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The UK has ranked highest for future residential real estate investment, in a survey of 500 investors, developers and asset managers...

Spain is a very popular destination for foreign property investors, as demonstrated by the high percentage (16%) of international buyers who...

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

A law firm has said the value of the UK’s top 15 senior living providers has increased by 62% in the...

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

Roy Ledgister, founder and chief executive of the Convivia Group, is both a barrister and an entrepreneur. Originally qualifying as a solicitor and...

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

Who are you? Craig Hayward How do you help landlords and property investors? With over 10 years’ experience we have been helping landlords and...

Landlords and property investors with leasehold property within their portfolio, as well as their advisors, will be aware of the difficulty...

The seemingly endless procession of new Build to Rent developments is continuing apace, with one of the biggest players in this...

With recent reports suggesting there’s been a spike in first-time landlords of late, a property investment expert has outlined why finding your...

Although the last six months have undoubtedly been difficult for many property investors and landlords for others this has been a...

One of the biggest investors in the fast-growing Build to Rent market is rebranding its ‘lifestyle-focused’ rental operator arm – in...

Delancey and Oxford Properties’ co-investment platform, Delancey Oxford Residential (DOOR), has raised further commitments of £260 million and £150 million for...

Before the pandemic struck, Build to Rent (BTR) was undeniably the property market’s fastest-growing trend. Many expect it to recover quickly,...

For any investor, one of the biggest concerns will be identifying issues after acquiring an asset which impairs value. In the context...

Despite the current thawing of relations between Westminster and Beijing, caused by controversial new laws in Hong Kong (a former British colony)...

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...

Despite the uncertainties posed by coronavirus for the higher education sector, new student accommodation developments are showing no signs of slowing...

Ombria Resort – a ‘world-leading luxury real estate development in the heart of the Algarve’ – recently announced that Pontos Group,...

Unite – one of the largest providers of student beds in the UK – recently announced the successful completion of the...

One of the biggest debates as we ease out of lockdown and come to terms with the new normal has revolved...

In part one, we looked at the major institutional investors ploughing money into the rapidly growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector. Here,...

Before the coronavirus pandemic took hold, there could be no denying that Build to Rent (BTR) was the biggest property market...

The property market in England is beginning to reopen, with the government green-lighting its restart on May 13, but are investors...

Equity and Capital operate as a Private Multi Family and Institution office in the UK real estate sector specialising in Build...

The construction and housebuilding sectors have undergone dramatic shifts in recent weeks – from site shutdowns and dividend cancellations to salary...

A recently launched Build to Rent development spanning two towers in MediaCityUK is supporting a local charity’s attempts to create a...

Spanish mortgage specialists Fluent Finance Abroad have offered reassurance to British buyers that there is no need to give up on...

With lockdown measures in place until at least May 7, and the coronavirus pandemic continuing to influence all aspects of everyday...

Buy a property below market value, renovate it and then make a tidy profit by selling it at a higher price,...

A brand new retirement village has opened for sale in Hampshire with a special open house over the weekend marking the...

We’re back with another instalment of Women in Property Investment, where we chat with inspiring women who are making their mark...

Duet, MediaCityUK’s first Build to Rent scheme, has opened its doors – providing a luxury development of 270 residential apartments. The new...

Nearly one in three people retiring this year plan to use their property wealth to help bolster their retirement income, highlighting...

A vast majority of landlords have revealed their acquisition plans for the year ahead, with the North West expected to be...

Terraced homeowners in London have seen the highest price growth of any property type across the whole of England and Wales...

Smartlands and UK Sotheby’s International Realty have announced a collaboration which aims to explore the possibilities that blockchain technology provides for...

The UK holiday property sector is a growth industry which is attracting huge interest from property investors, says Iain Brown of...

Real estate is set to remain an attractive investment asset in 2020 despite strong political and economic headwinds, the latest research...

Last month Property Investor Today attended AEW UK’S economic briefing on senior living to find out whether this could be the...

As a landlord, it helps to understand current trends in the private rented sector and how you can maintain your buy-to-let...

In its latest project, Birmingham-based Prosperity Developments has been given the green light to transform a huge retail unit in Birkenhead town...

Moving home? Here’s your guide to property jargon When it comes to buying, selling, letting or renting a property, you will likely...

The modular house-building and off-site construction industry recently received a major endorsement when it was revealed that the Reuben Brothers have...

Moorfield, a boutique UK real estate private equity fund manager, has announced the practical completion of the latest purpose-built student accommodation...

