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![Savills identifies UK city “punching well above its weight”](/upload/images/24%2005%2002%20%2001.jpg)
According to Savills latest Resilient Cities Index, Bristol has moved up the global rankings placing 54th respectively out of a list...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent fund pledges “promising financial returns” for investors](/upload/images/24%2002%2006%2005.jpg)
Waypoint has launched its UK Affordable Single-Family Housing Fund focused on new build, affordable single-family housing. The vehicle will be kick-started with...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Top Slicing may be saviour of Buy To Let Investment](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2012%201.jpg/23%2009%2012%201__400x267.jpg)
A high profile buy to let lender has announced the launch of top slicing on applications. This enables investor borrowers to use...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Provide Finance launches a new era for specialist finance](/upload/images/Logos/PROVIDE_FINANCELogo-400x310.png)
Pitch 4 Finance has announced that it is relaunching as Provide Finance, heralding a new era for sourcing, and securing specialist...
07 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the best places in the world to work remotely](/upload/images/library/MillennialAtWork-Tat-400x310.jpg)
Working from home gives employees autonomy over where they choose to work. Those lucky enough to work from home five days...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - 500,000 mortgage applicants could be shut out the market by 2030](/upload/images/library/Mortgage-image400x310.png)
A significant nationwide study by leading specialist lender, Together predicts the UK specialist residential mortgage market will treble to £16 billion...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Silbury Finance provides a sustainable £74 million loan for York development](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Silbury400x310.jpg)
Development lender, Silbury Finance, has provided a £73.8 million senior debt facility to North Star Investment Management, a creative property asset...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTL searches remained buoyant in June, reveals Legal & General Mortgage Club](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BuytoLet3-400x310.jpg)
Buy-to-let purchase activity saw a spike in June, according to new data from Legal & General’s SmartCriteria tool, which has been...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – do auctions still have a long way to go?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week, Property Investor Today looks at research that suggests auctions aren’t as popular as they seem. However, the latest news from...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![New UKAA CEO: 'rental reform will narrow the gap between PRS and BTR'](/upload/images/Property%20People/BrendanGeraghty400x310.png)
The UK's Build to Rent (BTR) sector continues to grow and evolve, which arguably makes the role of the market's trade...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Addressing the housing crisis – the role of non-bank lenders](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessDeal-1-400x310.jpg)
It is no secret that the UK is currently facing a chronic shortage of affordable housing, at a time when incomes...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Development – partnerships, revenue growth and Hong Kong investment](/upload/images/Site%20logos/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
This week, PIT delves into the latest in property development news – from the new partnership between ilke Homes and Man...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Aspiring holiday let landlords – top tips from a lending expert](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EnglishHolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
With new research finding over 10 million UK adults are considering becoming a holiday let landlord and the volume and total...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Richard Bosson - 'Prime Central is absolutely crucial'](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Caudwell-RichardBosson-400x310.jpg)
Prime Central London (PCL) was hit harder by most than the pandemic, as international buyers stayed away (due to Covid travel...
23 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
![Government must focus on housing supply imbalance – claim](/upload/images/library/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has outlined the key areas it believes the government and the industry should focus on...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Levelling up – the best outer-London cities to invest in revealed](/upload/images/library/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
Zero-carbon housebuilder Etopia Homes has pinpointed the towns and cities in England which could make the best use of the government’s...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Predictions for 2022 - what could happen to the property market?](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Begins-400x310.png)
It's been another busy year for those with a stake in the UK property market, with commercial to residential transformations, Build...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![First Homes: one month to go - what do investors need to know?](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/build-to-rent400x310.png)
First Homes, a new solution to the first-time buyer crisis, will be relevant to the majority of new schemes from December...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![How to achieve implementable planning permission](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyDevelopment-2-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Ufuk Bahar - founder of multi-disciplinary architecture practice, Urbanist Architecture, which specialises in maximising the ROI and viability of...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development – funding for high quality schemes and sustainable homes](/upload/images/library/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
In this development roundup, ilke Homes gathers significant funding in a pledge to deliver 10,000 homes in the next five years,...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![International buyers and tenants are keen to live in the UK](/upload/images/library/UKHouses2-400x310.png)
Global travel is on the mend as the UK has opened its doors to international countries that meet the government’s criteria....
