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![Property investment service launched for global HNW individuals](/upload/images/24%2005%2010%20%2003.jpg)
UK Sotheby’s International Realty has launched The Family Office to provide global ultra-high-net-worth individuals and multi-family offices with investment advice as...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Surge in number of Ultra High Net Worth buyers in central London](/upload/images/24%2001%2009%2004.jpg)
There was a 10 per cent rise in billionaires buying luxury homes in London during 2023, driven by purchases by Gulf...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![India - If you build it, they will come](/upload/images/India%20-%20If%20you%20build%20it%2C%20they%20will%20come%20-%20by%20Rob%20Brewis%20from%20%20Aubrey%20Capital%20Management.jpg)
Fans of Kevin Costner* may recall Field of Dreams. The above quote went to the heart of the 1989 film. It...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Portugal update - how is the market performing post-Covid and post-Brexit?](/upload/images/Locations/Portugal-400x310.jpg)
Portugal has long been a favourite destination for British holidaymakers and investors, but getting there, living there and investing there have no...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![2022 – where in outer London are Chinese and HK investors buying?](/upload/images/Locations/ChinaUKInvestment-400x310.png)
A thought leadership article jointly conducted by UK/China PR firm 11K Consulting and mixed-use property developer Regal London has revealed the...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Liverpool's Chinese & Hong Kong buyer boom - purchases up 160% since 2017](/upload/images/Locations/LiverpoolChineseBuyers-400x310.png)
There has been a significant influx in the number of Chinese and Hong Kong buyers purchasing homes in Liverpool between 2017-2021,...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Four times higher! Overseas investors confessing to tax evasion quadruple in a year](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Calculator-PoundCoins-2019-400x310.jpg)
The number of overseas investors confessing to tax evasion in the UK has more than quadrupled to 338 this year from...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong buyers dominate 17 London boroughs, study shows](/upload/images/Locations/Central-London400x310.png)
Hong Kong buyers currently have the biggest property footprint within the London market, new research from Benham and Reeves shows. The agent’s...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Net-zero insight: Maintaining a pragmatic approach](/upload/images/Site%20logos/GreenPropertyPITlogo.jpg)
In part two of her net-zero column, Frédérique Carrier, head of investment strategy at RBC Wealth Management, reviews some investment implications regarding net-zero and...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Net-zero insight: What will life be like in 2050?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/GreenPropertyPITlogo.jpg)
In part one of her net-zero column, Frédérique Carrier, head of investment strategy at RBC Wealth Management, explores some of the most eye-catching...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: off plan buyers flock back to London as the WFH guidelines change](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HomeInHands-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Dennis Chan, head of international sales at Chestertons, gives his take on the off plan market and...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight - Chinese buyers increasingly looking for UK investment opportunities](/upload/images/Locations/China400x310.png)
The ‘potent’ mix of the Covid-19 pandemic and the slow demise of the Evergrande Group, one of China’s largest development companies, is...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![China: The beat of a different drum](/upload/images/library/China400x310.png)
A zero-tolerance policy response to Covid-19, declining property prices, and a flexible and accommodative central bank all set China apart from...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![What is the top UK market trend from an Asian investment viewpoint?](/upload/images/Locations/China400x310.png)
Wealthy Chinese investors have long been reliable investors in the market, and have frequently looked to the UK, specifically London, as...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Will Portugal still attract Chinese and Hong Kong investors in 2022?](/upload/images/Locations/Portugal-400x310(1).jpg)
We often hear about the attractiveness of the British market to Chinese and Hong Kong investors, but new research has also...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Are the Home Counties the next hotspot for Chinese and HK investors?](/upload/images/Locations/ChinaUKInvestment-400x310.jpg)
A new thought leadership paper has asked whether the Home Counties – the typically affluent counties surrounding London – will be...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![China update – increased interest in UK resi buying and a demand bounce-back](/upload/images/Locations/ChinaUKInvestment-400x310.jpg)
Interest from China in the UK property is bouncing back, according to experts on the Chinese buying market in Britain. Domenica Di...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight - why China's new data protection law matters to the UK property sector](/upload/images/Locations/ChinaUKInvestment-400x310.jpg)
Last month, the Chinese government passed the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which comes into effect from November 1 2021. While,...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development update – colossal schemes and a city within a city](/upload/images/library/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
Scarborough Group International (SGI) has submitted two reserved matters planning applications and a revised outline planning application for the next significant...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors - should Greece be back on your investment agenda?](/img/default/pit.png)
The outlook for Greece’s property market is buoyant, off the back of gradual lifting of restrictions and a surging vaccination programme...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: how Quinta do Lago's USPs have served it well during Covid](/img/default/pit.png)
Quinta do Lago, one of the most famous resorts in the Algarve and a key part of the famed Golden Triangle,...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – how to market overseas developments to Asian investors](/img/default/pit.png)
Specialist full-service UK-China PR agency 11K Consulting has published its latest China Masterclass webinar on “How to Market Luxury Overseas developments...
