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It’s one of the best-known parts of West London, famous for its (now demolished) exhibition centre, its busy Tube station and...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A PropTech start-up launched in 2017 to make property investment less clunky and more inclusive has announced the launch of its...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

In this guest piece, Judith Tan, head of capital markets at EstateGuru, looks at how investors can hedge their bets against...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News

In this mini update, PIT takes a look at the latest in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) news, with Dominvs’ plans for...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A property developer and operator is aiming to have a major say in the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector, with...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Property investment will be the best-performing investment asset in 2022, making it the top pick ahead of cash, stocks and cryptocurrency,...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

In this mini update, Property Investor Today looks at the latest in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), from the locations with the...
18 February 2022
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In this latest Q&A, Property Investor Today speaks to Barry McKeown, real estate partner and head of Shoosmiths' Glasgow office, for...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News

This week’s auction roundup shows positive results across the board, with Auction House London, Clive Emson, Allsop, Auction House and SDL...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Goldman Sachs made the headlines after announcing a partnership with Urban & Civic to deliver hundreds of rental homes across the...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News

In this piece, Katherine Rose, managing director of VervLife, explains why Build to Rent (BTR) operators may want to consider switching...
29 October 2021
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This BTR roundup features an insight into the UK PBSA sector, good news for the London co-living market, and a brand-new...
25 October 2021
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As the property investment industry becomes ever more complex, it can be difficult for a first-timer to take the plunge and...
06 August 2021
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UK property finance platform CapitalRise has funded its biggest crowdfunding raise. Investors of the platform have reserved £6.4 million in finance...
28 July 2021
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Who are you? Peter Grant, founder and CEO of Sandstone Group (formerly Grant Property). Out of hours, my passions include skiing and...
27 July 2021
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Until recently, the world of buy-to-let investing has traditionally been dominated by men. Current figures, however, reveal women now make up...
12 July 2021
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In this guest piece, Stuart Williams, director of property investment firm Thirlmere Deacon, outlines the golden rules for armchair investing. Over the...
12 July 2021
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As a landlord or investor, yield is one of the things you will be most interested in to ensure you generate a...
02 June 2021
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This May Day Bank Holiday, PIT is running a staycation special series on a range of topics associated with a market...
03 May 2021
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Like all investments, buy-to-let property comes with many considerations but also plenty of opportunities. Off-plan property is an asset class that...
14 April 2021
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Over-55s used housing equity to clear more than £612 million of unsecured debt in 2020, new data from Key has revealed. Credit...
31 March 2021
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The Budget could leave many property investors and landlords ‘between a rock and a hard place’, according to Apropos. The letting firm...
03 March 2021
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2020 was a tough pill to swallow for Europe’s real estate markets as some segments were forced into extremely disruptive lockdowns...
22 February 2021
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A joint venture between Audley Group, Schroders Real Estate and Octopus Real Estate has secured a £47 million development loan for...
17 February 2021
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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
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Two of Australia’s most popular cities - Melbourne and Sydney - are tipped for a Build to Rent (BTR) boom, according...
15 February 2021
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In recent years, buy-to-let investors and landlords might feel as if they have been deliberately targeted, with changes to mortgage interest...
12 February 2021
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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
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In September last year, Hungarian-based property developer Cordia International acquired Birmingham-based, PRS-specialist developer Blackswan Property Limited. The Blackswan acquisition marked Cordia’s first investment in the UK market and is...
06 January 2021
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Purpose-built Build to Rent (BTR) housing is only a recent concept, with just over 51,000 dwellings completed across the UK as of Q3...
02 December 2020
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
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It’s threatened to be a thing for quite some time, but for one reason or another co-living has failed to catch...
04 November 2020
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In this guest piece, Max Shenkman, head of investment at Triple Point Social Housing REIT, outlines why social housing REITs are continuing...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News

DTZ Investors has forward-funded a 310-room co-living project in Earlsfield, in a deal requiring £70 million of total investment. The Collective, which...
12 October 2020
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With recent reports suggesting there’s been a spike in first-time landlords of late, a property investment expert has outlined why finding your...
02 October 2020
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Although the last six months have undoubtedly been difficult for many property investors and landlords for others this has been a...
28 September 2020
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Social and affordable housing provider Funding Affordable Homes (FAH) has secured a £16.5 million loan from Secure Trust Bank Real Estate...
14 September 2020
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Affordable housing is very often a thorny bone of contention. Arbitrary government targets are regularly missed and this part of the...
04 September 2020
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Delancey and Oxford Properties’ co-investment platform, Delancey Oxford Residential (DOOR), has raised further commitments of £260 million and £150 million for...
28 August 2020
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The founder of a property development company believes there is still money to be made in these difficult times, if the...
12 August 2020
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Now, more than ever, property investors will be seeking safe havens and thriving markets which promise strong and reliable returns. Could...
22 July 2020
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In one of the biggest signs yet that modern methods of construction (MMC) are going mainstream, NHBC, the leading warranty and...
20 July 2020
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Before the coronavirus hit, Build to Rent was without question the property market's fastest-growing trend. While, like all parts of the...
17 July 2020
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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

As the UK gradually starts to emerge from lockdown, the reflective mood it has created is likely to continue in the...
10 July 2020
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Despite the uncertainties posed by coronavirus for the higher education sector, new student accommodation developments are showing no signs of slowing...
01 July 2020
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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

