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Although economic activity has picked up since the start of the year, the outlook remains weak by historical standards according to...

Maximising Returns: Use tech to make better decisions before acquiring your next property  As property investors, staying ahead in today's competitive market...

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

Cluttons, a prime London residential property specialist, has flagged an end to house price falls in its new forecasts for 2024...

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

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

“2023 has proved a tricky year but it’s also provided opportunities that haven’t been available for the last few years. “On the...

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

The prestigious Property Investors Awards - organised by the Property Investors Bureau - have announced their 2023 results. “This year we saw...

A prominent investment platform says the recent small house price rises recorded by both the Nationwide and the Halifax are merely...

A property consultancy says there’s a new office market emerging - and it’s beginning to rival office-favourite Reading.  Vail Williams says the...

Organisers say the seventh Ghana Property and Lifestyle Expo 2023, which took place recently in Chelsea, saw a record number of...

Over £1 billion has been invested in the burgeoning Build To Rent Single Family Housing sector in the first three quarters...

A major new housebuilder survey has found that concerns are growing over the short-term outlook for the UK economy. Knight Frank interviewed...

Cash-paying investors are swooping in and making purchases for less than their mortgage counterparts, new data suggests. In June 2023 cash buyers...

A new report shows that average sales in the UK take a depressingly long time - some 220 days. This comprises of...

Billionaire investors are buying even larger, more expensive and more luxurious ultra-prime homes in London during 2023 a new wealth survey...

Leading property investment experts Redmayne Smith offers advice to new investors With rental demand at an all-time high, research from Aviva...

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...

The value of the UK's fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector has risen to £56 billion, up 60% from £35 billion...

American investors are increasingly interested in prime London property, boosted by favourable exchange rates, the current need for diversification of portfolios and...

In this guest piece, Mark Simpson from Boostly looks at how holiday let owners can navigate the cost-of-living crisis and keep...

A new online marketplace which will connect property investors to property sourcers across the UK has been launched. Invesourced, a property investment platform,...

In this guest piece, Anna Reed, data director at EG, outlines the latest on the BTR market in the East Midlands...

The UK’s buy-to-let market has changed beyond recognition over the last few years and with a recession on the horizon, landlords...

City & Docklands, the residential developer, has announced their partnership with Unlatch, the innovative new homes CRM, data analysis, sales progression...

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

We all know that there is uncertainty in the market at the moment and predictions are that interest rates will go...

The Urban Splash Residential Fund recently announced that deals worth £28 million have been completed in the first quarter of 2022. A...

After a tough few years for the travel industry, foreign travel is forecast to return to pre-pandemic levels this summer due to the...

Sequre Property Investment has announced a £10.4 million cash realisation for over 1,400 investors over the last 12 months, across its...

The build-to-rent market has long been characterised by providing expensive, urban flats for young adults; but 2021 was a landmark year...

The Build to Rent (BTR) market has traditionally focused primarily on young professionals, with developments generally comprising apartment blocks with bolt-ons...

This mini development roundup includes the strategic partnership between Places for People and ilke Homes to deliver new homes in the...

Market analysis from Octane Capital has revealed that the number of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in England has dropped in...

With the rising cost of living and the UK’s inflation crisis creating financial uncertainty, many are looking to make more secure...

This week’s mini roundup features another success story from Auction House, which says buyer demand has trumped the rising interest rates,...

In this insight piece, Warren McCann, area director at Douglas & Gordan, shares the latest findings for the London housing market. We...

The National Landlord Investment Show, widely considered to be the UK's number one landlord and property investment exhibition, is returning to...

If previous auction roundups haven’t done much to convince you that property auctions are the most lucrative route, then perhaps this...

Labour’s London Assembly planning spokesperson has claimed that much-needed new homes will remain unbuilt and potential jobs unfilled without long-term investment...

Following the announcement that National Trading Standards and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are set to improve the standard of...

This time last year, amid frenzied activity in the residential property market in Scotland, driven by the unprecedented external factors of...

Top five housebuilder Bellway has selected leading modular housing company ilke Homes to deliver 40 factory-built homes on a site in...

The American writer Mark Twain’s famously observed ‘Buy land, they’re not making it anymore’. However, property investors are now finding there...

In this guest piece, Sascha Badelt, managing director of Cloverhut, outlines what investors should (and shouldn't) be doing when it comes to...

Small-scale property development is entering a phase full of fantastic opportunities. A huge housing shortage, an increase in permitted development rights,...

This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest development and investment news, featuring Avanton’s breakout into the BTR sector...

Following a successful year in PropTech last year, spatial data technology company Pupil predicts that 2022 will be the year that...

Sourced Property, the sourcing arm of the Sourced Group, has announced the launch of a 'bespoke property listing app', focused on the investor...