16 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
![Chinese investors - will there be a drop in buying after the stamp duty holiday?](/img/default/pit.png)
The stamp duty holiday – which began in July last year and will continue in its current format until the end...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Portugal update – Golden Visa 2022 webinar and Ombria Resort surge](/img/default/pit.png)
Last week, Global Citizen Solutions – a boutique migration investment firm headquartered in Lisbon – held a webinar to discuss the...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Research reveals how to sell to Chinese buyers plus foreign investor 'club' deals](/img/default/pit.png)
There is a much greater sales potential to be unleashed from Chinese buyers, a leading China expert has claimed. Domenica Di Lieto,...
02 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
![Post-Brexit UK-China property investment outlook – what should you know?](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Going green: shift to sustainable construction plus Scottish Passivhaus](/img/default/pit.png)
Here at PIT, we’re always keen to champion green issues and sustainability, so it’s pleasing to see a new study by...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight - why are international investors piling into the North West’s BTL market?](/img/default/pit.png)
International investors are increasingly focusing on the buy-to-let (BTL) property market in the North West of England, according to property investment...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Vilamoura – why there is ‘far more to come’ from the famed resort](/img/default/pit.png)
People thinking about Vilamoura might first and, in all likelihood, only think about the marina and the hotels, bars and restaurants...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Three reasons why property will be your best investment in 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
The prospect of investing your hard-earned money can be daunting, especially for those relatively new to it, but perhaps more-so after...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – How has Covid affected global housing market trends?](/img/default/pit.png)
Few places remain unaffected by the Covid-19 pandemic, with cases fluctuating across the nation, but still high overall. Domestically, as far...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Portugal update – Golden Visa confusion and alternative forms of residency](/img/default/pit.png)
A number of experts in the Portuguese property market have pointed out that the Golden Visa scheme, which is set to...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Webinar - how much UK property could the Chinese be buying this year?](/img/default/pit.png)
To kick off the New Year, our friends at 11K Consulting - the UK's leading China PR and comms agency - have...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Season’s greetings – after a year like no other](/img/default/pit.png)
At the start of this year, you would have got very, very long odds on the prospect of UK-wide lockdowns, mandatory...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![UK the top hotspot for overseas resi investment post-Brexit, says research](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK has ranked highest for future residential real estate investment, in a survey of 500 investors, developers and asset managers...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong and Chinese investors still buying - how to engage with them](/img/default/pit.png)
Sally Maier-Yip, managing director of 11K Consulting, the UK's leading China PR and comms agency, outlines why buyers from Hong Kong and...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![‘Carved by nature’ - sustainable inner Algarve resort starts to take shape](/img/default/pit.png)
The Algarve has long been a favourite destination of the Brits, for its warm climate, golf courses, sun-kissed beaches and relaxed...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Overseas update – Chinese stamp duty surge and Q4 rush for Cypriot homes](/img/default/pit.png)
Demand from Chinese investors for UK property soared in July after plummeting between April-June, during the height of the coronavirus lockdown. In...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Students flock to London lettings market despite Covid-19 woes](/img/default/pit.png)
Overseas and domestic students have returned to the London lettings market in full force this month, accounting for 25% of all...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - how is ski property bouncing back from Covid-19?](/img/default/pit.png)
Ski resorts were at the centre of some of the earliest spikes of Covid-19 in Europe, including examples of super-spreaders in...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong investors keen to 'safeguard money in reliable London market'](/img/default/pit.png)
Demand from Hong Kong buyers looking to 'safeguard' their money in London's 'reliable' property market is on the rise, according to...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong property buyers target London as domestic unrest continues](/img/default/pit.png)
Property buyers from Hong Kong are flocking to London, according to one of the capital's largest estate agents. Chestertons says that between...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Inside the mind of a Chinese investor – what are they searching for?](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the current thawing of relations between Westminster and Beijing, caused by controversial new laws in Hong Kong (a former British colony)...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![A BTR mystery – what has happened to Atlas Residential UK?](/img/default/pit.png)
When putting together our recent three-part series on the Build to Rent sector, which concluded last Friday with a look at...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight – have Asian investors in the UK property market increased?](/img/default/pit.png)
International investors make up a big chunk of Britain’s second home market, especially in London. Many of these investors hail from...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let hotspots – where are yields climbing despite the pandemic lockdown?](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic disrupting pretty much every aspect of daily life, the latest research from lettings management platform Howsy...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: what do Chinese residential buyers in the UK look like?](/img/default/pit.png)
A few weeks ago we looked at how a Chinese house-buying boom is on its way in the UK despite Covid-19. Here,...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Life after corona – what next for Chinese and international investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
A thought leadership article from UK-China PR agency 11K Consulting has revealed that a country’s healthcare system, air quality and food...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Student housing platform secures large pre-seed funding to assist growth](/img/default/pit.png)
A young entrepreneur hailing from the North West has secured £100,000 pre-seed funding for her housing app. Lydia Jones officially founded Manchester-based...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – Chinese interest in UK property soars despite Covid-19](/img/default/pit.png)
A Chinese-led house buying boom is on the way in the UK, according to the CEO of Emerging Communications, a Chinese...
