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Birmingham council, which last autumn declared itself effectively bankrupt, has instructed retained auctioneers Bond Wolfe to put 29 disused properties, investments,...

A chronic mismatch between supply and demand has been the defining feature of the private rental market for three years.  UK rents...

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - but just as it has done this, it’s revealed asking prices have dropped...

It’s not often you can say the property market was stronger in November than in September, but it was this year....

It’s been a much better year than many analysts expected says Rightmove - despite this month’s dip in asking prices. New seller...

The average sale price of completed home transactions using cash or mortgages in England and Wales in October 2023 fell by...

Savills is warning that the average UK house price is projected to fall by a further 3.0 per cent in 2024...

Knight Frank says the seasonal autumn bounce has failed to materialise in the UK housing market this year. It was a...

Buy to let investors keen to bag a bargain will be interested to know that over a third of homes now...

Construction industry insight and intelligence consultancy Glenigan has produced its industry forecast for the next three years - and in a...

Rents in global luxury residential markets are continuing to see strong growth.  The Knight Frank Prime Global Rental Index rose by 8.5...

Staycations aren’t just for summer, as people look to get away during the winter months for city breaks, celebrating the festivities...

Despite the relative buoyancy of the housing market activity over the summer – the recent spike in mortgage rates for new...

The UK’s buy-to-let market has changed beyond recognition over the last few years and with a recession on the horizon, landlords...

New data from Knight Frank has been released to help understand what to expect from the property market this autumn. August saw...

A new market analysis from Benham and Reeves shows that property prices remain on the incline. The lettings and estate agent...

The UK private rented sector has become increasingly attractive to institutional, large-scale investors in recent years as returns on investment elsewhere...

In a week of blazing weather, PIT shines a light on the latest auction news, from a new property auctioneer coming...

One of Europe’s biggest transport infrastructure projects is finally set to open later this month after many years of delay and...

In this guest piece, Philip Allin, associate director at Boyer London, looks at the problems and solutions of water neutrality when it...

Wise Living has announced it will be delivering nearly 90 new 'quality' rental properties across two schemes in Mansfield, which will...

This mini development roundup sees homebuilder Placemakers putting sustainability and profitability at the fore of its new scheme in Beulah Hill,...

A construction output report has revealed that the value of underlying work commencing on-site has fallen 15% in the three months...

Both Boris Johnson and Michael Gove made Tory conference speeches pushing housebuilding on brownfield sites up this government’s agenda. With funding...

New analysis carried out by Knight Frank has highlighted the areas which have seen the biggest increase in the value of...

At various points throughout the pandemic, we have posed the question as to whether the UK’s major auction houses will return...

London Home Show, an event for first-time buyers, will be held on September 18 2021 in the capital. The show will take...

Property investment firm Advantage Investment explores why the UK staycation boom is providing the best opportunities for investors. The travel restrictions and...

After much anticipation, many British citizens are hoping to soak up some sun in their dream destination. The foreign travel ‘traffic...

Knights Quarter, the brand-new development in the heart of Winchester, is offering an ‘exciting’ investment opportunity with a collection of apartments,...

A campaign against major development changes to the area surrounding South Kensington station in Central London has secured a major win in...

With Portugal on the UK’s green list and slowly reopening to British (and other) holidaymakers, the country is likely to be...

The City of Helsinki – the local authority for Finland’s attractive coastal capital city – recently announced a competition that invites...

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and the start of the first lockdown in March 2020, major auction houses up...

The Florida property market has seen a rise in sale prices for 112 consecutive months, and with lower mortgage interest rates...

Two already popular parts of South London – Oval and Kennington – are set to be even more in-demand as a...

Places undergoing significant regeneration are often appealing to investors for the potential strong rental returns and high capital growth they promise...

With restrictions starting to ease as part of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, and the vaccine rollout going well, there...

2020 was a tough pill to swallow for Europe’s real estate markets as some segments were forced into extremely disruptive lockdowns...

Fine & Country Portugal is currently running a series of webinars entitled ‘Your Second Home’, covering various topics related to the...

Ambitious plans for a ‘ground-breaking’ cohesive-use scheme at Nottingham’s The Island Quarter development have been submitted. The latest phase – which is...

With 2020 wrapped up and many anticipating the year ahead, Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, provides commentary...

Although it’s been said quite a lot this year, 2020 has been an unprecedented year in history and one in which...

Like many other sectors, auction houses have headed exclusively online during the pandemic - and have made a huge success of...

French ski resorts will remain closed this Christmas to stop the spread of Covid-19, but one ski expert believes buyer demand...

As we get ever closer to leaving 2020 behind (and many might be happy to write this year off entirely), thoughts...

October was a fruitful month for auctioneers, with iamsold, Auction House and Strettons seeing good results from their most recent sales....

The Virtual Homebuilding & Renovating Autumn Show is making a 'flashy comeback' this weekend following a successful virtual summer event, where 70% of...

Demand for viewings at Trent Bridge Quays, Elevate Property Group’s luxury development in Nottingham, has surged after a series of ‘hard...

