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10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investors: hedge against rising inflation with property](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/BuytoLet3-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Judith Tan, head of capital markets at EstateGuru, looks at how investors can hedge their bets against...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Your 12-step 2022 property investment plan](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyDevelopmentImage-1-400x310.jpg)
It’s a new year – 11 more months lie ahead. With some discipline and focus you could be much closer to your investment...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Black History Month – positively impacting lives through property](/upload/images/Site%20logos/BlackHistoryMonthInvestorSpecial.jpg)
In the third instalment of our Black History Month investor special, we speak to Ayesha Ofori, founder of both the female...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Hub duo launch game-changing app - what's it all about?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/smartphone-image400x310.png)
The pair behind one of the property industry's most popular podcasts have now launched an app that they say will 'completely...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Belgravia property receives record-breaking investment of £6.4m](/upload/images/Locations/Wilton%20Place%20.jpg)
UK property finance platform CapitalRise has funded its biggest crowdfunding raise. Investors of the platform have reserved £6.4 million in finance...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors – can you really build a property empire in five years?](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading property developer has claimed that a successful property empire can be built within a short space of time, albeit...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![A diamond in the rough: what to know about Lithuania’s property market](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite having only around three million inhabitants, Lithuania is punching well above its weight, enjoying years of economic growth. Its architecture...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Going global – GuestReady acquires The Porto Concierge in Portugal](/img/default/pit.png)
Leading short-term rental brand GuestReady has acquired The Porto Concierge, the largest Airbnb management company in Portugal. Following its acquisition of BnbLord...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - common mistakes when investing in European property](/img/default/pit.png)
In theory, investing in the European property market is simple, but in reality it can be a little more challenging. The first...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Spanish property – development in Barcelona and crowdfunding growth](/img/default/pit.png)
Spain is the UK’s most popular holiday and second home destination and, since July 15, Brits have been allowed to travel...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Crowdfunding platform releases app to help investors post-Covid-19](/img/default/pit.png)
A Dutch company has released an app that allows investors across the globe to access real estate investments, as Covid-19 continues...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fearless investing: how property investment behaviour is changing](/img/default/pit.png)
2019 brought with it much uncertainty, with falling property prices leading many to fear the start of a property price crash....
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![What is the potential for real estate tokenisation in the future?](/img/default/pit.png)
Is blockchain technology about to transform real estate investment? It’s a question we’ve asked a number of times on Property Investor...
31 January 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
![And the prize goes to…2019 Property Investors Awards winners revealed!](/img/default/pit.png)
The 2019 Property Investors Awards, which recognises the sector's most outstanding individuals, recently took place at the Royal National Hotel in...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Why investors will be surprised by the benefits of tokenizing PBSA](/img/default/pit.png)
Property Investor Today has previously looked at how Smartlands became the first company to tokenize property in the UK and asked whether fractional ownership and...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Is fractional ownership and tokenization the future for property investment?](/img/default/pit.png)
Property Investor Today has covered the work of Smartlands - the first regulated blockchain-based crowdfunding company in the UK, and the...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Platform unveils plans to tokenize further properties in the UK](/img/default/pit.png)
Earlier this month Property Investor Today looked at how Smartlands became the first company to tokenize property in the UK. And...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK female property investment network launched by leading entrepreneur](/img/default/pit.png)
A female property investment network, the PropElle Network, has been launched to empower historically underrepresented groups. Introduced by leading female entrepreneur Ayesha...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Crowdfunding platform becomes first to tokenize property in the UK](/img/default/pit.png)
A new, unique platform for crowdfunding investment was recently launched by Smartlands, with the company becoming the first to tokenize property...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![What type of property investment brings in the highest yields?](/img/default/pit.png)
In terms of buy-to-let investments, Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) are a key feature of the future of renting. Not only do...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Improved confidence in the resale market, says Property Partner](/img/default/pit.png)
There was increased activity for the fourth consecutive month on Property Partner’s resale market, suggesting a positive change in sentiment amongst...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Partner sees improved confidence for investment](/img/default/pit.png)
Crowdfunding platform Property Partner has reported that investment sentiment appears to be improving amongst investors. According to its latest surveys, 81% of...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![New Sheffield development to be funded by crowdfunding platform](/img/default/pit.png)
The funding launch of an ‘exciting new development’ in the Castlegate area of Sheffield was recently announced by Leeds-based property investment...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Investing in crowdfunded development projects – what you need to know](/img/default/pit.png)
Crowdfunded property development projects are great for home buyers and investors alike. For investors, the pros are that you don’t need a...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Over £30 million traded on Property Partner marketplace](/img/default/pit.png)
Property investment platform Property Partner has announced that its investors have traded over £30 million in shares of residential, student and...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Shojin Property Partners launches investment opportunity in Nottingham](/img/default/pit.png)
Shojin Property Partners has launched a new crowdfunding investment opportunity for a newly built student property block in Nottingham. The block consists...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![More and more millennials are investing in property crowdfunding](/img/default/pit.png)
An increasing number of millennials are turning to property crowdfunding as they struggle to get on the property ladder, according to...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Crowdfunding property development project ‘could be largest of its kind’](/img/default/pit.png)
A new £15 million crowdfunding property development project in Altrincham, Great Manchester, could be the largest project of its kind ever...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![The National LIS Awards urges companies to enter](/img/default/pit.png)
The National LIS Awards, which aims to celebrate excellence in the private rented sector, is set to take place on Thursday...
