A prominent housing index claims prices are, on average, some 3.3% lower than a year ago but with the North East...
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![New League Table of how many Bedrooms Investors Can Buy](/upload/images/24%2006%2013%20%2004.jpg)
Latest research from Savills reveals how much space £340,837, the average house price for Great Britain, can buy you across different...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![UK Regions leap ahead of London for shrewd property investors](/upload/images/24%2005%2023%20%2001.jpg)
Handelsbanken’s latest ‘Property Investor Report’ shows the East of England as the most attractive region for property investors over the next...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Investor Insight - Britain’s fastest and slowest sales markets](/upload/images/24%2004%2009%2001.jpg)
New data from Rightmove reveals that Carluke in Scotland is Great Britain’s fastest selling market, with sellers in the area finding...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Boost for buy to let as renting judged lower cost than buying](/upload/images/240405%20%20%2003.jpg)
For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax. London, the...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![This is how much investor buyers can save at auction](/upload/images/240328%20%2001.jpg)
New research claims investors who buy at auction can bag a bargain for 43% less than the price on the wider...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Best Places guide to aid investors on up-and-coming locations](/upload/images/24%2003%2021%20%2005.png)
The Sunday Times has published its latest ‘Best Places’ guide - often considered a pointer to up-and-coming locations which could be...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Director banned after unlawful property scheme saw investors lose £57m](/upload/images/24%2003%2007%20%2005.jpg)
The director of two companies which operated an unauthorised property investment scheme costing investors more than £57 million has been banned...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Investors secure higher returns on sale of properties with good EPCs](/upload/images/24%2002%2029%20%20%2005.jpg)
Based on average house prices in the UK, a correlation has been found that properties with a higher Energy Performance Certificate...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Which tenures and regions have seen property value rise most?](/upload/images/24%2002%2022%20%2004.jpg)
Total value of UK housing fell marginally in 2023 by 0.3 per cent or £27 billion, but remains significantly higher than...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regional Rental Returns - new analysis shows wide variations across England](/upload/images/24%2001%2025%2002.jpg)
An investment consultancy has produced new data analysing the complex regional differences between rental returns. Analysts at Invezz examined data provided by...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Commercial Property Investment - annual uplift over 20% in best-performing UK region](/upload/images/24%2001%2025%2004.jpg)
Commercial property prices have shown strong year on year growth of as high as 21 per cent across some regions of...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Did we get it wrong about investing in UK housing market?](/upload/images/24%2001%2016%2004.jpg)
It looks like investors in mainstream UK homes who anticipated losing capital values in the 2023 may have been mistaken -...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Should Investors Wait for new round of House Price Falls?](/upload/images/23%2012%2014%204.jpg)
Two leading house price indices have shown recent rises - both the Nationwide last month and now the Halifax. The latter says...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![House prices WILL fall in 2024 despite recent rises - top analyst prediction](/upload/images/23%2012%2012%201.jpg)
A prominent investment platform says the recent small house price rises recorded by both the Nationwide and the Halifax are merely...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Residential Letting - rent rises outstrip inflation in past year](/upload/images/23%2012%2007%2001.jpg)
Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service shows that average UK monthly rents for Q3 2023 were £1,121.46: a rise of...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - Best and Worst Residential Yields in England and Wales](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2011%2007%203.jpg/23%2011%2007%203__399x266.jpg)
New research by digital mortgage lender Molo shows where in England and Wales offers the highest and lowest rental yields. The current...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Market Snapshot shows yields rising across all regions](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2024%2001.jpg/23%2010%2024%2001__400x400.jpg)
England and Wales have seen rising rental yields for the third quarter in a row, with the total yield up 1.0...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Warning: Buy To Let investors’ losses mount](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2021%201.jpg/23%2009%2021%201__400x267.jpg)
New research by lending service Octane Capital reveals that the average buy to let investor has seen the money they owe...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mixed Use Property Investments - where to find the stock](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2014%202.jpg/23%2009%2014%202__400x250.jpg)
Market analysis by debt advisory firm Sirius Property Finance reveals the North East is currently England’s mixed-use property hotspot, providing opportunities...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investors’ Guide - how to recognise and optimise yields](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2007%201%20Investors%E2%80%99%20Guide%20-%20how%20to%20recognise%20and%20optimise%20yields.jpg/23%2009%2007%201%20Investors%E2%80%99%20Guide%20-%20how%20to%20recognise%20and%20optimise%20yields__400x226.jpg)
Here Richard O’Neill - managing director of lettings at Romans Estate Agents - advises investors how to recognise and optimise yield for...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Northern England Will Be Best Bet For Investors ‘for the foreseeable future’](/upload/images/23%2008%2029%202%20Northern%20England%20Will%20Be%20Best%20Bet%20For%20Investors%20%E2%80%98for%20the%20foreseeable%20future%E2%80%99.png)
The North of England is outperforming the South for both capital appreciation and rental yields. Sourced Franchise has analysed annual changes in...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![What’s Happening In The UK Property Market?](/upload/images/23%2008%2017%201%20What%E2%80%99s%20Happening%20In%20The%20UK%20Property%20Market.png)
