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The number of sales instructions in London was 17% above the five-year average in the first quarter of 2024, according to...

London-focussed property data firm LonRes says there are signs of green shoots in the capital’s prime housing market. January saw a rise...

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

Savills has revealed the residential element of its annual cross-sector forecasts for investments in 2024 to 2028. The agency says turbulence in...

There was a 10 per cent rise in billionaires buying luxury homes in London during 2023, driven by purchases by Gulf...

One of the country’s highest profile high-end property consultancies says confidence is returning to prime markets after a turbulent year, with...

BNP Paribas Real Estate research shows that Middle Eastern investment into central London offices is the busiest it has been since...

Investment returns and activity in London’s property market has been stronger than the rest of the country over the last 12...

Black Brick has been advising professional property investors, buyers, sellers and developers since 2007.  It says it’s advised, sourced and acquired almost...

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

A wealth management company suggests that the HS2 debacle may have a silver lining for Birmingham. With news that the high speed...

Momentum within London’s £5m-plus residential market ramped up in the third quarter of 2023, according to new analysis from Savills. The high...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipates stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says high end agency Savills. Prices in...

Rental markets near London’s Crossrail stations have seen premiums emerge, a new survey suggests.  Areas which have benefitted from the largest reductions...

Here Richard O’Neill - managing director of lettings at Romans Estate Agents - advises investors how to recognise and optimise yield for...

New figures from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than...

Fashionable Central London enclave Camden Town is set to undergo a transformation with a string of new projects. It’s already famous for...

The housing market in the UK may be challenging but some areas are bucking the trend.  A study by PropTech operator The...

Rental yields and tenant demand are holding firm for landlords’ property investments, however profitability of portfolios was slightly down on the...

One of prime central London’s most anticipated residential developments has its sales launch this month. A prominent part of the original Grosvenor...

Riverstone has acquired its fourth site – a 142 apartment building from St William, part of the Berkeley Group – which...

The capital city’s super-top-end property transactions rose by 30% last year, and that is likely to continue in 2023. Multi-millionaires and billionaires...

As the idea of a new prime minister takes effect, how the government tackles the economic challenges facing the country remains...

Practical completion has been reached by Landsec at their new affordable homes site, situated in Soho, which will provide much-needed intermediate...

Just last week, Savills published their World Cities Prime Residential Index, which highlights that despite economic and political gloom, the prime...

At PIT, we have regularly focused on stories surrounding regeneration and the impact this has on investment. Very often, an area that...

A recent analysis of the level of property stock listed for sale across England has shown that there is £117 billion...

Fifty5ive Queen Street, a 220-unit residential scheme in the Greengate area of Salford, has now been completed by Salboy in collaboration...

A thought leadership article jointly conducted by UK/China PR firm 11K Consulting and mixed-use property developer Regal London has revealed the...

There has been a significant influx in the number of Chinese and Hong Kong buyers purchasing homes in Liverpool between 2017-2021,...

Student accommodation brand Fusion is ready to launch Fusion at Brent Cross Town, its first development in London, to provide 662...

Australian property developer, Third.i, has revealed that it has officially broken ground on its second London development, Graphite Square in Vauxhall, which...

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

With the Build to Rent (BTR) sector no longer a new phenomenon, and fast becoming a well-established part of the PRS,...

The teams behind the regeneration of Canada Water have hailed the 53-acre masterplan as a ‘once in a generation opportunity’ to...

Unsurprisingly, with the Elizabeth Line finally opening its doors yesterday, the number of stories we've been seeing about its impact on...

In this week’s roundup, PIT takes a look at the latest UK schemes, including the newest phase in Barratt London and...

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

A former bank on Uxbridge Road is being transformed into one, two, and three-bed apartments. By the end of May 2022,...

Jide Taiwo & Co., the estate surveyors and valuers’ firm for both individual and corporate clients from Nigeria, are beginning their...

When most people think of Prime Central London, they likely think first of Mayfair, Knightsbridge, Chelsea, Kensington, Belgravia, Holland Park and,...

Watford is the best commuter town for investment, according to an exclusive research report carried out by developer London Square.   The town has achieved...

The capital needs almost 85,000 new private homes a year to meet government housing needs, a new report has cautioned. The report,...

In this guest piece, Dennis Chan, head of international sales at Chestertons, gives his take on the off plan market and...

