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![The shifting sands of development, aparthotels and short-term rentals](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/AltidoInterior-400x310.png)
The travel industry was hard hit by the pandemic, but the bounce back is well in progress. According to PhocusWire, Europe’s...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why 2022 is the year of hotel investment](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Hotel-400x310.jpg)
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...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Permission granted – planning approvals for new homes bounce back](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PlanningImage-400x310.jpg)
While the level of new homes being granted planning permission dipped during the first year of the pandemic, this negative trend...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![London property predictions: will the market continue to grow in 2022?](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.jpg)
The property market has weathered the COVID storm better than many sectors over the last couple of years. The crisis has...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Predictions for 2022 – active auctions market, prices to rise, BTR one to watch](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Plans-400x310.png)
We’re already into the second month of 2022, but predictions on what the market could bring for the remainder of the...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Looking to London – is it time to invest in the capital again?](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
In this opinion piece, Jourdan Prowting, Partner Residential Auction at Allsop, analyses London's residential property market and discusses whether now is...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental yields in the capital – East London continues to lead the way](/upload/images/Locations/GreaterLondon-400x310.jpg)
Those investors looking to join the pandemic bounce-back may be asking where the best places in London are to consider for...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![The next evolution of shopping centres - could they be converted to resi?](/upload/images/Locations/TheNextEvolutionofShoppingCentres-695x395.jpg)
Shopping centres have taken a hit in recent years thanks to changing shopping habits, the growth of online retail, a decline...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – Green Homes Scheme nosedive and making your home sustainable](/upload/images/library/GreenHomesGrant-400x310-min.jpeg)
In light of the recent research on the Green Homes Grant scheme from the National Audit Office, Ross Counsell, chartered surveyor and...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Dead City: has the pandemic killed off the London property market?](/img/default/pit.png)
The Covid-19 crisis has led to some big questions about the future of cities, and whether enough people will want to...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight - is the Build to Rent sector losing momentum or bouncing back?](/img/default/pit.png)
Findings from a Build to Rent (BTR) specialist have revealed how the sector is poised to gain further momentum due to...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - why the rise in W2 should keep PCL investors optimistic](/img/default/pit.png)
The prime end of the market has been one of the hardest hit by Covid-19, but Euroterra Capital – known as...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Office to resi – City of London plans to convert offices into homes post-Covid](/img/default/pit.png)
In one of the clearest signs yet of an office to residential revolution, the City of London has revealed that it...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![UK investment - has there been a boom in buyers hailing from Hong Kong?](/img/default/pit.png)
Britain and Hong Kong have long had close relations, not least because it was a British colony until as recently as...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Webinar roundup – what do new-builds offer to property investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
Last week, two of the UK’s biggest housebuilders – Barratt and Berkeley – held webinars aimed at investors. While new-build developments have traditionally...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – are cities investment dead-zones or will they bounce back post-Covid?](/img/default/pit.png)
Since the coronavirus crisis began, there has been lots of talk about the death of the city-centre as people seek more...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Are Europe's real estate markets bracing for a sell-off?](/img/default/pit.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Property investment cons – how can you avoid them?](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been an increasing trend in recent years for property investment courses which promise financial freedom and untold riches for...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - will suburban BTR thrive as a result of Covid-19?](/img/default/pit.png)
Since the pandemic started, there has been a shift in the number of people seeking homes away from the city, or...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![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
![BTR roundup – new hires, mental health support and ongoing strong investment](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – who are the world’s top 50 short-term let property managers?](/img/default/pit.png)
A Barcelona-based software company recently announced its list of the ‘World’s Top 50 Short Term Property Managers’. Rentals United, which describes itself...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![New government funding 'a small but vital step to boost UK market'](/img/default/pit.png)
In a previous article for Property Investor Today, which you can read here, I highlighted the importance of utilising brownfield sites...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![The birth of Build to Rent – how did it become the PRS’s biggest trend?](/img/default/pit.png)
Before the pandemic struck, Build to Rent (BTR) was undeniably the property market’s fastest-growing trend. Many expect it to recover quickly,...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Market snapshot: Sellers boosted as buyers bid above asking price](/img/default/pit.png)
The property market is defying the traditional summer lull in activity as buyers and sellers continue to flood the market post-lockdown. Last...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: the mindset and success principles of a property investor](/img/default/pit.png)
Harvey Raybould is a UK property investor and owner of the Creative Property Group (CPG), a Kent-based property firm which aims...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - what is the difference between co-living and BTR?](/img/default/pit.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![A look at lockdown - a Q&A with the SDL Group](/img/default/pit.png)
Following the reopening of England’s housing market in May, the sector has seen a bounce back. Pent-up demand during lockdown has...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - how will the construction industry recover from the current crisis?](/img/default/pit.png)