Arguably the most comprehensive source of market snapshot data about the UK housing market comes from the TwentyCi consultancy. In addition to...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental yields up in majority of regions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, this week released its latest Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q4 2022 rental yields across England...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Foreign homeowners sitting on £90.7bn worth of property](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Housing-1-400x310.jpg)
The total market value of foreign-owned homes in England and Wales currently stands at £90.7 billion, research from Benham and Reeves...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental snapshot – rents climb, BTR market share rises, hotspots revealed](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Housing-1-400x310.jpg)
PIT looks at the latest trends in the UK rental market and investment strategies for buy-to-let landlords and investors. Revolution Brokers uncovers the...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight: Could the post-Covid construction boom be over?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-housing1400x310.png)
The number of planning approvals dipped in April and appears to have continued into May, signalling the end of the post-Covid...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Bradford – City of Culture 2025 crowned the UK’s number one yield hotspot](/upload/images/Locations/BradfordProfile_400x310.png)
The crown of UK’s number one yield hotspot goes to Bradford, according to new research compiled by PropertyData and Sequre Property...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTR Q&A - 'there's an opportunity to professionalise the wider PRS'](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/build-to-rent400x310.png)
With the Build to Rent (BTR) sector no longer a new phenomenon, and fast becoming a well-established part of the PRS,...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![How much to maintain the rental sector? Around £30bn, study says](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Maintenance-400x310.png)
Maintenance in the UK rented sector totals a whopping £30 billion a year, according to new research. Property maintenance solution provider, Help...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants could be paying £800 more in rent per year – claim](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
In just a year’s time, the average UK tenant could be paying £800 more a year in rent, research by rental...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Time for action? Two-thirds of rental homes not green enough](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCRating-400x310.png)
With energy bills due to increase by 54% next month, research from specialist property lending experts Octane Capital has revealed that...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![New-build values soar above pre-recession levels, study shows](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/NewHomes-400x310.png)
Two areas in the UK are still feeling the impact of the 2008 recession despite strong growth in new-build property values,...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![International Women’s Day: Mind the gender house price affordability gap](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/gender%20equality%20400%20x%20310.png)
In the second instalment of our International Women’s Day 2022 series, PIT takes a closer look at a new study that uncovers...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![UK construction workers owed £1.4bn in tax following market boom](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
The UK construction sector saw its fastest rate of growth in eight months during February despite a problematic pandemic period, the...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Good news for investors – London propels PRS property availability](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.jpg)
Research from Octane Capital has revealed which areas of the UK rental market are driving growth in rental stock availability, as...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Half of UK renters want to buy out their landlord – study](/upload/images/library/HandingOverKeys-1-400x310.jpg)
A significant proportion of those renting a home would like to buy it from their landlord if circumstances allowed, new research...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Council partners with modular firm to tackle homelessness](/upload/images/library/SoloHausModular-400x310.png)
Cornwall Council has entered into a landmark deal to buy SoloHaus ‘micro homes’ from The Hill Group to help tackle the...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Best city for BTL? Bristol knocks Manchester off top spot, says study](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
Bristol, Oxford and Cambridge have been named as the best cities for landlords and investors to invest in for 2022, according...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Crossrail special: part 3 – what should investors know about the Central section?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/CrossrailSpecial-400x310.jpg)
Throughout this week, Property Investor Today has been exploring the investment potential of the locations that sit on the controversial and...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Going green – green upgrades bag sellers 16% more for their homes](/upload/images/library/EPCRating-400x310.png)
Sellers who have upgraded the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of their home to a C, from a D, E or...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![North East becomes UK’s Buy to Let Property Hotspot](/upload/images/library/Investment-Image-1-400x310.jpg)
The North West of England has held the title for buy to let property hotspot for some time now. However, property...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![New-build market share hits lowest level in a decade](/upload/images/library/Flats400x310.jpg)
New research has found that the proportion of UK property transactions accounted for by the new-build sector hit its lowest level in...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why Londoners are buying properties outside the city](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMapPins-400x310.jpg)
In this article, Reece Mennie, an award-winning entrepreneur and CEO of HJ Collection and Hunter Jones, explains why many people who...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Housing sector is a ‘low performer’ across the UK, study shows](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the bounce-back of the property market, Housing and Jobs & Economic prosperity are recorded as the worst-performing measure for the second...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – is the pandemic driving property investors North?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the property market undergoing tumultuous changes since the onset of the pandemic, recent figures from A-Plan Insurance has highlighted the...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Modular – partnerships, digital construction and reaching climate goal](/img/default/pit.png)