Prime Central London (PCL) was hit harder by most than the pandemic, as international buyers stayed away (due to Covid travel...

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

Wealthy Chinese investors have long been reliable investors in the market, and have frequently looked to the UK, specifically London, as...

It's been another busy year for those with a stake in the UK property market, with commercial to residential transformations, Build...

One of the challenges that any developer faces when building entry-level homes is how to stand out from the crowd. Build...

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...

After years of speculation and alterations, the Elizabeth Line is now set to launch in the first half of 2022. Initially,...

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

London remains one of the most desirable locations to live in the world, despite its ranking as the sixth most expensive...

The UK has a longstanding problem with housing. A shortfall in available and viable land in areas with investment potential is...

In part three of our series on the booming commercial to residential sector, we look at some of the recent schemes...

Some believe co-living as a concept has only grown in significance as society has had a chance to reassess its priorities and...

In this guest piece, the media team at HULT Private Capital outline what they see as the future of property investing...

It’s a mini roundup this week, with news on Clive Emson’s biggest catalogue this year so far, and Bond Wolfe’s successful...

Global travel is on the mend as the UK has opened its doors to international countries that meet the government’s criteria....

The pandemic has undoubtedly shaken the market for buying and selling, with national house prices on the rise with no signs...

UK property finance platform CapitalRise has funded its biggest crowdfunding raise. Investors of the platform have reserved £6.4 million in finance...

A new residential development in Salford, Manchester is set to offer a ‘refreshing’ collection of apartments. The gritty suburb-turned-cultural-goldmine location is home...

Gallions Place, a new mixed-use community of homes, shops and restaurants and play areas at London’s Royal Docks, has been launched...

Living well in retirement and into old age has become a very hot topical issue in the last 15 months or...

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

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

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

In this development roundup, Property Investor Today explores the impressive sales success of the Regent’s Crescent scheme in West London, a...

Telford Homes has exchanged contracts with Sainsbury’s to deliver a new housing scheme in Ilford. According to the developer, the acquisition of...

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

With lockdown easing and the vaccine rollout continuing to go well, there is hope on the horizon again for a brighter...

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

Despite being riddled with issues, Crossrail 1 – which is finally supposed to operate fully in 2022 – has had a...

The number of sales transactions in the Prime Central London (PCL) market recorded in March was the highest since March 2016,...

Early next month, Londoners will head to the polls to elect the capital’s next Mayor, in a vote that has been...

Prime developer Harbright has unveiled its first development outside the centre of the capital with the launch of Whitelocke House in West London.  The...

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

A new thought leadership paper has looked at where, what and why Chinese high-net-worth-individuals (HWNIs) and investors are buying and developing in...

In this bumper development roundup, PIT explores regeneration projects in Sheffield, office to residential conversions in high-end Bloomsbury and schemes providing...

A ‘diverse and innovative’ group of architects and designers, with UK and international expertise, have made the shortlist to potentially become...

The annual price decline in prime central London (PCL) was 4.3% for the third consecutive month in January, while average rents...

It goes without saying that 2020 was an incredibly eventful year for us all. The Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns meant...

The latest Marketview report from CBRE has revealed that the UK Build to Rent (BTR) sector recorded a total of £955.7...

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

A London-based property development company, founded by two young local entrepreneurs, managed to post record sales over the last two quarters...

In this Q&A, Property Investor Today checks in with the founders of luxury London property developers One Point Six - Bhavnish Chandaria...

Like everything else, the highest echelons of the property market in the UK haven't been immune from the impact of Covid-19. But what...

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

With 2021 nearly upon us, it’s time to look forward to what the next 12 months could bring from a property...

One of the biggest property investment trends of the year, driven by the pandemic and the devastation this has caused for...

A collection of properties known as the Bloomsbury Portfolio have been put on sale for an overall price of £37 million, with...

There is hope that a reduced quarantine time for travellers arriving into England from December 15 will provide a boost for...

This week, we provide a rundown of the latest auction news, from a one-of-a-kind hotel business site up for sale in...

Few would disagree that it has been a difficult year for the residential lettings sector. With the market effectively frozen for...

It’s strategically located for easy access to London Heathrow Terminals, is close to a number of the stations on the incoming...

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the London lettings market in full force this month, accounting for 25% of all...

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

Covid-19 has furthered the decline of the high street and led to major city centres becoming virtual ghost towns as office...