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18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Footfall boom gives Retail Property Investment boost](/upload/images/24%2006%2004%20%204.jpg)
There’s good news for investors looking to retail property - until recently, down in the dumps. But footfall in UK retail destinations...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Iconic Pubs looking for Investment Buyers](/upload/images/23%2012%2005%2003.jpg)
Pub company Three Thistles has instructed Shepherd Chartered Surveyors to sell a long-established portfolio of seven licensed premises stretching across Scotland’s...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Auction Time – upcoming investment opportunities in Manchester](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Kings.jpg)
This month a pair of investment opportunities are scheduled to go under the hammer for a bidding war. The two properties are...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Grainger announces second BTR scheme in Milton Keynes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/MILTO_KEYNES-400x310.png)
Grainger plc, the UK's largest listed provider of private rental homes, has expanded its portfolio of Build to Rent properties in Milton...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Battersea Power Station finally opens to the public – what does it include?](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/power%20station%20400x310(1).jpg)
Battersea Power Station announced yesterday that it will finally open its doors to the public for the first time in its...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Investors – where are the UK’s best locations for regeneration?](/upload/images/Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
At PIT, we have regularly focused on stories surrounding regeneration and the impact this has on investment. Very often, an area that...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Clowes Developments – who are Derby County FC’s proposed new owners?](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/DerbyCounty400x310.png)
Not for the first time, the worlds of property and football have collided with the proposed takeover of beleaguered Derby County...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Convivia announced as new shirt sponsor of QPR](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/QPRStadium-400x310.jpg)
Property and technology investment firm, Convivia, has become the new shirt sponsor of Championship side Queens Park Rangers - better known...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Barkingside Up! More than 90 affordable homes in the pipeline](/upload/images/Locations/Barkingside%20Image_Credit%20_Sheppard%20Robson_400x310.png)
Transport for London (TfL) is putting its heads together with regeneration specialist, Vistry Partnership, and housing association, Peabody, on proposals that could...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Earls Court regeneration – what’s the story?](/upload/images/Locations/Earl'sCourt_400x310.png)
It’s one of the best-known parts of West London, famous for its (now demolished) exhibition centre, its busy Tube station and...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Development – partnerships, revenue growth and Hong Kong investment](/upload/images/Site%20logos/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
This week, PIT delves into the latest in property development news – from the new partnership between ilke Homes and Man...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why property services need to lead the charge in the green revolution](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyLightbulb-400x310.png)
The more the world learns about climate change, the more we realise that we all have a part to play in...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – joint ventures, FTB homes and co-living thrives](/upload/images/Site%20logos/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
In this week’s roundup, PIT takes a look at the latest UK schemes, including the newest phase in Barratt London and...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Town and city regeneration: Advantages in property development](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.png)
Town and city regeneration isn’t a new topic, by any means, but recent events in the UK have left us thinking...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![The 'all-in-one-living experience' – what does Vonder Wembley offer?](/upload/images/Locations/VonderWembley-400x310.jpg)
PIT was recently invited along by the Vonder Wembley team to spend a weekend at its flagship development and enjoy the...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Perfectly on Kew – what is the latest with Apo’s plans to transform renting?](/upload/images/Locations/BrentfordFCView-400x310.jpg)
In November last year, we reported on the rental rooms with a view overlooking Brentford FC’s impressive Community Stadium. On a crisp,...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Barcelona the top Spanish hotspot after rent capping is scrapped, says agency](/upload/images/Locations/Barcelona-400x310.jpg)
Barcelona is now the number one property hotspot in Spain following the scrapping of rent capping across Catalonia. That's according to...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![TfL funding fiasco – huge numbers of new homes at risk, says Assembly member](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
Labour’s London Assembly planning spokesperson has claimed that much-needed new homes will remain unbuilt and potential jobs unfilled without long-term investment...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Marie-Julie Gheysens - talking family ties and gender barriers](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Interview-Speaker-400x310.jpg)