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![What are the best locations by the sea with new builds available?](/upload/images/Locations/BigburyOnSea-400x310.jpg)
If seaside living is high up on your property wish list, the latest research by Warwick Estates could make your property...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Can I use my holiday let investment as a holiday home for my family too?](/img/default/pit.png)
In this article, building society The Cumberland - specialists when it comes to holiday let lending - offer expert input on...
25 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight - why investing in Valencia is a good idea](/img/default/pit.png)
It’s famous for football, oranges, paella, the Las Fallas festival and its beaches, but Valencia might sometimes be overlooked by investors who...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![The future of PBSA: its investment and growth opportunities](/img/default/pit.png)
The Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector is an incredibly exciting industry to be in right now with a very promising future...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight: what you need to know about applying for a holiday let mortgage](/img/default/pit.png)
Has the post-lockdown staycation boom inspired you to invest in a holiday let property? Here, Grant Seaton, senior business lending manager...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Staycation boom could be taxing for investors, says wealth specialists](/img/default/pit.png)
Furnished holiday lets offer tax breaks, but owners need to tread carefully, Handelsbanken Wealth Management (HWM) has warned. Soaring demand for holiday...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – new projects underway from Leicester to Leeds](/img/default/pit.png)
A national contractor says it has made ‘significant progress’ on three residential projects based in Leicester. The schemes from Stepnell include two...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Senior living – building property wealth and the top asset class for investors](/img/default/pit.png)
Over-55s used housing equity to clear more than £612 million of unsecured debt in 2020, new data from Key has revealed. Credit...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cladding roundup – why we must take cladding and fire safety more seriously](/img/default/pit.png)
Principle Estate Management has welcomed government plans for new legislation that takes fire safety even more seriously. The Home Office has announced...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Can the high street be saved by residential redevelopment?](/img/default/pit.png)
Like many other things, the high street developed over time as small residential settlements became towns, with more people coming to...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Could 2021 be the year of the small indie developer?](/img/default/pit.png)
Over the last 10 months, we have seen a raft of changes to the planning rules in England. This has been...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Taggart Homes - 'inexperienced builders should face tighter controls'](/img/default/pit.png)
With the UK enduring its third national lockdown, Property Investor Today speaks with Michael Taggart, chief executive officer of luxury homebuilder...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Part 2 – is the construction industry safe enough to remain open?](/img/default/pit.png)
In Part 1, we asked a number of industry experts if the construction industry should remain open at the current time,...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Top tips for selling a property in 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite 2020 being a turbulent year for many businesses across the UK, the property market actually saw a mini-industry boom. As...
15 January 2021
From: Property Investment & Strategy
![Securing a Spanish mortgage after Brexit – what do you need to know?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the transition period for the UK leaving the EU ending in a matter of weeks, there is no doubt that...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investors - is housing the future of the high street?](/img/default/pit.png)
On PIT, we’ve asked this question quite a lot in recent months, with John Lewis entering the Build to Rent market...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property market predictions for 2021 – what can we expect?](/img/default/pit.png)
The property predictions for 2021 continue to roll in, as the sector looks ahead to the upcoming 12 months. Here, we get...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: top tips for buying property in Spain in the new normal](/img/default/pit.png)
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed so many things for so many people. For international real estate agents in Spain, it has...
10 November 2020
From: Overseas Property
![How much Capital Gains Tax do you have to pay when disposing of a property?](/img/default/pit.png)
When you're disposing of a property, you’ll have to take certain things into consideration, from choosing an estate agent to sell...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Golden visas – what are they and how can investors benefit?](/img/default/pit.png)
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, many of the countries worse hit – reliant on tourism and outward investment...
30 October 2020
From: Overseas Property
![Revealed – the UK’s top five areas for development identified by Knight Frank](/img/default/pit.png)
The top five areas across the UK which are prime for major development have been revealed by global property consultancy Knight...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Building update: SME developers want to build more; ecolodge opens in Italy](/img/default/pit.png)
Research by TrustedLand and LandTech has revealed that more than half of the UK’s small and mid-sized property developers expect to...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Green homes - want to save the planet & improve your house using free money?](/img/default/pit.png)
I have been a developer and landlord for over 25 years and, for my sins, ended up owning an estates and...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight – where next for prestige property in France?](/img/default/pit.png)
At the start of 2020, the French property market had been flying, with demand for prestige property leading the way. Sales were at...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – how to avoid overseas property purchase pitfalls in a pandemic](/img/default/pit.png)
Purchasing a property abroad is rarely a straightforward process, even at the best of times, but at present there are even...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why landlords must not use ‘no DSS’ to discriminate against benefit tenants](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...