With the UK’s official departure from the European Union due to take place on December 31, Chris Nye, editor at Property...

It’s an eternally popular destination for Brits to holiday, invest and even live in, but why is France becoming an ever-more...

On June 23, the day that Boris announced July 4 as the date for the easing of lockdown in England, Sykes...

Unite – one of the largest providers of student beds in the UK – recently announced the successful completion of the...

As lockdown measures across Europe continue to ease, many investors will be thinking about their next move. With this in mind, we...

Planning permission has been received from Westminster City Council for Mayfair’s first ‘Covid-19 compliant’ mixed-use development. The scheme at 82 Mount Street,...

Lok Developments, part of Newcastle-based property, construction and development firm Morton Group, has completed a £17million refinancing deal for its luxury...

It’s a question many of us will have been asking ourselves when, during these lockdown times, we are all being asked...

Developers have worked with Bristol City Council to ensure The Chocolate Factory in Greenbank, Bristol, will have a thriving community and...

Over 40% of the 216 luxury apartments at a prestigious new development in Ashford, Kent, have been snapped up by eager...

Britain has faced a challenging winter so far. Flooding has affected most parts of the country, submerging entire villages and forcing...

More than half (59%) of people believe that staying in the EU would be ‘the most advantageous outcome’ to London development...

Portsmouth-based agency NEXA Properties has released its latest report on the city which analyses how its property market is currently functioning. The...

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...

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

While Guy Fawkes Night went off with a bang this week, Clive Emson Auctioneers reported sales in excess of £17 million...

With condensation more likely to be an issue in the autumn and winter months, Tom Swallow, sales director at Quickslide, outlines...

Average house prices in England and Wales are set to see an average 0.9% monthly drop over the next three months,...

Activity among property sellers dipped last month, according to the latest Property Supply Index from Housesimple. During August there were 51,809 new...

On Wednesday, it was announced by the government that it is launching a review of the high-speed rail link HS2, which...

Following our piece on the ongoing works at Battersea Power Station and its environs, Property Investor Today this time explores the...

Mulberry Cottages has announced the expansion this autumn of its free ‘Holiday Let Masterclasses’ for prospective buyers across the South of...

The London development industry is unconvinced that the latest Brexit extension will help solve the current impasse in the House of...

It's been a buoyant start to the year for the auction market, with SDL Auctions’ sales being accompanied by TV crews and Clive Emson...

The property and development industry in London remains unimpressed with central and local government when it comes to enabling development activity. That’s...

Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers is preparing for its final auction of the year, where it will offer a host...

Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers raised £28 million from 180 lots catalogued for its autumn auction. Its penultimate auction of 2018...

Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers has seen a record 180 lots listed for its autumn sale. The seventh of eight sales...

The property market was given an early autumn supply boost, according to the latest Property Supply Index put together by online...

The decline in the value of properties in the capital could potentially come to a halt as early as autumn 2020. The...

New research has revealed that average rental growth around the stations of the Elizabeth Line (excluding zone 1) has been more...

The first Croydon Property Show will be held this autumn and will highlight all that’s on offer to property hunters across...

The London Homebuilding & Renovation show is set to return to London this autumn. The event, which aims to equip and upskill...

Legal & General has agreed to fund the development of two high-quality student accommodation blocks which have been pre-let to the...

Strawberry Star has announced that it has exchanged contracts on a major residential-led mixed use development scheme in Luton, Bedfordshire. Located close...

More than £7 million is being ploughed into a new housing estate in Sunderland, giving hope to eager first-time buyers looking...

The government is awaiting responses from anyone with evidence on rent-a-room relief following its announcement to better target it towards longer-term...

Loveitts is encouraging sellers to jump at the opportunity to put properties up for sale during the Christmas period, following a...

There are some, ahem, real Christmas crackers on offer for the festive auction season from Clive Emson Auctioneers, with 163 lots...

Ahead of today’s Budget, property experts are waiting to see whether their predictions will be dispelled, or whether they will prove...

More than a fifth of recent home buyers (those who purchased less than three years ago) would consider moving home if...

Over £23 million of land and property was sold by Clive Emson Auctioneers at its autumn auction. Achieving a sale rate of...

Bishop Fleming has called for the Chancellor in his next Budget to assist residential landlords who wish to downsize their property...

With the lettings market traditionally heating up in autumn, property investors will be looking at ways to make their rental homes...

New data from Carter Jonas has revealed that farmland values throughout the UK have declined by more than 10% in the...

The world’s top ten reported property sales were all priced above $100 million for the first time in the year to...

The number of new build homes being started across England is at its highest level since 2008, the government claims. Fresh figures...

The delay to the implementation of HMRC’s ‘Making Tax Digital’ system announced in July was warmly welcomed by buy-to-let landlords. A plan...

The UK housing crisis will be top of the political agenda in September and October when the main political parties hold...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced its calendar of autumn events that focus on the specialist lending sector. The half day...

The decline in property prices at the upper end of London’s housing market has led to a sharp rise in home...