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Although economic activity has picked up since the start of the year, the outlook remains weak by historical standards according to...

Sales Market: The UK housing market is at an inflection point, which means mixed signals for buyers and sellers. Inflation has fallen...

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

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

Having bounced back from pandemic decline, the size of the commercial building construction sector is forecast to grow further this year. Sirius...

The travel industry was hard hit by the pandemic, but the bounce back is well in progress. According to PhocusWire, Europe’s...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Amy Gibson, General Manager. How has your company had to adapt...

It’s my first column for Property Investor Today and I’m grateful to the team for allowing me to share my knowledge...

In this guest article, reproduced in full from an original post on LinkedIn, co-founder of AGO Hotels, Viv Watts, outlines why UK hotel investment is...

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

The property market has weathered the COVID storm better than many sectors over the last couple of years. The crisis has...

We’re already into the second month of 2022, but predictions on what the market could bring for the remainder of the...

Despite the rollercoaster of 2021, the Scottish property market has had a stronger period of growth than many would have expected...

In this opinion piece, Jourdan Prowting, Partner Residential Auction at Allsop, analyses London's residential property market and discusses whether now is...

Throughout this week, Property Investor Today has been exploring the investment potential of the locations that sit on the controversial and...

Research by real estate debt advisory specialists Sirius Property Finance has revealed how the pandemic halved the profits taken by the...

Those investors looking to join the pandemic bounce-back may be asking where the best places in London are to consider for...

Rental values across the capital have not only bounced back compared to the pandemic dip in 2020, but they have also...

New research by Select Property Group has named the top 20 UK locations property investors should look to next. According to Select’s...

Interest from China in the UK property is bouncing back, according to experts on the Chinese buying market in Britain. Domenica Di...

Shopping centres have taken a hit in recent years thanks to changing shopping habits, the growth of online retail, a decline...

In light of the recent research on the Green Homes Grant scheme from the National Audit Office, Ross Counsell, chartered surveyor and...

The property market has suffered greatly as a result of the pandemic, and the rental market, even more so. Dwindling demand due...

It’s famous for oil, football, the North Sea chill and granite, but Scotland’s third biggest city – and the UK’s 39th...

The short-term rental sector has bounced back quicker than most accommodation sectors since the UK’s reopening, recent performance data from STR...

Despite the bounce-back of the property market, Housing and Jobs & Economic prosperity are recorded as the worst-performing measure for the second...

The Covid-19 crisis has led to some big questions about the future of cities, and whether enough people will want to...

Findings from a Build to Rent (BTR) specialist have revealed how the sector is poised to gain further momentum due to...

This auction roundup takes a look at the month just gone, with record results at Sutton Kersh Auctions, Network Auctions and...

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

The prime end of the market has been one of the hardest hit by Covid-19, but Euroterra Capital – known as...

More money was spent in the housing market in England and Wales in the year to March than any 12-month period...

In the first quarter of 2021, the escape to the country trend triggered by the pandemic drove annual price growth to its...

This May Day Bank Holiday, PIT is running a staycation special series on a range of topics associated with a market...

In one of the clearest signs yet of an office to residential revolution, the City of London has revealed that it...

One of the big questions that has become even more stark during the pandemic – which has devastated the already struggling...

One of Birmingham’s most distinctive areas, which is looking to escape from its manufacturing past and transform itself into one of...

Britain and Hong Kong have long had close relations, not least because it was a British colony until as recently as...

A specialist provider of purpose-built student accommodation has reported a trebling in the pace of bookings since Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

Last week, two of the UK’s biggest housebuilders – Barratt and Berkeley – held webinars aimed at investors. While new-build developments have traditionally...

Since the coronavirus crisis began, there has been lots of talk about the death of the city-centre as people seek more...

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

There has been an increasing trend in recent years for property investment courses which promise financial freedom and untold riches for...

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

Since the start of the Build to Rent (BTR) boom, Tipi (the BTR brand of British property development and investment company...

Following one of the most disruptive and challenging years in living memory, I have no doubt that many of those in...

Since the pandemic started, there has been a shift in the number of people seeking homes away from the city, or...

The UK's second tier cities are very often more appealing to international investors in terms of guranteed rental returns - as...

The fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector continues to generate plenty of news, even as we live through Lockdown 2.0. The week-long...

A Barcelona-based software company recently announced its list of the ‘World’s Top 50 Short Term Property Managers’.  Rentals United, which describes itself...

For over two decades, The Cumberland has been offering specialist lending to the hospitality sector, and 10 years ago, it became...

Investment in the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market bounced back significantly in Q3 2020, according to CBRE’s latest Marketview report. Following...

In a previous article for Property Investor Today, which you can read here, I highlighted the importance of utilising brownfield sites...