29 July 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![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
![Insight - is self-build a rising investment trend?](/img/default/pit.png)
Until now, self-build has been something of a niche market – for the brave and risk-taking. It’s received national prominence through...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Private island with seven luxury properties sells for over £5 million](/img/default/pit.png)
A private island off the west coast of Ireland has been sold off-market for over £5 million to an unnamed Ultra-High-Net-Worth...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: five benefits for property investors of using a bridging loan](/img/default/pit.png)
There's no denying that Covid-19 has caused huge disruption to the global economy, and, unfortunately, it has hit UK entrepreneurs hard, too - including property investors. With...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let mortgage market recovery well underway, latest research shows](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest industry research and market commentary shows that the buy-to-let sector is showing signs of recovery following the strain of...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Being prepared to pick up distressed real estate](/img/default/pit.png)
Babrul Matin is the co-founder of the Islamic Investor, a specialist investment company which co-invests alongside real estate experts in the...
01 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![How can buyers of Spanish off-plan properties recover their investment?](/img/default/pit.png)
The coronavirus pandemic has caused a considerable amount of uncertainty and worry since it took hold in Europe in early March,...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the best performing PRS assets and how to find them](/img/default/pit.png)
The whole world is currently dealing with the challenge of Covid-19. Huge government support is being promised on a scale even...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Urgent government stimulus is needed to reignite the housing market - claim](/img/default/pit.png)
Covid-19 and the subsequent government lockdown will result in a loss of 526,000 home sales in 2020, according to further analysis...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Reminder to investors - changes to Capital Gains Tax now in effect](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which is causing such destruction and disruption to all our lives, new tax legislation is still...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Grab your corg-keys – The UK’s most pet-friendly city for tenants revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
With the government pledging to put an end to pet bans, UK-based insurance broker Towergate Insurance has revealed the top 10...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - what makes London such a rental hotspot?](/img/default/pit.png)
The rental sector across the UK has grown hugely in recent years, with high house prices and affordability issues meaning many...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – why Prime Central London is still appealing to investors](/img/default/pit.png)
On a rainy Thursday at the end of last year – the day of the general election, in fact – Property...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why is the sun shining on the UK’s furnished holiday let market?](/img/default/pit.png)
On Monday, this guest piece from Iain Brown at Aria Resorts analysed why the UK holiday property sector is attracting huge...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![TfL announces new guidelines to curb short-let rental ads](/img/default/pit.png)
Labour’s London Assembly spokesperson for housing has welcomed new advertising guidelines published by Transport for London (TfL) banning adverts on its...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Why is the Modern Method of Auction one of property’s fastest-growing sectors?](/img/default/pit.png)
The Modern Method of Auction (MMA) has become one of the fastest-growing sectors in property, according to online auction service LetsBid...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![The benefits of an online platform, such as Zillios, for international property searches](/img/default/pit.png)
Technology is developing constantly, which is steadily changing the scope of property purchasing both domestically and abroad. Zillios.com is seeking to re-define the...
01 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Firms suggests holiday letting is on the increase](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of holiday lets are on the rise, according to Bournecoast Holiday Agents and financial consultants Elite Financial. The firms say...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![BTL rates begin to shift upwards, says online broker](/img/default/pit.png)
New research from online mortgage broker Property Master has revealed that the cost of the majority of fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages appear...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Holiday lettings set to benefit from ongoing Brexit uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
A Brexit-inspired holiday letting boom is expected to hit the South West this year, according to local holiday letting agency Bournecoast. The...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Could you be a more ethical landlord?](/img/default/pit.png)
Private sector buy-to-let landlords sometimes get a bad rap from renters, who blame property investors for fuelling a housing boom which...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Majority of older renters fear that they will never afford own home](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of 35 to 54-year-olds renting a home has risen by 15% in the least three years, according to new...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Are these PropTech disruptors game-changers for property investment?](/img/default/pit.png)
PropTech has been something of a buzzword in recent years – a rising trend which sees internet-savvy startups launch digital and...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![AI-powered website aims to help investors find deal of a lifetime](/img/default/pit.png)
A property investment company, One & Only Pro, has launched its online offering after spending two years developing its complex algorithms...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Drop in available rental homes pushes rents to record high](/img/default/pit.png)
Asking rents have reached a record high this quarter following an ongoing trend of fewer property investors purchasing buy-to-let properties, according...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Home-movers warned to act now to move by Christmas](/img/default/pit.png)
Average asking prices of newly-marketed property show a fall of 2.3% in August as new sellers launch a ‘late summer sale’,...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Balearic Islands popular among foreign property investors, analysis shows](/img/default/pit.png)
Property transactions in the Balearic Islands have more than doubled in the last five years, according to estate agents Porta Mondial. The...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Where are the UK's most gentrified cities?](/img/default/pit.png)
Originally a word used to describe population changes in London, gentrification is now widely used to describe positive change in an...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Brexit is biggest challenge facing property market, say investors](/img/default/pit.png)
Britain's withdrawal from the European Union is the biggest challenge facing the UK property sector, according to a survey of investors,...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Shojin Property Partners secures £2.1m via crowdfunding platform](/img/default/pit.png)
Shojin Property Partners has secured over £2.1 million for development projects following the launch of its crowdfunding platform six months ago. The...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Allsop Residential Auctions defied all the odds in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop Residential Auctions has taken a look back on a successful 2017 for the firm, when it raised a total of...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![New lender criteria did not deter landlords in 2017, says Accord](/img/default/pit.png)
Landlords showed extreme resilience in 2017, new data has revealed, with 57% of the mortgage applications received by Accord Buy To...
