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Property Investor Today has covered the work of Smartlands - the first regulated blockchain-based crowdfunding company in the UK, and the...

The seemingly relentless expansion of the Build to Rent sector across the UK shows no signs of slowing down, with the...

London is now one of the most dynamic cities on the continent when it comes to investment in Build to Rent...

Earlier this month Property Investor Today looked at how Smartlands became the first company to tokenize property in the UK. And...

There has been a surge in the number of Hong Kong residents travelling to London to invest in residential property, according...

A female property investment network, the PropElle Network, has been launched to empower historically underrepresented groups. Introduced by leading female entrepreneur Ayesha...

A new, unique platform for crowdfunding investment was recently launched by Smartlands, with the company becoming the first to tokenize property...

Global investment into purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) reached a record $16.3 billion in 2018, surpassing the previous high of $15.9 billion...

The Tenant Fees Act, better known simply as the tenant fees ban, is coming into force from June 1 2019. It...

The UK Build to Rent sector (also known as multifamily housing in parts of Europe and North America) witnessed record levels...

The French property market saw a record 970,000 transactions in 2018, up from 564,000 in the depths of the financial crisis. The...

Some 39% of UK landlords and investors are planning to increase the size of their portfolio over the next 12 months,...

Property investment platform Propio.com is set to launch a property ISA ahead of its April deadline. Part of a new breed of...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on its first Build to Rent (BTR) scheme in Scotland. In a bid to meet the...

Legal & General has recently exchanged contracts on a new Build to Rent (BTR) site in Chelmsford City Centre on behalf...

Property Partner, the property investment platform launched in January 2015, recently announced the sale of two properties, generating returns of up...

A Berlin-based co-living service provider has joined forces with one of Europe’s largest real estate investment managers to assemble a €1...

Over the course of this year, the economy of Cyprus has begun to stabilise and confidence started to return to the...

Two new Build to Rent schemes are set to be built in Manchester and Liverpool after a deal was agreed between...

UK investors have recently taken a greater interest in opportunities abroad which promise cheaper entry prices and higher rental returns on...

An increasing number of buyers are looking at Italy as the perfect retreat abroad, according to the monthly report carried out...

Tell us about yourself? I’m currently the founder and director at online credit broker and comparison site Lending Expert which includes our second charge...

The latest Acuitus auction achieved a success rate of 80% and the sale of £37.3 million of assets. Earlier this year, the...

Property is still top choice when it comes to long-term investment, according to findings from a survey carried out by Perrys...

Acuitus saw another successful auction with nearly a third of the lots sold achieving yields of 6% or lower as investors...

Allsop’s first residential auction of 2018 raised over £75 million, with the sale success of high value lots helping to boost...

Online auction house BidX1 has launched its first UK online auction after its acquisition of auctioneer Andrews & Robertson as part...

With over €297 million worth of loans arranged by international mortgage broker, Enness, in 2017, France is becoming one of the...

MercyCrowd has become the first international platform to enable investment in buy-to-let properties. With an aim to safeguard investors from negative leverage...

Investors could have seen their buy-to-let (BTL) returns increase by as much as 1,131% over the past two decades, according to...

Allsop’s upcoming residential auction will see 229 lots auctioned at The Cumberland Hotel on Great Cumberland Place on September 14. Following a...

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...

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

There has been a sharp rise in amount of money Asian investors, particularly from China, are investing in London’s commercial property...

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%...

Australia has added more measures to curb speculation on residential properties in an effort to curb rising home prices and help...

The average value of bare agricultural land in England and Wales fell by 1.7% to £7,313 an acre in the second...

Property investors acquiring commercial property in London’s West End continue to target ‘trophy’ assets, with around £3.9bn spent on properties in...

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

With the general election behind us, investors turned out in high numbers last week as Allsop held its latest commercial property...

The average lot size for commercial property investments in the City of London reached almost £110m last month, up 52% on...

BrickCoin, a blockchain financial platform backed entirely by Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) has unveiled its vision for a ‘real estate-backed’...

After calling a surprise snap general election in a bid to increase her party’s majority in the House of Commons and...

Investors continue to snap up residential properties across the country, but will mainly only commit to deals that they perceive to...

Strong investor interest in good quality, long term assets helped Allsop raise £94m at its third commercial auction this year. The auction...

Allsop’s upcoming residential auction, which will take place next week at The Cumberland Hotel in central London, will feature 292 lots,...

Allsop’s third commercial auction of the year on 23 May at The Berkeley in Knightsbridge, SW1, will see 179 lots offered,...

The average deal size in London’s West End hit a new quarterly record of £86m in the first quarter of 2017,...

The size of the retirement lending market in the UK looks set to soar over the next 10 years as lending...

A commercial property in the heart of London’ West End which is occupied by Pizza Express has been snapped up by...

The debate between property or pensions has been discussed for many years, with the changes to mortgage interest and finance costs...

Almost two-thirds of property investors now rate new and upgraded rail and tram links as providing the most attractive property investment...

Average UK prime yields sharpened to 4.79% in February 2017, with the UK now in the longest sustained period of decreasing...

High demand from national and international investors for strong performing assets across all property sectors helped Allsop raise more than £87m...