Off-site construction specialist Premier Modular has been awarded a place on the new £330 million LHC Modular Buildings Framework. Premier’s appointment to the...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – where are the best places to be an investor right now?](/img/default/pit.png)
When it comes to investing in property, strong rental yields are all-important if you want to make decent money out of...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Most leasehold homeowners consider service charges unfair, research finds](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the biggest frustrations for leasehold homeowners – aside from factors like doubling ground rents and a sense that they...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![New build delivery tumbles – 30,000 fewer homes built last year](/img/default/pit.png)
The level of new homes reaching the market has fallen by more than 32,000 across England year-on-year, research by StripeHomes has...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is the Build to Rent sector ready for the end of furlough?](/img/default/pit.png)
Few would disagree that it has been a difficult year for the residential lettings sector. With the market effectively frozen for...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: The best UK location for remote working](/img/default/pit.png)
The coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly brought about some changes to our everyday lives, with remote working skyrocketing in recent months as...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holiday prompts rise in demand for higher priced properties](/img/default/pit.png)
Last week's announcement of a stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of property purchases has prompted a rise in buyers...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Sun, sea and…renting? Tenants prioritise holidays over saving for a house deposit](/img/default/pit.png)
More renters are saving to go on holiday (33%) or for an emergency fund (31%) than for a deposit to buy...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Income required to rent in parts of England – a 20-year review](/img/default/pit.png)
The amount of net income required to cover the cost of renting has increased 16.8% in the last two decades to...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top performing property types of the decade revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
Terraced homeowners in London have seen the highest price growth of any property type across the whole of England and Wales...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Is NIMBYism on the rise again?](/img/default/pit.png)
New research from Churchill Home Insurance has revealed that nearly two million people have complained about planning permission applications since the...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Green shoots of recovery in London despite Brexit](/img/default/pit.png)
Soaring rents are tempting investors back into the capital's lettings market, according to September’s Home.co.uk Asking Price Index. A revitalisation of the...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK landlords spend £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties](/img/default/pit.png)
Landlords in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties (an average of £3,134 each), according...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Why are cash buyers in London continuing to exit the market?](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a dramatic fall in the number of cash buyers in London over the last year, according to Apropos...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News
30 April 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![The most affordable rents in Great Britain revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
An in-depth analysis from Zoopla has reported the trends in the affordability of private renting across the UK since 2007. The study...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit effect has forced one in three home moves since 2016](/img/default/pit.png)
A third of homeowners who have moved house since the referendum in June 2016 say Brexit was behind their decision to...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Renters want parking and pets, Zoopla study reveals](/img/default/pit.png)
Parking is the most desired feature of rental homes across England, Wales and Scotland, according to new research by Zoopla. The study...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Price growth slips into the red after 87 months of positive data](/img/default/pit.png)
Average overall price growth in England and Wales has slipped into the red, according to Home.co.uk’s February Asking Price Index. This...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK property investors remain upbeat in spite of ongoing uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
A recent poll suggests that the majority of UK property investors are set to grow their portfolios in 2019, despite a...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![More London landlords leaving market amidst increasing legislation](/img/default/pit.png)
London landlords are leaving the market in their droves, according to ARLA Propertymark’s December Private Rented Sector (PRS) report. The figures compare...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![House price growth slowed annually in 2018, Zoopla reveals](/img/default/pit.png)
House price growth across UK cities reduced steadily throughout 2018, according to new analysis carried out as part of Zoopla’s UK...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![More landlords will leave the private rented sector – claim](/img/default/pit.png)
More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been falling or...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Research reveals best locations for buy-to-let investment](/img/default/pit.png)
Online estate agency yieldit has unveiled the best buy-to-let locations in England and Wales. The new data, gathered from the agency's current...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Price cutting hits 7-year high as demand in the market drops](/img/default/pit.png)
Reduced demand in the market has led to price-cutting becoming the new norm, according to home.co.uk. Its ‘October Asking Price Index’ recorded...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![One in five landlords intend to stay in buy-to-let market indefinitely](/img/default/pit.png)
Some 18% of landlords said they intended to remain in the buy-to-let (BTL) market indefinitely, with the same number of portfolio...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![London rents finally rise after 18 months of falls](/img/default/pit.png)
Research has revealed that London rents increased by 0.10% in the year to June 2018, the first annual rental rise for...