The coronavirus pandemic has affected all parts of the property investment market in recent months, but it has brought particular uncertainty...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![How the property industry must evolve to be fit for the future](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK property sector has been hit with the full force of coronavirus, but while it has certainly packed a punch,...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing beyond lockdown: how can we create a positive legacy?](/img/default/pit.png)
The last 12 or so weeks have been rather nerve-wracking for the property sector. The lockdown has raised many questions, from...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Light at the end of the tunnel for short-term lets as bookings 'skyrocket'](/img/default/pit.png)
After being hit particularly hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, the global short-term lets sector is starting to recover. New analysis from rental...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Market snapshot: 'remarkable bounce back in lettings activity'](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK lettings market has experienced a 'remarkable bounce back' in activity since reopening on May 13, according to Goodlord. Its data...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Professional property buying in a post-Covid-19 climate – how should you do it?](/img/default/pit.png)
With lockdown measures starting to be eased, and the possible move to step 2 of the three-step plan from June 1,...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – will the luxury property market bounce back quicker?](/img/default/pit.png)
The coronavirus pandemic has had huge impacts on all parts of the property industry, with the market effectively on pause mode...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Trade body launches five-point plan to save short-term lets sector](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK Short Term Accommodation Association (STAA) has launched a five-point plan outlining how the government can help the sector recover...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![The new way forward? Salford’s first virtual committee approves scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Two brownfield sites overlooking the River Irwell are set to be converted into 500 apartments for sale and private rent after...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Webinar roundup – from the future of second homes to the future of PropTech](/img/default/pit.png)
In these social distancing times, where so many of us are working remotely and being encouraged to stay at home as...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Easing traveller anxiety and rebuilding trust in short-lets](/img/default/pit.png)
It's been abundantly clear in recent months that the coronavirus pandemic - which has caused such drastic restrictions on travel, tourism...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - could alternative property investment thrive post-Covid?](/img/default/pit.png)
As is always the case in times of crisis, people are asking what might follow, what industries might thrive as normal...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![How is the Build to Rent market adapting to lockdown and social distancing?](/img/default/pit.png)
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
![Coronavirus impact – is it changing the makeup of overseas investors in the UK?](/img/default/pit.png)
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
![What can the property industry do to recover from the coronavirus crisis?](/img/default/pit.png)
With lockdown measures in place until at least May 7, and possibly for much longer than that, the new normal is...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Coronavirus impact – how is the short-lets market fighting back against Covid-19?](/img/default/pit.png)
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has had a particularly stark effect on the short-term rental market, given its reliance on travel, business,...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Merilee Karr, Chair of the STAA – how will short-lets bounce back?](/img/default/pit.png)
The coronavirus pandemic has put all aspects of normal life on hold for the time being, and has affected each and...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Overseas property – why should investors be considering the eastern Algarve?](/img/default/pit.png)
The coronavirus pandemic currently has us all in lockdown and getting used to a new world of social distancing, self-isolating, remote...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![How is coronavirus affecting developers and the retirement housing market?](/img/default/pit.png)
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a huge impact on all our lives, with all schools now closed (other than for...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Coronavirus and the short-lets market – trade body calls for sector to be protected](/img/default/pit.png)
Merilee Karr, chair of the UK Short Term Accommodation Association and chief executive of UnderTheDoormat, has penned an open letter to...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Forecast: Spring surge expected, despite spread of coronavirus](/img/default/pit.png)
The housing market in England and Wales remains on course to record strong growth this spring, according to reallymoving.com. Its House Price...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![London house prices bounce back for the first time in three years](/img/default/pit.png)
UK city house price growth has picked up by 2.9%, underpinned by a 1% increase in London house prices, according to...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![The PCL market has bottomed out - so where’s the bounce?](/img/default/pit.png)
Immediately after the financial crisis of 2008, the Prime Central London residential property market was in a sorry state. Few could...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![A property market bouncing back – the rising investment appeal of Greece](/img/default/pit.png)
Greece’s appeal as a property investment destination is increasing once again as the country continues to bounce back from severe economic...
31 July 2019
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
![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
![Simon Tollit – what to expect in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Simon Tollit, director of central London sales at United Kingdom Sotheby’s International Realty, offers his thoughts on what property market trends...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK mortgage approvals hit post-Brexit high in September](/img/default/pit.png)
UK mortgage approvals rose last month as the housing market continued to show signs of recovery following June's vote to leave...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Prices rise in Spain as market continues to bounce back](/img/default/pit.png)
A Spanish real estate agency's half-year report shows that property prices and transactions have increased in the country's key cities and...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![House price growth in UK’s major cities continues to slow](/img/default/pit.png)
The annual rate of residential property price growth across 20 of the largest UK cities slowed to 8.2% in August, from...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![‘Window of opportunity’ to invest in PCL before prices increase](/img/default/pit.png)
Within hours of the EU votes being counted last week, London Central Portfolio (LCP) released a statement urging investors to consider...