and investment news, featuring Avanton’s breakout into the BTR sector...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: UK PropTech investment hits record levels in 2021](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-Innovation-400x310.jpg)
Investment into the UK’s fast-growing property technology (PropTech sector) has reached record levels in 2021 and more than quadrupled since last...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors should expect rapid growth in holiday lets, say experts](/upload/images/library/HolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
Industry experts say there will be no slow-down in the rapid growth of the holiday lets sector. Travel restrictions during the pandemic...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Co-living scheme, housebuilding hiatus & construction milestone](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/York%20Way%20CGI%20400%20x%20310.png)
In this property investment roundup, PIT zones in on a new co-living scheme in Exeter, a potential halt in housebuliding and...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Roundup – MMC homes for rent and a new 28-storey resi tower in Birmingham](/img/default/pit.png)
The Urban Splash Residential Fund (USR) has announced a £25.8 million deal acquiring sustainable new homes created using Modern Methods of...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – new ventures, league tables and the stamp duty race](/img/default/pit.png)
This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the ambitious auction houses that are making great strides as we ease...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Going global – GuestReady acquires The Porto Concierge in Portugal](/img/default/pit.png)
Leading short-term rental brand GuestReady has acquired The Porto Concierge, the largest Airbnb management company in Portugal. Following its acquisition of BnbLord...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Survey – how is marketing viewed and utilised in the property sector?](/img/default/pit.png)
A new report based on research conducted in 2020 has been launched by The Property Marketing Strategists, a new venture from...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Avanton plans huge BTR growth; Red Loft marks major SE expansion](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading London investor-developer has revealed its plans to invest up to £500 million in strategic land acquisitions over the next...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – new BTR schemes in Birmingham and Hertfordshire](/img/default/pit.png)
Birmingham-based property developer Cordia Blackswan has officially handed over its Hockley Mills site to Legal & General (L&G) and Sir Robert...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property investment in 2021 – adjusting to new circumstances](/img/default/pit.png)
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
![BTR update – Goldman Sachs grows, L&G expands, new scheme in Brum](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the introduction of Lockdown 3.0, the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market shows no signs of slowing down, with acquisitions,...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The UK property market is in a state of flux. Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic has had a marked effect on landlords,...
16 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Why international investors are looking at UK’s tier 2 cities for returns](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK's second tier cities are very often more appealing to international investors in terms of guranteed rental returns - as...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Overseas roundup – from Portugal and Spain to Montenegro](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, interest in overseas property remains strong, even if international travel and tourism are currently very much...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revolutionising the prime market – one developer’s goal to shake up the system](/img/default/pit.png)
A residential property and design consultancy for the prime and super-prime London market is seeking to disrupt the traditional model by...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – should investors be building upwards?](/img/default/pit.png)
In his ‘Build, Build, Build’ speech in Dudley last month, Boris Johnson set out a number of radical planning reforms. This...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![A BTR mystery – what has happened to Atlas Residential UK?](/img/default/pit.png)
When putting together our recent three-part series on the Build to Rent sector, which concluded last Friday with a look at...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Equity and Capital Builds a £50m War Chest](/img/default/pit.png)
Equity and Capital operate as a Private Multi Family and Institution office in the UK real estate sector specialising in Build...
04 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Revealed: modern tech allows modular housing firm to continue working](/img/default/pit.png)
A modular housing developer has safely completed a housing development in Leeds and continues to work on six other sites across...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: what do Chinese residential buyers in the UK look like?](/img/default/pit.png)
A few weeks ago we looked at how a Chinese house-buying boom is on its way in the UK despite Covid-19. Here,...
11 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
![How is the Greek property investment market coping with Covid-19?](/img/default/pit.png)
The coronavirus pandemic is currently dominating all our lives, and is all anyone can really talk or think about at present. In the property...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Build to Rent boom – report shows investment soaring across Europe](/img/default/pit.png)
Investment in European multifamily (Build to Rent) markets throughout 2019 reached a near all-time high, according to JLL’s latest market insight. In...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![With Brexit upcoming, should UK investors be alarmed?](/img/default/pit.png)
In this guest piece, Yaroslava Tkalich, chief marketing officer of Smartlands - a global investment platform for the tokenization of real economy assets by issuing...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Atlas Residential looks to establish first ever global Build to Rent portfolio](/img/default/pit.png)
Build to Rent operator Atlas Residential has revealed that it will deploy $1 billion (£900 million) through its affiliate Atlas Residential...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Innovative student housing portfolio presents opportunity for private investors](/img/default/pit.png)
Connection Capital is giving private investors the chance to participate in a £10 million fundraise for a company that owns and...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Barcelona property expert confirms renaissance of city’s property market](/img/default/pit.png)
A Barcelona property expert has confirmed recent reports that Barcelona’s property market has firmly bounced back from the crisis surrounding the...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK Build to Rent investment transacts over £1bn in Q1 2019](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK Build to Rent sector (also known as multifamily housing in parts of Europe and North America) witnessed record levels...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit chaos pushes the number of Chinese buyers down](/img/default/pit.png)
The current uncertainty being caused by Brexit has had a clear impact on the number of Chinese residential acquisitions in the...