20 July 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
![Brickowner hits £1m milestone through crowdfunding platform](/img/default/pit.png)
PropTech start-up Brickowner has reached a £1 million milestone through its platform via crowdfunding, just a year after launching. According to Brickowner,...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Invest in buy-to-let via crowdfunding, says property expert](/img/default/pit.png)
The share of buy-to-let (BTL) lending decreased to 12.5% in June 2017 – the lowest percentage since Q3 2013 – which...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Crowdfunding model launches equity-only platform](/img/default/pit.png)
MercyCrowd has become the first international platform to enable investment in buy-to-let properties. With an aim to safeguard investors from negative leverage...
25 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![New property platform provides an alternative to ‘The Bank of Mum and Dad’](/img/default/pit.png)
Property Pact, a new property funding platform, has been launched after gaining consent from the Financial Conduct Authority. Property Pact, which connects...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Online property portal for landlords eyes IPO](/img/default/pit.png)
Ezylet, a property portal aimed at private landlords, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor, seeking fresh funds to grow...
24 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![The House Crowd hits £50m fundraising milestone](/img/default/pit.png)
The House Crowd has hit its £50m investment milestone after a record start to the year, having raised more than £15m...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Andy Murray backs property rental crowdfunding platform](/img/default/pit.png)
Tennis star and Seedrs advisor Andy Murray has invested in three early-stage UK businesses, including specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender Landbay. Murray’s Seedrs...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![New crowdfunding venture targets ‘sophisticated property investors’](/img/default/pit.png)
A new property crowdfunding platform has launched which offers investors the opportunity to invest from just £500 in large-scale residential property...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investors take a punt on land investment in Gloucestershire](/img/default/pit.png)
More than 100 investors with a diverse and experienced investment history have collectively invested in the region of £1m in a...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![England rugby star touches down with investment crowdfunder](/img/default/pit.png)
Things are looking up for England and Harlequins rugby union star Chris Robshaw after he followed up his first return to...
28 March 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
![Christopher Merriman, Land and Planning Director at Intro Crowd](/img/default/pit.png)
What does it say on your business card? Christopher Merriman, Land and Planning Director at Intro Crowd Who are Intro Crowd? Intro...
10 February 2017
From: 60 Second Interview
![Shortage of UK homes means prices will hold up](/img/default/pit.png)
A chronic shortage of homes for sale is pushing house prices in the UK even higher, a property investment specialist has...
03 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investors fund £1m London development in 71 hours](/img/default/pit.png)
Property investors have raised £1 million for a development in Knightsbridge in just 71 hours. The row of five townhouses and four...
24 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices remain ‘reassuringly resilient’](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices were at the forefront of the Brexit debate in the run-up to the EU referendum, with the now...
10 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house price growth picks up pace, says Halifax](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house prices rose at their fastest pace for eight months in November, fresh property price data has revealed. The Halifax, part...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Digital property firm turns to crowdfunding to raise money](/img/default/pit.png)
An online property service has launched a major crowdfunding campaign to fuel expansion plans. No Agent, launched three months ago, claims to...
05 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house price growth continues to defy post-Brexit gloomy forecasts](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK increased by an average of 7.7% in the year to September, according to the latest...
19 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices increase unexpectedly in October - Halifax](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a surprise rise in UK home prices in October, despite the slowdown in the housing market in recent months,...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![House price inflation grinds to a halt](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK were unchanged in October compared with the previous month following 15 consecutive months of house...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Investors target house-share market](/img/default/pit.png)
An increasing number of investors are rushing to invest in the house-share market through crowdfunding sites, according to Smart Property, which...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house price growth slows, says Nationwide](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK rose further in September, albeit at a slower rate, new figures out today show. According to...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Annual house price growth slows to 6.9%, says Halifax](/img/default/pit.png)
The annual rate of UK house price growth cooled further in August, after slowing the previous month, fresh data shows. Halifax said...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Entrepreneurs seek investors for house share scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Close to £120,000 has so far been raised via a crowdfunding platform by two property entrepreneurs catering for professionals seeking house...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property prices in London’s Olympic boroughs race ahead](/img/default/pit.png)
Major investment in London’s six Olympic boroughs has helped drive up residential property prices by an average of 64% in the...