For most homeowners, the thought of selling a house in 2020 is anxiety-inducing. To some, it feels like tempting fate. However,...

The purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector is showing signs of recovery following market disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to...

Before the pandemic struck, Build to Rent (BTR) was undeniably the property market’s fastest-growing trend. Many expect it to recover quickly,...

Slough is benefiting from the property market’s post-lockdown mini-boom, with a major developer in the area saying it is continuing to...

Ski resorts were at the centre of some of the earliest spikes of Covid-19 in Europe, including examples of super-spreaders in...

The property market is defying the traditional summer lull in activity as buyers and sellers continue to flood the market post-lockdown. Last...

Harvey Raybould is a UK property investor and owner of the Creative Property Group (CPG), a Kent-based property firm which aims...

A leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor has agreed to provide Heworth Green Developments, under the North Star banner,...

Before the coronavirus hit, Build to Rent was without question the property market's fastest-growing trend. While, like all parts of the...

Well-known rental brand UNCLE recently opened its fifth property within its rapidly expanding chain of serviced rental apartments. Made up of two...

Following the reopening of England’s housing market in May, the sector has seen a bounce back. Pent-up demand during lockdown has...

The coronavirus pandemic has affected all parts of the property investment market in recent months, but it has brought particular uncertainty...

When putting together our recent three-part series on the Build to Rent sector, which concluded last Friday with a look at...

The UK property sector has been hit with the full force of coronavirus, but while it has certainly packed a punch,...

The last 12 or so weeks have been rather nerve-wracking for the property sector. The lockdown has raised many questions, from...

It’s a question many would-be investors will have been asking themselves, with so much remaining up-in-the-air and uncertain at present. But...

After being hit particularly hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, the global short-term lets sector is starting to recover. New analysis from rental...

The UK lettings market has experienced a 'remarkable bounce back' in activity since reopening on May 13, according to Goodlord. Its data...

With lockdown measures starting to be eased, and the possible move to step 2 of the three-step plan from June 1,...

The coronavirus pandemic has had huge impacts on all parts of the property industry, with the market effectively on pause mode...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association (STAA) has launched a five-point plan outlining how the government can help the sector recover...

Two brownfield sites overlooking the River Irwell are set to be converted into 500 apartments for sale and private rent after...

In these social distancing times, where so many of us are working remotely and being encouraged to stay at home as...

It's been abundantly clear in recent months that the coronavirus pandemic - which has caused such drastic restrictions on travel, tourism...

There has been much speculation about how quickly the UK residential property market will recover from the economic fallout of the...

As is always the case in times of crisis, people are asking what might follow, what industries might thrive as normal...

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,...

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has had a dramatic impact on all of our lives, including those who operate in the property...

With lockdown measures in place until at least May 7, and possibly for much longer than that, the new normal is...

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has had a particularly stark effect on the short-term rental market, given its reliance on travel, business,...

Like everyone else, it's a difficult time for investors in terms of planning ahead and finding out where the safe havens...

The coronavirus pandemic has put all aspects of normal life on hold for the time being, and has affected each and...

The coronavirus pandemic currently has us all in lockdown and getting used to a new world of social distancing, self-isolating, remote...

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a huge impact on all our lives, with all schools now closed (other than for...

Merilee Karr, chair of the UK Short Term Accommodation Association and chief executive of UnderTheDoormat, has penned an open letter to...

The housing market in England and Wales remains on course to record strong growth this spring, according to reallymoving.com. Its House Price...

The latest Budget – Rishi Sunak’s first as Chancellor following his dramatic promotion – is set to take place on Wednesday...

Residential property investment platform Bricklane has announced that it’s completed the acquisition of a portfolio of residential assets worth more than...

Welcome back to Women in Property Investment (or WIPI), where we focus on inspiring women who are making their mark in...

As we enter a new year (and decade), the opening weeks of 2020 are an appropriate time to reflect on the...

Despite stretched affordability in most parts of the country, with the average income required for a first-time buyer (FTB) to purchase...

Timing is critical for international transactions in the current London property market. Currency brokers probably haven’t been as busy for a...

UK city house price growth has picked up by 2.9%, underpinned by a 1% increase in London house prices, according to...

Immediately after the financial crisis of 2008, the Prime Central London residential property market was in a sorry state. Few could...

Property Investor Today recently visited the Royal Docks to witness first-hand its dramatic facelift. One of London’s most successful regeneration projects of...

Greece’s appeal as a property investment destination is increasing once again as the country continues to bounce back from severe economic...

Demand from prospective buyers has reached an eight-month high, according to NAEA Propertymark’s May Housing Report. The number of house hunters registered...