There are many compelling reasons to invest in property; you’ll earn a passive income, reap the benefits of capital growth and...

A new, unique platform for crowdfunding investment was recently launched by Smartlands, with the company becoming the first to tokenize property...

European investment platform Henderson Park and leading Build to Rent developer Greystar have announced the acquisition of a site at the...

JaeVee, the ‘disruptive’ PropTech business which launched in February 2018, is aiming to revolutionise how people develop, invest and learn about...

Property investment platform Property Partner has announced that its investors have traded over £30 million in shares of residential, student and...

A Berlin-based co-living service provider has joined forces with one of Europe’s largest real estate investment managers to assemble a €1...

Shojin Property Partners has launched a new crowdfunding investment opportunity for a newly built student property block in Nottingham. The block consists...

New data from AA Financial Services recently revealed that the number of British adults who say they want to move from...

Who are you? I’m Stephen Moss, the founder and managing director of the largest property investment platform in the UK, Sourced. I’ve worked...

There has been a striking rise in the number of people using equity release to buy a new property, according to...

Tell us about yourself? I’m currently the founder and director at online credit broker and comparison site Lending Expert which includes our second charge...

Property is still top choice when it comes to long-term investment, according to findings from a survey carried out by Perrys...

It's not just first-time buyers relying on financial help to purchase a property. According to new research from Lloyds Bank, second-steppers...

Pensioners have earned £7,000 a year from their homes, new analysis by Key Retirement has shown. According to the findings, the...

BidX1, the pioneering online auction house, raised more than £2 million from its second UK auction, posting a 70% success rate...

Open equity firm for property, Cogress UK, has announced a £1.73 million exit on a residential development in Westminster. The project, which...

Private equity firm Cogress has secured £4.1 million of equity to fund a new mixed-use property development in Surbiton, Kingston upon...

Strawberry Star has announced that it has exchanged contracts on a major residential-led mixed use development scheme in Luton, Bedfordshire. Located close...

The UK economy was bolstered by more than £7 billion in 2017 thanks to Britain’s older homeowner’s releasing equity for retirement,...

Landlords are still reducing borrowing as levels of gearing – the ratio of long-term debt compared to its equity capital –...

Private equity firm Cogress has underwritten £2.5 million in equity to fund a new mixed-use property development in South West London. Eager...

Property equity firm Cogress UK closed the year successfully with a £2.6 million exit on a residential development in Frimley, Surrey. Cogress,...

Property Partner, the world’s first property stock exchange, recently saw individual investors raising £2,992,800 of equity to buy a Purpose-Built Student...

MercyCrowd has become the first international platform to enable investment in buy-to-let properties. With an aim to safeguard investors from negative leverage...

Buy-to-let landlords in the UK over the age of 55 could be entitled to almost £50 billion via equity release, Retirement...

Octopus Property has partnered with Cogress to strengthen equity partnership with a second financing settlement. The specialist finance provider announced that it...

There has been a surge in the number of switching plans from existing equity release customers, thanks to record lows in...

The UK housing crisis will be top of the political agenda in September and October when the main political parties hold...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced its calendar of autumn events that focus on the specialist lending sector. The half day...

Soaring home values provided a major boost to Britons holding property assets in 2016 as they helped push the nation’s wealth through...

Equity release continues to grow among UK homeowners in the UK with activity hitting more than £700m in the second quarter...

You would have had to have been living under a rock to not know about the Government’s recent tax attacks on...

Ezylet, a property portal aimed at private landlords, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor, seeking fresh funds to grow...

If you want to build your wealth in the short-term, the easiest way to do so is by saving more money. If...

Residential property prices in Canada could fall by as much as 40% over the next five years, led by falls in...

The first British purchaser of property at Swiss ski resort Andermatt Swiss Alps says she has been ‘blown away’ by how...

A host of self build celebrities, including Kevin McCloud of Grand Designs and George Clarke of Amazing Spaces, have backed the...

Dublin, Milan and Madrid lead the way in terms of European ‘hot’ cities for hotel investment, fresh research shows. The study, conducted...

The Liberal Democrats launched its manifesto yesterday ahead of next month’s general election pledging to deliver 300,000 new homes a year,...

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...

There was a sharp rise in the number of home buyers using cash to buy property last year, with mortgage lending...

The total number of mortgage products on the market has reached its highest level since the recession in 2008 as competition...

