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Knight Frank says private investors remain the most active buyers in global commercial property. In 2023 private capital invested US$338 billion globally,...

Landlords and property developers can access a free course from a retrofit knowledge and skills provider. The online course - called Retrofit...

Data from London property data consultancy LonRes suggests supply in prime areas of the capital is improving and so rental growth...

The Nationwide - the mortgage lender behind one of the UK’s leading house price indices - says there have been some...

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

One of the West Midlands most famous landmark buildings has been listed for sale. Commercial agents and investment specialist Robert Irving Burns...

Average annual price growth in prime global city markets ticked up in Q3 2023 to 2.1 per cent, well above the...

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

The current volatility in the UK housing market is leading to more British investment in the US, an expert claims.  Alistair Brown,...

Cyprus Sotheby’s International Realty has published its quarterly report analysing the performance of the Cyprus residential real estate market in the...

Insurers and risk managers must pull out all the stops to support the beleaguered UK construction sector, which is facing extreme...

Fans of Kevin Costner* may recall Field of Dreams. The above quote went to the heart of the 1989 film. It...

It’s reasonable to say that the 2022 property market was unpredictable and a whirlwind (although we did make some good predictions!)....

The current economic environment is still uncertain, and it is likely that the alarming rising cost of living, high inflation rates,...

When we read about financial headwinds, soaring inflation due to energy price rises and a looming recession on the horizon, it’s...

In September, Property Investor Today was kindly invited to visit the team at One Green Way to find out all about...

Investing in property for many people – whether for personal use or as a pure investment opportunity – can be an...

A global real estate investment management firm, Heitman LLC, has just announced that it has invested in the Hollis Building, Bath,...

A few years ago, we carried out an interview with Tzvete Doncheva, who has become one of the most prominent PropTech...

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

More people than ever are planning to staycation this summer, with new research forecasting a record year for UK holiday homeowners. According...

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

It is unsurprising that electric cars have seen an over 28% surge in demand in the last month alone. From rising...

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

We’re currently in a cost-of-living crisis. Living costs are rising at their fastest rate in 30 years; a typical domestic energy bill will...

In 2021, a year marked by rising house prices, supply chain issues and worker shortages, Michael Gove, the Secretary of State...

In this guest piece, Hugh Wigzell, senior associate at Farrer & Co, lists three issues that property buyers and investors should watch out for...

In this guest article, reproduced in full from an original post on LinkedIn, co-founder of AGO Hotels, Viv Watts, outlines why UK hotel investment is...

It’s been a tumultuous year for the student accommodation market, with distance learning and travel restrictions taking their toll on occupancy...

Following record-breaking years for staycations in 2020 and 2021, with people urged to stay local as a result of the pandemic...

Last week (Wednesday February 2), the government finally released its long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper, designed to help flesh out a...

The ‘potent’ mix of the Covid-19 pandemic and the slow demise of the Evergrande Group, one of China’s largest development companies, is...

A zero-tolerance policy response to Covid-19, declining property prices, and a flexible and accommodative central bank all set China apart from...

New research from BDRC BVA highlights the extent of the cost that landlords will need to rack up to get properties...

In this guest piece, Marcus Blake, managing director of Berkeley St George City & St Joseph, sets out why the UK's...

With demand for staycations soaring over the last 18 months, recent figures suggest that the UK is set for another record-breaking...

In this opinion piece, Jourdan Prowting, Partner Residential Auction at Allsop, analyses London's residential property market and discusses whether now is...

A lettings expert and tenant’s rights campaigner has warned that any progress on climate change as a result of the COP26...

In this guest piece, Guy Horne, co-founder and chief executive of HSPG, sets out why provision of affordable and supported housing...

In this guest piece, Emmanuel Lavoie, CEO of Jetstream Hospitality Solutions, sets out how investors can make the most from their holiday...

One of London’s busiest and most iconic areas has announced that it has become carbon neutral (as of November 11 2021). The...

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

Knight Frank’s annual Ski Property Report launched last week revealed that Swiss resort, St Moritz recorded the strongest price growth in...

This BTR roundup features an insight into the UK PBSA sector, good news for the London co-living market, and a brand-new...

In this guest piece, Martin Dell, Founder of Kyero, explores what makes overseas properties, particularly those in France, an attractive option...

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

Interest from China in the UK property is bouncing back, according to experts on the Chinese buying market in Britain. Domenica Di...

Fire door inspections and compartmentation will be the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga, a property consultancy expert has warned. New...

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,...