What does it say on your business card? Sam Le Pard, co-founder of LEXI Finance! How does LEXI help developers and property investors? LEXI...

The demise of the buy-to-let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a 3% stamp duty surcharge, and...

One of the questions I get asked most frequently is, 'what's the best property development strategy?'. Given that property development ranges...

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

Black History Month, an annual event with origins dating back to late 1960s USA and celebrated in the UK since 1987,...

In this development roundup, ilke Homes gathers significant funding in a pledge to deliver 10,000 homes in the next five years,...

The UK’s fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector recorded a total of £374 million of investment in Q3 2021, according to...

This mini housebuilding roundup features Lovell’s pledge to combat the housing shortage with refurbishment, and two ambitious deals from Pocket Living...

Last week, PIT spoke to some of the UK’s biggest and most successful auctioneers to find out if they planned to...

The term ‘Generation Rent’ has long been used throughout both the rental and sales markets, developing many connotations over the years....

Harry Roberts, managing director at My Favourite Cottages, shares a guide for second homeowners on how to navigate the UK travel industry post Covid-19,...

Taggart Homes has revealed plans for a number of new schemes across the UK, the acquisition of a home building company...

Why would a commercial lender give you money for a small-scale property development project? The answer is … profit. They’ll typically...

Knight Frank has announced that the UK’s Build to Rent (BTR) market received record levels of investment in the first two...

A leading property investment franchise, Sourced Partners, has partnered up with Loop, an all-in-one property prospecting tool. As a result of...

East Midlands estate agency, Marble Property Services has released new data which suggests that women taking the lead in pushing house...

If you take a look at the Virgin website you’ll see an impressive (and varied) number of brands, including broadband, aviation,...

Technology is changing how investors find, select and purchase property. This is especially true with the constraints of the past year...

The latest research by a nationwide buy-to-let (BTL) specialist has revealed which major cities across England and Wales have seen the...

With Portugal on the UK’s green list and slowly reopening to British (and other) holidaymakers, the country is likely to be...

In today’s world of unprecedented consumer choice and market saturation, it is becoming increasingly challenging for businesses to distinguish themselves amongst...

Property investors are always looking for new strategies and Rent-to-Rent has recently risen to the top of the popular strategies list....

Property investment can be very profitable over time and is seen as one of the safest forms of investment during times...

There is a much greater sales potential to be unleashed from Chinese buyers, a leading China expert has claimed. Domenica Di Lieto,...

Despite it being not far off 15 years since the global financial crisis, the fallout is still being felt in the...

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...

A new report based on research conducted in 2020 has been launched by The Property Marketing Strategists, a new venture from...

A survey claims that 75% of tenants describe relationships with the landlords as ‘good’ or ‘very good’, while 89% of landlords...

Investors trying to expand their portfolios can avoid delays caused by residential buyers taking advantage of the Chancellor's stamp duty extension by using four 'buy-to-let hacks', according to broker Mortgages...

Some property gurus and trainers will insist that people starting out on their property investment journey can become financially free very...

Some self-styled property gurus have courted controversy for offering near-instant financial freedom through their training courses, or arguing that anyone –...

Over the last 10 months, we have seen a raft of changes to the planning rules in England. This has been...

2020 was a tough pill to swallow for Europe’s real estate markets as some segments were forced into extremely disruptive lockdowns...

Grant Seaton, senior business lending manager at The Cumberland, discusses how the holiday let sector can prepare for a spring like no...

Pre-Covid, interest in modern methods of construction (MMC), specifically modular, was steadily growing. However, the pandemic and subsequent lockdown restrictions put in...

Property investment, like everything else at the moment, continues to be heavily influenced by Covid-19 and Brexit. But what does the market...

Build to Rent (BTR) has been a growing trend in the UK for a number of years, but what about in...

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

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

A number of experts in the Portuguese property market have pointed out that the Golden Visa scheme, which is set to...

The housing market in Scotland is showing no signs of slowing down, with marked increases throughout Q4 2020 despite Covid setbacks,...

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

Many home improvement companies will target their products and services towards property investors. Here, Natalka Antoniuk outlines the reasons why such companies...

The Property Investors Awards – the annual event celebrating excellence in property investing, which is normally held at a swanky London...

Purpose-built Build to Rent (BTR) housing is only a recent concept, with just over 51,000 dwellings completed across the UK as of Q3...

As property investors, it is very important that we monitor house price trends when assessing new deals and during existing long-term...

HMOs are an important part of the UK housing market as they offer students and young professionals affordable accommodation. There is...

Investment in the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market bounced back significantly in Q3 2020, according to CBRE’s latest Marketview report. Following...

With the potential for restrictions to be in place on and off for many years to come, and the likely continued...

A 20-year old university student has founded a PropTech startup which aims to improve the investment process for property investors. Below, Property...