03 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brexit impact on house prices is ‘not certain’](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices increased at their fastest annual pace in four months in July, but the early impact of Brexit has...
29 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices look set to fall](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK look set to fall in the coming months as economic and political turmoil have an...
08 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices rebound after April dip](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK rose by 0.6% in May, twice the rate forecast in a Reuters poll of economists...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Crowdfunding website offers new ways to invest in property](/img/default/pit.png)
Housebuilders are responding to high demand from buyers and renters by increasing the level of residential construction, as reflected by the...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brexit vote would put £900bn of UK property investment at risk – claim](/img/default/pit.png)
Up to £900bn worth of property investment in this country will be at risk of harm if the UK votes to...
02 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Crowdfunding entrepreneurs urged to be wary of tax implications](/img/default/pit.png)
People using crowdfunding to invest in property should be wary of the tax consequences of raising money through this increasingly popular platform,...
19 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![The calm after the storm](/img/default/pit.png)
Activity in the UK housing market is slowing, as reflected by a fall in the annual rate of property price growth,...
10 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property Partner appoints Head of Institutional Development](/img/default/pit.png)
Property Partner has appointed Mark Weedon as its new Head of Institutional Development. The crowdfunding platform announced that Weedon, an experienced figure...
18 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property Partner to expand in the UK and 'beyond'](/img/default/pit.png)
Property crowdfunding website Property Partner has announced the completion of its own latest funding round, in which it secured investment of...
09 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Investors could be forced in to debt by 2.5% interest rate rise](/img/default/pit.png)
If interest rates rise by just 2.5% over the next four years, the average investment property could make an annual loss of...
02 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Two million young buyers locked out of the housing market](/img/default/pit.png)
Homeownership rates have massively declined in the last 15 years, with almost two million young buyers priced out of homeownership, according...
26 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![The House Crowd ready to build on successful 2015](/img/default/pit.png)
The House Crowd achieved turnover of £1.1m for 2015, a huge rise of over 140% from 2014's total. The property crowdfunding platform,...
19 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property crowdfunding site listed on new app](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK's first two-sided residential crowdfunding platform - CrowdLords - has also become the first UK property crowdfunding site to be listed on...
08 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Crowdfunding platform secures largest investment opportunity to date](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property crowdfunding platform Property Partner has listed 42 flats for sale, its first ‘higher-yielding’ block investment opportunity to date. The block...
06 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![£700,000 investment milestone reached by The House Crowd](/img/default/pit.png)
Property crowdfunding platform The House Crowd has secured £700,000 from investors, only a month after the launch of their share offer....
03 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Crowdfunding platform set to help boost rental stock](/img/default/pit.png)
Crowdfunding platform PropertyPartner has announced it has purchased property in growth hotspot Hastings from a local developer. In an attempt to get...
23 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Propnology ready to launch](/img/default/pit.png)
After being awarded full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority, a new property crowdfunding platform – Propnology – is preparing for...
15 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Crowdfunder claims £6m invested in buy-to-let property in six months](/img/default/pit.png)
Property crowdfunding platform Property Partner has reported that investors have ploughed more than £6 million into buy-to-let property during the website's...
28 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![More success for Property Partner as London flat sells out in half an hour](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential crowdfunding platform Property Partner has reported another success, after half a million pounds was raised in just 35 minutes for...
06 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![More than £500k invested through fledgling landlord crowdfunding platform](/img/default/pit.png)
Over 1,500 registered investors have pledged more than £500,000 through CrowdLords, a residential crowdfunding platform which partners developers and landlord with...
06 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![New crowdfunding opportunity based around property investment](/img/default/pit.png)
Quanta is the latest property crowdfunding opportunity to hit the headlines. It is looking to raise £3 million by offering UK...
26 June 2015
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-Let flat crowdfunds in just 35 minutes](/img/default/pit.png)
A property listed on residential crowdfunding platform Property Partner reached its funding target in a record 35 minutes, the website has...
27 May 2015
From: Breaking News
![Paul Skillen, Founder of Mayfair & Morgan](/img/default/pit.png)
Q: Who are Mayfair & Morgan? Mayfair & Morgan is a property Crowdfunding company which specialises in Property Portfolio Management, undertaking development...