A few weeks ago we reported on Ghelamco's first UK scheme in Shoreditch, which is being spearheaded by 27-year-old Marie-Julie Gheysens, the firm's...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Who built The Arc? Ghelamco did!](/upload/images/Locations/PIT-TheArc-400x310.jpg)
Ghelamco - which is well-known for the creation of sustainable, energy neutral concepts - has officially launched The Arc in Shoreditch,...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Full steam ahead! Masterplan for West Bromwich given the green light](/upload/images/Locations/WestBromwich-400x310.jpg)
Last week saw Sandwell’s Cabinet approve ambitious plans to regenerate and revitalise West Bromwich’s town centre over the coming decades. The West...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Big investment in landmark Stockport BTR redevelopment project](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
A specialist alternative asset manager has committed £12 million, alongside several significant public sector bodies, as part of a public-private partnership to regenerate...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight – where are the best areas in the UK to invest in property in 2022?](/upload/images/Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
New research from Currys and Swann has revealed the best UK areas to invest in a property in 2022, highlighting the price of...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Crossrail special: part 1 – all investors need to know about the Western section](/upload/images/Site%20logos/CrossrailSpecial-400x310.jpg)
Already nearly three years late and vastly over-budget, Crossrail 1 – which will officially be known as the Elizabeth Line when...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Reading – could it be the South East’s newest hotspot?](/upload/images/Locations/ReadingDrone-400x310.jpg)
Despite being home to centuries of history, a Championship football team, a major shopping centre, a thriving tech and business scene,...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![It’s back! National Landlord Investment Show goes live again in October](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPeople-400x310.jpg)
After a hiatus of nearly two years, where shows had to take place virtually instead, the National Landlord Investment Show says...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Banishing the blues – is it time for the Aberdeen property market to shine?](/upload/images/Locations/AberdeenCityCentre400x310.jpg)
It’s famous for oil, football, the North Sea chill and granite, but Scotland’s third biggest city – and the UK’s 39th...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Quintain’s Rajesh Shah – what will Covid’s impact be on BTR long-term?](/img/default/pit.png)
Quintain Living, formerly known as Tipi, is the Build to Rent (BTR) brand of well-known developer Quintain and has made a...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Update – the latest in Berkhamsted FC’s fight to stay at its historic home](/img/default/pit.png)
At the beginning of this year, we covered the story of Berkhamsted Football Club and its battle to keep playing at...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eco update – Hanoi project makes a splash and eco-friendly Sheffield scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
A new development that is aiming to disrupt 'the construction industry' and change 'the way we design and build homes' is coming soon...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: how Quinta do Lago's USPs have served it well during Covid](/img/default/pit.png)
Quinta do Lago, one of the most famous resorts in the Algarve and a key part of the famed Golden Triangle,...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight - why investing in Valencia is a good idea](/img/default/pit.png)
It’s famous for football, oranges, paella, the Las Fallas festival and its beaches, but Valencia might sometimes be overlooked by investors who...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![How lockdown has changed the way we live: boosting the BTR trend](/img/default/pit.png)
The rental sector has doubled in size in the past 20 years, with an estimated 19% of households (11 million people)...
19 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Algarve investment – why golf resorts are fighting back as residential hotspots](/img/default/pit.png)
For many years, golf has been one of the biggest draws for those coming to the Algarve either on holiday or...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![A new way of living - will Nottingham be the first true 15-minute city?](/img/default/pit.png)
Since the onset of the pandemic, the concept of the 15-minute city has come to the forefront more than ever, with...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – A ball of history, record sales and the power of auction](/img/default/pit.png)
You may get a kick out of this week’s roundup, with the home of the late England footballer and World Cup...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight - why are international investors piling into the North West’s BTL market?](/img/default/pit.png)
International investors are increasingly focusing on the buy-to-let (BTL) property market in the North West of England, according to property investment...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Vilamoura – why there is ‘far more to come’ from the famed resort](/img/default/pit.png)
People thinking about Vilamoura might first and, in all likelihood, only think about the marina and the hotels, bars and restaurants...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Newcastle top the league…of rental yields!](/img/default/pit.png)
Football, more than ever, is providing much-needed entertainment and escapism for the UK population now that it’s entered Lockdown 3.0, with...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![A PR own goal? Developer and local football team lock horns over ground](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent decades, property developers and local football clubs have regularly locked horns over historic grounds – and it’s rarely been...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Uruguay to become more investor-friendly ‘with relaxed requirements’](/img/default/pit.png)