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

Property auctions provide the perfect opportunity for investors, whether you’re looking to add to your portfolio or release some capital.  As a buyer, you...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had many adverse effects on businesses, but an industry that has benefited immensely from the pandemic is...

As the UK emerges out of lockdown and ventures towards normality, people are ready to make the most of the upcoming...

In recent months, residential landlords have been under huge pressure to keep on top of a raft of new legislation and...

The UK government has implemented a legally binding commitment to achieve net-carbon zero by 2050, meaning that new-build homes must be...

The Covid-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way we live, it’s transformed how we work, socialise and even how we holiday. With...

The City of Helsinki – the local authority for Finland’s attractive coastal capital city – recently announced a competition that invites...

For landlords and property investors, maintenance is a key if not particularly glamorous part of the job. But how can landlords and...

It emerged a few weeks ago that TV stars Ant & Dec and Phillip Schofield are set to lose around £8...

In part one of this two-part special, we looked at how the Algarve’s golf resorts are bouncing back post-Covid and post-Brexit...

This May Day Bank Holiday, PIT is running a staycation special series on a range of topics associated with a market...

This May Day Bank Holiday, PIT is running a staycation special series on a range of topics associated with a market...

This May Day Bank Holiday, PIT is running a staycation special series on a range of topics associated with a market...

This May Day Bank Holiday, PIT is running a staycation special series on a range of topics associated with a market...

With travel abroad clouded by uncertainty during the coronavirus pandemic, throwing many travel plans into disarray, there has been an influx...

In this guest piece, the team at One Touch Property Investment outline the cities that are best for serviced apartments. With accommodation...

With restrictions starting to ease as part of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, and the vaccine rollout going well, there...

New research from a trade tools supplier has revealed the UK’s fastest-growing housing development locations. Protrade Tools and Fixings analysed domestic housing...

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

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

Purchasing an overseas property can be daunting and complicated at the best of times, and this is even more so the...

Having weathered the various challenges of 2020, showing its resilience and adaptability with companies surviving despite the difficult travel climate, the...

From March 1 2021, HMRC’s new VAT domestic reverse charge for building and construction services comes into effect. With this in mind,...

Two of Australia’s most popular cities - Melbourne and Sydney - are tipped for a Build to Rent (BTR) boom, according...

To no-one’s surprise, there haven’t been petitions or concerted pressure from the public, MPs and trade bodies regarding the introduction of...

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

With international travel currently banned, and likely to remain that way for the foreseeable, the great British summer holiday is likely...

Few places remain unaffected by the Covid-19 pandemic, with cases fluctuating across the nation, but still high overall. Domestically, as far...

Wardour Point, a development crafted for modern living, has been launched in Manchester to meet the growing demand for regional property. The...

Despite the introduction of Lockdown 3.0, the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market shows no signs of slowing down, with acquisitions,...

In a year of tumultuous uncertainty, where the headwinds of Covid-19 bore a number of new realities and decimated others, some...

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

At the start of this year, you would have got very, very long odds on the prospect of UK-wide lockdowns, mandatory...

Although the global travel industry has taken a nosedive in 2020 as a direct result of Covid-19, not all elements of...

With some 20% of the UK’s carbon emissions coming from domestic buildings, the importance of sustainable construction has become undeniable. Over the...

As the clock ticks ever closer to the end of the transition period, and the start of post-Brexit Britain from January,...

A new report from international law firm Withers claims that Covid-19 is accelerating rapid change in what people want from their...

A Barcelona-based software company recently announced its list of the ‘World’s Top 50 Short Term Property Managers’.  Rentals United, which describes itself...

Construction of new buildings – on time, and in a smooth, unencumbered way, if possible – plays a vital role in...

It’s common knowledge that asbestos is a highly damaging group of microscopic fibres that can severely impact the health of our...

With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...

In Part 1, we asked whether other major retailers will follow John Lewis’s lead in moving into the world of building...

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

I have been a developer and landlord for over 25 years and, for my sins, ended up owning an estates and...

Construction work has commenced on the Tate Residences, an ‘eagerly awaited’ luxury collection of 37 spacious apartments which overlook Sussex Cricket...

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

People often dream of a second home abroad – somewhere they can holiday in every year, head to for some winter...

At the start of 2020, the French property market had been flying, with demand for prestige property leading the way.  Sales were at...

Global property firm Knight Frank says it has seen a rise in expats buying in their home country for a 50/50...

Greece’s property market had only just started to get back on its feet after the years of devastation and austerity wrought...