24 April 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
![How is the Greek property investment market coping with Covid-19?](/img/default/pit.png)
The coronavirus pandemic is currently dominating all our lives, and is all anyone can really talk or think about at present. In the property...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Doing things differently – companies offer virtual viewings during the crisis](/img/default/pit.png)
The coronavirus crisis has shut down most aspects of normal life, but with us all being told to stay at home...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Is coronavirus having an impact on overseas tenant demand and investment?](/img/default/pit.png)
Coronavirus – also known as Covid-19 – has had a dramatic impact on the world since the first reported cases in...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - how big is the demand for British property from South Africa?](/img/default/pit.png)
Experience Invest, a London-based firm which provides property investors in the UK and overseas access to exclusive investments across a variety of...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Galliard Homes and Apsley House achieve £70m of sales for Birmingham scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Birmingham development partners Galliard Homes and Apsley House Capital have achieved £70 million worth of sales at their flagship apartment scheme,...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Will Build to Rent developments be entirely tech-led in the future?](/img/default/pit.png)
Last week PIT attended a roundtable discussion at WeWork Monument where the future of Build to Rent, the role of PropTech/AI...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Development update – Hong Kong buyers invest big and hospital conversion to resi](/img/default/pit.png)
Estate agent Aston Chase has revealed that it has achieved more than £25 million worth of sales to Hong Kong buyers...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Analysis - Property price increases in key global cities](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been an overall 3.5% average year-on-year increase in the prices of properties in the 150 global cities tracked by...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Insight: what are Chinese tenants looking for from a London rental property?](/img/default/pit.png)
With approximately 120,250 Chinese people living in London, accounting for 1.5% of the capital's population, and many young Chinese people coming...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Atlas Residential looks to establish first ever global Build to Rent portfolio](/img/default/pit.png)
Build to Rent operator Atlas Residential has revealed that it will deploy $1 billion (£900 million) through its affiliate Atlas Residential...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Kitchens continue to rule the roost among renovating homeowners](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent years the kitchen has become one of the most important rooms in the home – and this is further...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Berlin leading the way on price growth, says Knight Frank](/img/default/pit.png)
In the second quarter of this year, Berlin was the city with the strongest rate of annual house price growth, according...
21 August 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
![800 property enquiries in four weeks for free property portal](/img/default/pit.png)
New global free-to-list property portal Residential People recently hit its first milestone in securing 800 consumer property enquiries for estate agents...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![SnowOnly set to break China after announcement of Juwai.com partnership](/img/default/pit.png)
Juwai.com, the Chinese portal for overseas real estate, and independent ski property portal SnowOnly have signed a partnership aiming to bring...
05 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit chaos pushes the number of Chinese buyers down](/img/default/pit.png)
The current uncertainty being caused by Brexit has had a clear impact on the number of Chinese residential acquisitions in the...