12 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Autumn Budget can help free up rental homes to buy](/img/default/pit.png)
Bishop Fleming has called for the Chancellor in his next Budget to assist residential landlords who wish to downsize their property...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investment in central London up 24% year-on-year](/img/default/pit.png)
Central London commercial investment levels hit £11.5bn during the first seven months of 2017, marking a 24% rise on the corresponding...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Bridging lender offers free valuations on all new loan enquiries](/img/default/pit.png)
The bridging loans sector has markedly raised its profile in recent years. It is also becoming better understood by property investors,...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Bridging sector returns to growth, thanks to high demand from investors](/img/default/pit.png)
A growing number of property investors are turning to alternative finance options to overcome tougher mainstream mortgage lending criteria and stress...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![High house prices force many adults to live with their parents](/img/default/pit.png)
Many young people are being left with little alternative but to live with their parents to save enough money for a...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![It was ‘inevitable’ that UK house prices would ease](/img/default/pit.png)
The recent slowdown in UK house prices suggests that the market is cooling, but very few experts are surprised. The latest house...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Many property investors are struggling to obtain mainstream funding](/img/default/pit.png)
Sterner affordability criteria, stress testing and more robust risk management for lenders seeking to underwrite mortgage contracts has left many property...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices fall in Sydney for first time in 18 months](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices in Sydney dipped for the first time in 18 months in April, according to new data, as regulators continue...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Bridging loans open up opportunities for budding investors](/img/default/pit.png)
The bridging sector in the UK has witnessed five-fold growth in lending since 2011, as property professionals have increasingly considered bridging...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investors in Australia eye less conventional finance options](/img/default/pit.png)
With banks in Australia continuing to tighten their investor lending criteria, a growing number of investors looking to invest in property...
14 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![International buyers routinely rejected for UK mortgages](/img/default/pit.png)
Overseas investors and British expats are finding it increasingly difficult to secure mortgages in the UK to fund property acquisitions, according...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Asking price growth slows for homes in England and Wales](/img/default/pit.png)
Asking prices for residential properties listed for sale in England and Wales increased by 2% in the month to early February, the...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing shortage and cheap borrowing will continue to support UK house prices](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house prices may have ended last year around £15,000 higher on average than when the year started, but the signs...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property investors continue to eye less conventional finance options](/img/default/pit.png)
While buy-to-let lenders come to terms with fresh interventions imposed by the Prudential Regulation Authority, designed to subject buy-to-let landlords to stricter...
30 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Loan write-offs fall sharply in the commercial property sector](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of commercial property loans being written off has dropped to its lowest level since the credit crunch, fresh figures...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage lending restrictions having a ‘chilling effect’ on housing market](/img/default/pit.png)
People over the age of 55 are being frozen out of new mortgages, according to a new study. Stricter lending criteria means many...
10 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Garden villages to create thousands of new homes](/img/default/pit.png)
England's first garden villages have been proposed for 14 sites across the country along with three larger garden towns in Buckinghamshire,...
04 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Richard Barber – what to expect in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Richard Barber, director at Prime Central London estate agency W.A.Ellis, part of the JLL Group, offers his thoughts on what property market...