Earlier this year, we wrote a number of articles about the potential of Uruguay as an investment destination. Unheralded compared to...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top five regions for property investments in Spain next year](/img/default/pit.png)
Spain is a very popular destination for foreign property investors, as demonstrated by the high percentage (16%) of international buyers who...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – where are the top five UK regeneration hotspots?](/img/default/pit.png)
Here at PIT, we regularly cover regeneration stories – and last year we even ran a 10-piece series zoning in on...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![New BTR scheme in Wolverhampton as city set for 64-room project](/img/default/pit.png)
Work is set to get underway in the coming weeks on the construction of a new Build to Rent (BTR) development...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![High-end property broker: we should be more like the US on property](/img/default/pit.png)
A Mayfair-based property broker, who has previously spoken of his ability to break into the old-money elite, has called for greater...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![First-time buyers snap up apartments at Trent Bridge Quays](/img/default/pit.png)
Demand for viewings at Trent Bridge Quays, Elevate Property Group’s luxury development in Nottingham, has surged after a series of ‘hard...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![All aboard – historic station holiday home secured for future generations](/img/default/pit.png)
England’s highest mainline railway station building, which doubles up as self-contained holiday accommodation, has been purchased by the Friends of the...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Doing it differently – private developer transforms affordable housing](/img/default/pit.png)
Affordable housing is very often a thorny bone of contention. Arbitrary government targets are regularly missed and this part of the...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Manchester’s ever-changing skyline – how has the city changed in recent years?](/img/default/pit.png)
Along with Birmingham, Manchester has become the biggest investment hotspot outside of London in recent years as it has emerged from...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Development – major schemes at Tottenham Hale & Jewellery Quarter](/img/default/pit.png)
The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t put a hold on major new developments and regeneration projects taking place across the UK. Here, we...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – why should you invest in Uruguay?](/img/default/pit.png)
Last week, we profiled a country that doesn’t often receive much UK attention from an investment point of view, Uruguay, and...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: the UK’s best and worst places for buy-to-let](/img/default/pit.png)
Many landlords and investors may now be looking to expand their portfolios, with lockdown restrictions gradually being eased and major lenders...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![New developments - would you consider investing in Uruguay?](/img/default/pit.png)
It’s not a country that receives much UK attention from a property investment, holiday or tourist point of view, overshadowed by...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - breaking into the old money elite](/img/default/pit.png)
In this Q&A, we speak to Thomas Balashev, the 30-year-old founder and chief executive of Montague Property - a bespoke Mayfair-based...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![The Preston effect – North West city once again identified as investment hotspot](/img/default/pit.png)
At the start of this year, Property Investor Today took a detailed look at why Preston is the perfect city for...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Spanish football star latest buyer of luxury residence at Picasso Towers](/img/default/pit.png)
Spanish international footballer Isco has been named as an off-plan buyer of luxury property at Picasso Towers, a development being constructed in...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![To infinity and beyond – investing in Merseyside in 2020](/img/default/pit.png)
Many property pundits have been espousing the benefits of investing in the North West to take advantage of low buy-in costs...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight: most affordable UK commuter towns revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
With the new year bringing fresh rail fare increases for commuters, online mortgage broker Trussle has revealed the UK’s most affordable...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![What would Everton’s new stadium mean for Goodison Park?](/img/default/pit.png)
Goodison Park, the home of Everton FC since 1892, is set to be converted into ‘high-quality, affordable housing’ and other uses...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: what is going on in the Portsmouth property market?](/img/default/pit.png)
Portsmouth-based agency NEXA Properties has released its latest report on the city which analyses how its property market is currently functioning. The...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Why is the sun shining on the UK’s furnished holiday let market?](/img/default/pit.png)
On Monday, this guest piece from Iain Brown at Aria Resorts analysed why the UK holiday property sector is attracting huge...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Angels sponsors local kickboxing club](/img/default/pit.png)
Here at Angels Sales & Lettings, we are always delighted to sponsor great local initiatives and clubs as part of our...