06 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Where are the UK's best locations for buy-to-let investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
New research has uncovered the UK's best investment locations ranked by rental yield. The top performer is Burnley, with an average...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: areas where prices have grown by more than 250% since 2000](/img/default/pit.png)
There are 19 towns and cities that have witnessed property prices growing by more than 250% since the turn of the...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Majority of Brits are regaining confidence in the property market](/img/default/pit.png)
Some 84% of British homeowners expect property prices in their area to rise over the next six months, up 14% from...
23 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![East of England landlords remain confident about business prospects](/img/default/pit.png)
Landlord confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the end...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Falling rents in London ‘distorts’ picture for the rest of England, Index shows](/img/default/pit.png)
The average rent for a property in London fell 0.27% in the year to April, weighing down the resilient rental growth...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![London and South East prices slide again, report says](/img/default/pit.png)
While home prices may have nudged up this month across England and Wales, market conditions in London and the South East...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Strong price growth in the North West while London prices slide](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices in the North and West have surged amidst improving market conditions, according to the latest figures from Home.co.uk. This growth...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![London prices drop as Midlands market continues to gain momentum](/img/default/pit.png)
The London property market continues to struggle as the number of properties on the market increases while prices deflate, according to...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![London bounces back with UK rents on the rise](/img/default/pit.png)
The average cost of renting a home in the UK is now rising for the first time in almost two years,...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Average UK rents increased more slowly in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) has found that average UK rents increased at less than half the rate during 2017...
07 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rents and train fares up in London’s commuter hotspots](/img/default/pit.png)
Landbay’s latest Rental Index has revealed that commuters in nearly half of London’s most popular commuter towns face a greater overall...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rental price inflation in the UK experiences another slowdown](/img/default/pit.png)
Rental price inflation has now lagged behind general rate of inflation, despite average rents across the UK rising by 0.7% in...
20 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Manchester hits top spot and Hull climbs high in latest LendInvest Index](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest LendInvest Buy-to-Let Index report has revealed that Manchester is the top buy-to-let destination in the country. Published every quarter, the...
20 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![St Albans commands highest premiums for those looking to upsize](/img/default/pit.png)
St Albans has been ranked as the most expensive location for a family to upsize from a two-bed flat to a...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![More than five million Brits own a second home](/img/default/pit.png)
One in 10 adults in this country now own a second home - either to live in themselves or as buy-to-let...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house price growth continues to slow](/img/default/pit.png)
Growth in UK property prices increased at a slower pace of 4.9% in June, down from 5% a month earlier, according...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![First Guild Auction property snapped up for £875k](/img/default/pit.png)
The Guild Auction, a new platform designed to enable property investors to acquire and offload property under a virtual hammer online,...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house price growth continues to slow](/img/default/pit.png)
Growth in residential property prices in the UK continued to slow, but the cost of the average home still increased by...
19 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![The rental market is ‘strong and stable’ despite election uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
Most parts of England and Wales saw rents rise in the run-up to the recent general election with yields stable at...
03 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices proving resilient despite political uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
Britain’s housing market is once again proving resilient despite political turmoil caused by Theresa May’s decision to call a snap general...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices in England and Wales hit new record high](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices in England and Wales returned to growth in May, pushing the average property value to a new all-time high...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Public trusts Conservatives more than Labour to fix housing crisis, poll says](/img/default/pit.png)
More British homeowners trust the Conservatives more than Labour to fix the country’s ‘broken’ housing market, according to a new poll. With...
06 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property tax rises in UK are driving up home insurance costs](/img/default/pit.png)
Home insurance costs in the UK are rising as a consequence of higher property taxes, according to new analysis. Average property insurance...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices predicted to rise by over 6%](/img/default/pit.png)
The residential property market in the UK tends to be cyclical, moving in upward cycles of boom, bust and stability, and...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices stall amid affordability issues](/img/default/pit.png)
Annual house price growth continues to slow, as affordability issues deter many prospective homebuyers. With 2017 proving to be a rather challenging time...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Demand from investors leads to increase in bridging loans](/img/default/pit.png)
Demand for short-term loans continued to increase in the first quarter of the year, with more property investors turning to bridging...