12 April 2019
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
![German firm aims to become WeWork of co-living with €1 billion investment](/img/default/pit.png)
A Berlin-based co-living service provider has joined forces with one of Europe’s largest real estate investment managers to assemble a €1...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Residential investment expert joins MyLondonHome](/img/default/pit.png)
A well-known senior figure in the Build to Rent and residential investment industry has joined Steven Herd and Andrew Griffith at...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Place in the sun ambitions rekindled by sterling’s improved performance](/img/default/pit.png)
The amount spent on European property by Britons has increased by two thirds. That is according to data released by international...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Cogress secures funding for new project in Finchley](/img/default/pit.png)
Property investment company Cogress has secured £1.6m to fund a new mixed-use property development in North London. Situated in Finchley, an area...
25 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investment in central London up 24% year-on-year](/img/default/pit.png)
Central London commercial investment levels hit £11.5bn during the first seven months of 2017, marking a 24% rise on the corresponding...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Together joins forces with Bamboo Auctions to finance online acquisitions](/img/default/pit.png)
With more investors than ever before now buying property online, specialist lender Together has teamed up with Bamboo Auctions, one of...
02 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![West One Loans reports record month, as more investors turn to bridging finance](/img/default/pit.png)
With a growing number of property investors using short-term bridging finance to buy property, June was a landmark for many specialist...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![The number of BTL landlords registering to buy property is down 30% y-o-y](/img/default/pit.png)
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
![London’s West End investment market dominated by £100m+ deals](/img/default/pit.png)
Property deals worth £100m+ are dominating London’s West End investment market at the moment, with ten deals of this size totalling...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Transaction volumes fall 3.2% in April](/img/default/pit.png)
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
![Buy-to-let lending for property purchase plummets 80%](/img/default/pit.png)
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
![Demand from investors leads to increase in bridging loans](/img/default/pit.png)
Demand for short-term loans continued to increase in the first quarter of the year, with more property investors turning to bridging...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rise in cash buyers due to ‘over-zealous’ lending rules](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a sharp rise in the number of home buyers using cash to buy property last year, with mortgage lending...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Gross mortgage lending in ‘neutral gear’](/img/default/pit.png)
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
![Fall in property sales threatens London’s status as economic powerhouse](/img/default/pit.png)
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
![UK commercial property is becoming ‘increasingly attractive’](/img/default/pit.png)
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
![International buyers routinely rejected for UK mortgages](/img/default/pit.png)
Overseas investors and British expats are finding it increasingly difficult to secure mortgages in the UK to fund property acquisitions, according...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Demand from property investors sees bridging loans surge](/img/default/pit.png)
Demand for short term loans continued to surge in the final quarter of last year, as an increasing number of property...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK shopping centre investment reached £3bn in 2016](/img/default/pit.png)
In the region of £3bn was invested into UK shopping centres in 2016 thanks mainly to a bounce back in activity...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Prime London land values fall sharply](/img/default/pit.png)
Land values in prime central London dropped by 10.3% in the year through to September, and are now at around the...
18 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Edinburgh property investment volumes soar](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a sharp rise in the number of overseas investors taking advantages of some ‘compelling income returns’ in Scotland,...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![New JV set up to acquire £100m of land](/img/default/pit.png)
Investment and development company Martin’s Properties and housebuilder BlackOnyx have joined forces to launch Obsidian Strategic – a joint venture (JV)...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![German real estate fund acquires retail properties for £120m](/img/default/pit.png)
ILG’s latest real estate institutional fund has completed the acquisition of six large-scale retail properties in Germany at a total volume...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Cash is king in London’s prime property market](/img/default/pit.png)
More than a third of prime London property acquisitions made by buy-to-let investors in the first quarter of the year were...
27 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Investor interest in buy-to-let nosedives](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a sharp fall in buy-to-let acquisitions following the hike in stamp duty for investment properties and second homes...
19 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Further acquisitions for property investment company](/img/default/pit.png)
Two more properties have been acquired by property investment firm Drum Income Plus Real Estate Investment Trust (DRIP REIT). The acquisitions,...
02 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Can landlords protect their profits in 2016?](/img/default/pit.png)
George Osborne’s recent tax reforms have sparked a surge in landlords buying property through a company in order to safeguard tax...