12 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Should you consider Asia for your next property investment?](/img/default/pit.png)
Estimates by BNP Wealth Management predict that by 2026, Asia will be home to over 35% of the world’s investable real-estate...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Overseas investors boosted by Brexit uncertainty and weak pound](/img/default/pit.png)
Brexit uncertainty is continuing to drive foreign investment in the UK, research by CashbackRemortgages.co.uk has claimed. A third of multi-million pound homes...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![How are Golden Visas boosting the Portuguese property market?](/img/default/pit.png)
The Portuguese are currently enjoying the benefits of a strong property market which has been boosted by the attractive prospect of...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Global urban house price index records slower growth](/img/default/pit.png)
Knight Frank’s Global Residential Cities increased by 6.1% in the year to June 2017, down from 6.9% last quarter. In other areas...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Former Apprentice contestant secures major international contract](/img/default/pit.png)
The Apprentice is now back on our screens, but one of its former candidates – Zeeshaan Shah from series 9 –...
06 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Global house prices rise by 5.6% on average, Knight Frank’s index shows](/img/default/pit.png)
Knight Frank’s Global House Price Index has revealed that across the 55 countries tracked, house prices increased by 5.6% on average...
12 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Asian property investors target trophy assets in London](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a sharp rise in amount of money Asian investors, particularly from China, are investing in London’s commercial property...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Foreign homebuyers surge 30% in Montreal](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a 30% rise in the number of foreign buyers of property in Montreal in the first half of this...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in new build sales in Hong Kong](/img/default/pit.png)
Wealthy foreign investors, particularly from mainland China, are continuing to invest in Hong Kong’s ultra-luxury housing market as part of a...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![House price growth across world’s major cities hits highest level since Q4 2013](/img/default/pit.png)
The average price of a home across 150 cities worldwide increased by 6.9% in the 12 months to March 2017, the...
06 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Strong demand fuels surge in Portugal house prices](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in Portugal increased by 7.9% in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period of...
26 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![High property prices in Hong Kong prompts housing bubble fears](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the introduction of higher property taxes, demand for residential property in Hong Kong shows no signs of slowing, especially from...
20 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Top 10 global investment property hotspots](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a 6.5% increase in global house prices in the year to March 2017, the highest annual rate of growth...
13 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage robo-advisor raises £2m seed funding ahead of launch](/img/default/pit.png)
MortgageGym, which is planning to try and change the way UK consumers access the mortgage market, has announced the successful completion...
23 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investors target property in main German cities](/img/default/pit.png)
Real estate markets across Germany’s main cities are starting to look increasingly attractive to international property investors, especially those in southern...
05 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Chinese investors target Malaysia’s property market](/img/default/pit.png)
Property investors from China have replaced those from Singapore as the largest group of foreign property buyers in Malaysia, fresh figures...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property investment from Chinese investors overtakes Singapore](/img/default/pit.png)
Investment from China last year exceeded Singapore as the largest source of Asian capital in the global property market for the...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Shanghai replaces Tokyo as most attractive property market in Asia](/img/default/pit.png)
The Chinese city of Shanghai has become the number one destination for property investment in Asia Pacific, replacing Tokyo in top...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Overseas investors race to secure UK property bargains](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a sharp rise in the number of opportunistic foreign investors taking advantage of effective discounts caused by the...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Overseas investors exploit weak pound for cut-price UK property deals](/img/default/pit.png)
Overseas investors were increasingly active in the UK property market during 2016, accounting for a significant share of all transactions, according...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![It’s a buyer’s market in Hong Kong](/img/default/pit.png)
Filled with glitzy glass towers and a fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, Hong Kong proudly proclaims itself to be ‘Asia’s...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Beijing mayor vows to contain soaring property prices](/img/default/pit.png)
Beijing’s mayor has pledged to stop residential property prices in the Chinese capital from rising in 2017 in an attempt to...
05 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Where in the world are house prices growing fastest?](/img/default/pit.png)
Global house prices rose 5.3% on average in the 12 months to September 2016, with Turkey, New Zealand and Iceland recording...
04 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Trevor Abrahmsohn - what to expect in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Trevor Abrahmsohn, director at Glentree Estates offers his thoughts on what property market trends we can expect over the coming year. 2016 has...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Investment via Portugal’s ‘golden visa’ programme falls sharply](/img/default/pit.png)
Portugal’s property market remains relatively strong, but fewer investors from overseas are talking advantage of an innovative visa programme that enables...
13 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong property sales rise sharply](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property sales in Hong Kong have increased significantly despite the government’s decision to more than double stamp duty last month...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Foreign investors are the real drivers of London property](/img/default/pit.png)
Since the shock Brexit result was announced in June, and the consequent drop in value of the pound, there has been...
05 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Inner-city property prices set to fall in Australia, says leading economist](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in Australia’s leading inner-cities like Melbourne and Brisbane could tumble by as much as 15% by 2019, according...