From the vantage point of the rostrum, in unprecedented economic times with historically low interest rates and persistently low inflation, the...

It has been confirmed that the probate fee structure is set to change in May 2017 to a tiered system whereby...

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon may be making plans to hold a second Scottish independence referendum, but property investors are not deterred...

The government yesterday launched its Midlands Energy strategy, which is expected to boost the supply of much needed new homes in...

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

Britain is a nation obsessed with property but experts have warned those thinking of investing in buy-to-let are facing headwinds that...

A growing number of Chinese investors are shunning the U.S. property market, deterred by President Donald Trump’s stance on protectionism, while...

A significant increase in overseas investment in UK regional property was one of the main drivers behind the strength of the...

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

Despite initial concerns that a Brexit vote might lead to significant falls in capital values, the latest research by Savills shows...

Overseas investors and British expats are finding it increasingly difficult to secure mortgages in the UK to fund property acquisitions, according...

Strong demand for retail property from investors helped Allsop raise £57.7m at its first commercial auction of the year last week,...

The core US property market has produced its lowest annualised return since 2009, fresh data from the National Council of Real...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of students living in private sector purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in the...

European property markets finished 2016 strongly, experiencing both improving fundamentals and further yield compression, according to Savills. Savills Investment Management transacted €5bn...

Despite having to endure a 40% hit in profits from his enormous property empire, mainly based in and around London, 69-year-old...

Retail property is currently one of the hottest sectors in demand from investors as they seek higher yielding assets that are...

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

Allsop’s final commercial auction of the year will see 237 properties located throughout the UK go under the hammer, with guide...

Property prices in Spain will increase by an average of up to 6% per annum over the next three years, according...

World trade markets plunged after billionaire property developer Donald Trump won the US election and is now set to become the...

You may have to pay capital gains tax if you make a profit when you sell property that is not your...

Allsop raised more than £115m at its commercial auction held in central London this week, which was the most sold in...

There has been a significant increase in the number of property investors acquiring student housing assets in mainland Europe, new research...

Major changes in the makeup of the portfolio of rural estate income in recent years is now probably more important than at...

International investors accounted for 78% of the commercial property acquired in central London in the last three months, as the fall...

The UK commercial property market could see an exceptionally high amount of activity in the coming weeks as investors flood to...

Plans to build the tallest office tower in the capital could be abolished as London’s office market remains under threat following...

A significant drop in the value of sterling has seen a number of Europeans move to secure UK property investments while...

ILG’s latest real estate institutional fund has completed the acquisition of six large-scale retail properties in Germany at a total volume...

A property firm specialising in buy-to-let investment says that despite the negative headlines surrounding Britain's impending exit from the EU, the...

With the outlook for savers looking grim, almost half of over 45 year-old homeowners - equivalent to just over 6m UK...

In future only investors with hefty deposits will qualify for mortgages to acquire property in New Zealand under tough new restrictions...

Investors may have been have been barred from cashing in their assets in several big commercial property funds in recent weeks...

Residential property prices increased at their fastest annual pace in four months in July, but the early impact of Brexit has...

International property investors are poised to pile into the UK and take advantage of favourable buying conditions by snapping up a...

The world’s wealthiest people have seen their fortunes take a major hit by the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. Gripped...

Within hours of the EU votes being counted last week, London Central Portfolio (LCP) released a statement urging investors to consider...

The European Commission (EC) has not yet taken any decision regarding the capitalisation of Portuguese state-owned bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos. Portugal’s...

Up to £900bn worth of property investment in this country will be at risk of harm if the UK votes to...

Mortgage rates in the UK could increase in the short-term if Britain votes to leave the European Union, according to the...

Investor appetite continues to grow for most commercial property markets across Europe despite a sharp drop in the total investment volume...

Northern Ireland’s commercial property market has enjoyed a strong start to the year thanks in part to healthy investor demand for...

A report recently released by Royal London revealed that Brits earning the national average wage of £27,600 a year who saved...

The property wealth of the over-65s has grown by almost £13.7 billion in the past three months. This comes as rapidly...

A joint venture between Legal & General Capital (LGC) and Dutch pension fund manager, PGGM, has completed the purchase of a Build to Rent...

Property investor M&G Real Estate bought and sold £4.2 billion of property in 2015, taking the total level of transactions to...

Property investment firm Circle Property has announced its decision to float on the London Stock Exchange. The company, which owns a number...

The latest research from estate agency Carter Jonas has revealed that investment volumes in UK commercial property are set to pass...

More than 300 acres of land owned by Transport for London (TfL) will be made available for the building of homes,...

Research conducted by financial consultancy Key Retirement has revealed that UK pensioners have earned average returns of £3,725 over the past...

Student property is currently the UK’s best performing asset class, with over £4 billion invested into the sector in the first...

One of the world's best-known investment management firms and a premium developer have announced the completion of a deal that will...

Q: Who are Mayfair & Morgan? Mayfair & Morgan is a property Crowdfunding company which specialises in Property Portfolio Management, undertaking development...

Recent research has revealed that more than half of landlords are looking to expand their property portfolio in 2015. This is...