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

With lockdown starting to ease, investors across the country will be considering their next steps and where might represent the best...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A regional property investment firm has released figures which suggest that there is still movement in the property market in the...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Build to Rent (BTR) was undoubtedly one of the property sector’s fastest-growing areas before Covid-19 took hold. But, like all other markets,...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

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

Women now account for 47% of the total 2.5 million buy-to-let investors in the UK, up from 46% in the previous...
06 March 2020
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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
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2019 brought with it much uncertainty, with falling property prices leading many to fear the start of a property price crash....
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

With an increasing number of mixed-use schemes and developments across the country - which typically combine residential, retail, leisure and entertainment...
24 January 2020
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Welcome back to Women in Property Investment (or WIPI), where we focus on inspiring women who are making their mark in...
17 January 2020
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Octopus Real Estate, working alongside Cardiff-based brokerage Pure Commercial Finance, has completed the £28.3 million refinancing of UK Regeneration’s 970-acre development...
15 January 2020
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Co-living is currently a nascent market in the UK – still highly niche, albeit growing – but there are signs that...
20 November 2019
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Property Investor Today has previously looked at how Smartlands became the first company to tokenize property in the UK and asked whether fractional ownership and...
20 November 2019
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In recent weeks we have featured articles on the investment potential of retirement living and care homes. Here, Alex Pelopidas - partner at...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Real estate is set to remain an attractive investment asset in 2020 despite strong political and economic headwinds, the latest research...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Last week we explored whether senior living - a rental model aimed at the over-75s - could be the next major property...
04 November 2019
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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
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In a further sign of its growing strength as a market, more than £2 billion was invested into the UK’s Build...
28 October 2019
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Following the official launch of PropElle, the women-centric network for property investment, founder Ayesha Ofori tells Property Investor Today what it...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

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

An online auctioneer, BidX1, has announced the launch of its global digital property marketplace. The platform expects to sell 2,000 properties with...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Property Investor Today has covered the work of Smartlands - the first regulated blockchain-based crowdfunding company in the UK, and the...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Property in prime central London (PCL) has outperformed a range of other asset classes (including gold, farmland, antique jewellery and the...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A new, unique platform for crowdfunding investment was recently launched by Smartlands, with the company becoming the first to tokenize property...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Some 73% of buy-to-let investors considered property as the best, least volatile long-term investment when compared to all other asset classes,...
03 July 2019
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Property investment platform Propio.com is set to launch a property ISA ahead of its April deadline. Part of a new breed of...
01 March 2019
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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
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Buy to let income for landlords living in London reached £7 billion in the last tax year, according to estate agent...
05 December 2018
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The outlook for property investment in the UK remains positive, despite the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Brexit negotiations. That’s according to a...
12 September 2018
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The latest research from Octopus Choice suggests that Britain’s buy-to-let landlords are divided over their future, due to recent tax and...
05 September 2018
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The latest Network Auctions event, which took place on July 12 in London, raised a total of £8 million. Sold lots covered...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of buy-to-let investors in the UK reached a record high of 2.5 million in the latest tax year, up...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

International property consultancy and estate agency Knight Frank has revealed that it has strengthened its Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) business...
13 April 2018
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Fresh research examining the movement of prime residential prices in the world’s top cities since the start of the financial crisis,...
23 March 2018
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
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LendInvest, the UK online platform for property lending and investing, has listed a £50m retail bond on the London Stock Exchange’s...
11 August 2017
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The UK will remain a property safe haven despite the upcoming general election and Brexit, new research shows. The study of 1,100...
24 May 2017
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Investors, landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on London's ExCel on April 28 and 29 for the annual Property Investor &...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News

There is nothing that markets dislike more than uncertainty and surprises, and the Brexit vote unleashed considerable forces of uncertainty. But...
23 March 2017
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The average price of a home in central London hit a new high of £1,818,262 in 2016, thanks largely to a rally...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Despite initial concerns that a Brexit vote might lead to significant falls in capital values, the latest research by Savills shows...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been a sharp rise in the number of students living in private sector purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in the...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Rental prices are continuing to race ahead across some of Spain’s main cities, led by gains in Barcelona and Madrid, where...
06 February 2017
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Central London’s office investment market has had another strong year with total turnover for 2016 expected to reach in excess of...
05 January 2017
From: Breaking News

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
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The surprising political events of 2016 will lead to greater ‘caution and risk aversion’ among property investors in 2017, making secure...
17 December 2016
From: Breaking News

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

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

International investors accounted for 78% of the commercial property acquired in central London in the last three months, as the fall...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Investor interest in Ireland’s commercial property market is growing, with many investors now looking beyond Dublin to the country’s provincial markets,...
04 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Farmland values in England have stabilised after falling at their fastest pace in at least 12 years, but the long-term direction...
13 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Demand for residential properties unsurprisingly fell in April following the introduction of higher stamp duty for buy-to-let and second home buyers,...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK's student numbers have been growing for the past few years, despite an initial slump in the wake of the...
04 March 2016
From: Breaking News

It has been revealed that residential property investment in England and Wales has massively outperformed other major asset classes over the...
08 January 2016
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London-based property investment consultancy Experience Invest has created a new investment opportunity in Luton. With demand for student accommodation increasing year...