31 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Amsterdam and Munich buck the trend as prices level out across Europe](/img/default/pit.png)
Rental prices in major European cities are continuing to level out, but Amsterdam and Munich are bucking this trend. That’s the major...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![How quickly could a Premier League player invest in property?](/img/default/pit.png)
The Premier League – the world’s most watched domestic football competition – returns on Friday when Champions League winners (and last...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![London regeneration – what is going on at Battersea Power Station?](/img/default/pit.png)
Property Investor Today recently went to discover the latest goings-on at Battersea Power Station, part of central London’s largest regeneration area. One...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lisbon property market bounces back as demand and investment soars](/img/default/pit.png)
The Portuguese capital Lisbon is experiencing a real estate revival, according to Knight Frank’s new insight into the city. It’s currently in...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lavish London mansion up for raffle for just £13.50](/img/default/pit.png)
A north London couple are raffling their Grade II listed sprawling English estate, worth a whopping £5.25 million, for just £13.50,...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Liverpool landlords could achieve short-term yields of 30%](/img/default/pit.png)
Airbnb hosts and landlords of short-term let properties in Walton, Liverpool are achieving the best yields of any location in the...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Build to Rent – is it the answer to the country’s housing crisis?](/img/default/pit.png)
With Build to Rent the fastest-growing trend in the rental sector, Property Investor Today took the opportunity to visit one of...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Why Manchester comes out on top for property investors](/img/default/pit.png)
Manchester, a city of football, music, innovation and culture which has reinvented itself in recent years to escape its post-industrial decline,...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![New stadium for QPR could provide big boost for local area, report finds](/img/default/pit.png)
A £20 million boost for the local economy could be delivered if the new stadium for Queens Park Rangers (QPR) gets...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![V&A effect supercharges Dundee’s property market](/img/default/pit.png)
Dundee’s residential property market is being boosted by the V&A effect, with prices regularly well above Home Report valuations and homes...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Entire football ground up for sale in Greater Manchester](/img/default/pit.png)
An estate agency is offering a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’ to buy the former ground of Flixton Football Club. The six...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![World Cup 2018: Russia’s best rental cities revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
With the World Cup finally here, online lettings platform Urban.co.uk looks at which host city offers the best mix of affordable...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Meet the founders of the National Landlord Investment Show - Q&A with Tracey and Steve Hanbury](/img/default/pit.png)
As the National Landlord Investment Show prepares to celebrate its fifth anniversary at Aston Villa Football Club on Wednesday May 16th,...
10 May 2018
From: 60 Second Interview
![Ticket to success: Three London properties for a football ticket](/img/default/pit.png)
When I moved to London in winter 1997, I was determined to make my fortune. I didn’t know it at the...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Man Utd legends revise plans to transform the heart of Manchester](/img/default/pit.png)
Former Manchester United stars Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville have for the third time revised their plans to redevelop part of Manchester...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Legal & General Mortgage Club to host specialist lending events this autumn](/img/default/pit.png)
Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced its calendar of autumn events that focus on the specialist lending sector. The half day...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Former England football star jailed over land scam](/img/default/pit.png)
Former Premier League football star and presenter of Gladiators TV show John Fashanu was locked up in a Nigerian cell with...
02 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Plans approved for Reading FC’s £500m Royal Elm Park scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Reading Football Club’s property arm has been given the go-ahead to build a major convention centre, hotel, hundreds of new homes,...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Is this the best value auction property in the UK?](/img/default/pit.png)
A former shop in a former mining village in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, which has been converted into a studio...
19 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Plans for £300m development on former Vauxhall site gets go-ahead](/img/default/pit.png)
A proposal to transform part of the 24.5 hectare former Vauxhall car plant site in Luton into a £300m plus mixed-use...
17 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Geoff Hurst among thousands of investors reclaiming Spanish property losses](/img/default/pit.png)
World Cup legend Sir Geoff Hurst is among thousands of Britons offered fresh hope of retrieving money feared lost following the...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property investment firm turn to ex-Manchester City chief for new direction](/img/default/pit.png)
The former Chairman of the Football Association, David Bernstein CBE, has been appointed chairman of the advisory board at property investment...
07 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Where are the Gulf’s wealthiest investors likely to invest next year?](/img/default/pit.png)
The property markets in London, New York and Singapore have been among the most popular international destinations for the Gulf’s wealthiest...
22 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![West Ham United top the property Premier League](/img/default/pit.png)
After a characteristically dramatic opening weekend of Premier League football, seeing Arsenal beaten 4-3 by Liverpool and the champions, Leicester City,...
16 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Man Utd legends revise plans to transform the heart of Manchester](/img/default/pit.png)
Former Manchester United stars Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville have for the third time revised their plans to redevelop part of Manchester...
13 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 18th-24th July](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 11th-17th July](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...
11 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction dates for July 2016](/img/default/pit.png)
Here are details of the property auctions taking place in June. 01/07/2016 Auction House Symonds & Sampson The Memorial Hall, High Street,...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 20th-26th June](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 13th-19th June](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 6th-12th June](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction dates for June 2016](/img/default/pit.png)
Here are details of the property auctions taking place in June. 01/06/2016 Auction House Devon & Cornwall Okehampton Business Centre, Higher Stockley...
31 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 23rd-29th May](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...
23 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 16th-22nd May](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...
16 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction dates for May 2016](/img/default/pit.png)
Here are details of the property auctions taking place in May. 03/05/2016 Clive Emson Kent & South East London Clive Emson Conference...
03 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 25th-30th April](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a great place to find a bargain, and every week these events are taking place at venues across...