A new property crowdfunding platform has launched which offers investors the opportunity to invest from just £500 in large-scale residential property...

TSB has reduced mortgage lending to first-time buyers, especially in London, amid growing concerns that many homeowners without significant equity in...

Investors are being offered the opportunity to invest and make ‘great returns’ from property developments, online, at the click of a...

The size of the retirement lending market in the UK looks set to soar over the next 10 years as lending...

Growth in UK house prices has seen over-65 homeowners’ property wealth hit a new record of £1.072trn, according to new analysis...

Britain’s housing shortage could be resolved if housebuilders were allowed to build significantly more new homes on the green belt, according...

A significant increase in overseas investment in UK regional property was one of the main drivers behind the strength of the...

The core US property market has produced its lowest annualised return since 2009, fresh data from the National Council of Real...

Homeowners across England and Wales remortgaged for around £15,000 more in 2016 than they did two years ago, with 57% capital...

Pensioners withdrew £5.8m a day from their homes last year, as growth in house prices boosted retirement incomes, according to analysis...

People over the age of 55 are being frozen out of new mortgages, according to a new study. Stricter lending criteria means many...

For many people investing in residential properly remains an attractive income investment at a time of low saving rates and stock...

An online property service has launched a major crowdfunding campaign to fuel expansion plans. No Agent, launched three months ago, claims to...

Residential property prices in Australia’s leading inner-cities like Melbourne and Brisbane could tumble by as much as 15% by 2019, according...

Homebuyer deposits rose by an average of £5,000 in the first six months of 2016 compared with the same period last...

Retired homeowners have withdrawn an average of £6.8m of property wealth through equity release so far this year, according to new...

More than a quarter of interest-only mortgage borrowers in the UK may struggle to repay their home loans, new research shows.  Interest-only...

Close to £120,000 has so far been raised via a crowdfunding platform by two property entrepreneurs catering for professionals seeking house...

ILG Capital GmbH has launched a new German retail real estate fund which is aimed at institutional investors.  The open-ended special AIF,...

With the outlook for savers looking grim, almost half of over 45 year-old homeowners - equivalent to just over 6m UK...

With many housebuilders adopting a cautious approach to retirement living in Scotland, Savills has identified ‘an untapped opportunity’ for investors willing...

Allsop’s latest property auction, held last week at The Park Lane Hotel in London showed strong appetite from investors for commercial property,...

With thousands of Britons who own property in Spain still trapped in negative equity with their house prices stuck below 2007...

Retired homeowners have seen the average value of their property rise by £500 a month since the start of this year...

Up to £900bn worth of property investment in this country will be at risk of harm if the UK votes to...

A marina is not the sort of lot that you would usually see featured in a property auction but investors turned...

Northern Ireland’s commercial property market has enjoyed a strong start to the year thanks in part to healthy investor demand for...

House prices in the Netherlands look set to rise by around 5% this year, as the number of homes coming on...

New government funding to help significantly boost the supply of new shared ownership homes across the UK looks set to open...

Open equity investment firm Cogress has sourced £8m in just 22 days after completing a £3.9m investment for a mixed-use development on...

A report recently released by Royal London revealed that Brits earning the national average wage of £27,600 a year who saved...

Open equity property investment platform Cogress has announced the appointment of well-known business magnate David Bernstein CBE to its advisory board. Bernstein,...

Former employee Andrew Screen has been appointed as a Senior Director by CBRE. He will work within the company’s Investment and...

Research by equity release lender more 2 life has revealed that almost a third of over-55s would rather use property wealth...

Property crowdfunding platform The House Crowd has secured £700,000 from investors, only a month after the launch of their share offer....

Results from a survey of industry bodies has revealed that buy-to-let will be the main use of equity release for the...

Retired homeowners have seen their property wealth grow by nearly £17.5 billion in the past three months, with the average pensioner...

An online property investment portal has launched this month, allowing investors to get involved for as little as £100. Elevate Invest says...

According to the latest Bank of England figures, the huge hike in buy-to-let landlords in the UK has led to a...

Over 1,500 registered investors have pledged more than £500,000 through CrowdLords, a residential crowdfunding platform which partners developers and landlord with...

Research by equity release lender more 2 life has revealed that nearly four fifths (77%) of advisers believe there should be...

A poignant example of the continued lure of prime London property, a new Victoria-based development launched by private equity firm Cogress...

Cogress Ltd, the London-based private equity firm, has announced that it has smashed the £200m barrier in UK GDV (Gross Development...