Property data consultancy TwentyEA has released its latest snapshot of the housing sales and lettings markets. One stand-out point is the substantial...
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![Labour building programme turbo-charges investment prospects - forecast](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Construction-400x310.png)
Construction industry consultancy Glenigan says the new government is already reducing political uncertainty, rallying markets, and boosting long-term prospects for house...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Market waiting for base rate cut to take off for autumn - Rightmove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
The average price of property coming to the market for sale dropped 0.4% in the past month to £373,493 says Rightmove. This...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buyers’ Market could be on its way later this week](/upload/images/3%20shutterstock_1487630333.jpg)
There’s been a 23% rise in the number of homes hitting the market across Britain over the past six months with...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let investors must factor in Labour's stricter energy rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EcoHome-400x310.png)
New buy to let investors are being advised to factor in the costs of stricter energy rules if Labour wins the...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlord Investment Show Line-Up Revealed](/upload/images/24%2006%2020%20%2004.jpg)
On July 3 the National Landlord Investment Show returns to Old Billingsgate in London - just the day before the General...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Market Holds Firm - not spooked by election](/upload/images/240618%20%2005.jpg)
Buyers and sellers are proving determined to press ahead with their home moves, despite the looming General Election, research has shown....
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Price dip in Prime London is chance for savvy investors](/upload/images/24%2006%2013%20%2005.jpg)
Demand remains relatively subdued in London’s prime postcodes, as the General Election nears. The number of offers made above £5m was 22%...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rebound! Housing market strengthens despite election uncertainty](/upload/images/24%2006%2006%20%2001.jpg)
There’s been a modest rebound in house price growth according to new figures from the Nationwide. The lender says UK house prices...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election 2024 - what impact on the housing market?](/upload/images/24%2006%2006%20%2004.jpg)
We’re two weeks into the election campaign and there’s an increasing volume of evidence pointing to it having only limited impact...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election Jitters means growth forecast cut for Prime Central London](/upload/images/24%2005%2031%20%205.jpg)
The political uncertainty hanging over the UK property market has come into sharper focus since Rishi Sunak announced a general election,...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Former Leader of the Conservative Party to appear at UK Landlord Show...](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/NLIS/IDS%20with%20Parliament.jpg)
National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...
16 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![A look into 2024 so far: 3 key insights for landlords](/upload/images/Mature%20man%20orange%20shirt%20sat%20down%20on%20a%20phone%20call%20-%20360x280(1).png)
Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...
16 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Insider Insight: top agent’s view of Prime London housing market](/upload/images/24%2003%2019%20%2004.jpg)
A developer once said that after a slowdown, you need no further bad news for two consecutive quarters for a recovery...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank’s Investor Update on residential sales and lettings](/upload/images/240213%2004.jpg)
Sales Market: The UK housing market is at an inflection point, which means mixed signals for buyers and sellers. Inflation has fallen...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![National Landlord Investment Show returns at Olympia London, Wednesday 6th March 2024...](/upload/images/DSCF0332(1).jpeg)
Calling all landlords, Investors and property professionals: National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on 6th March for its first...
12 February 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![10 Lessons from London’s Property Market and what they mean for 2024](/upload/images/23%2012%2021%203.jpg)
Black Brick has been advising professional property investors, buyers, sellers and developers since 2007. It says it’s advised, sourced and acquired almost...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Changing Face of Property Investment Hotspots in 2024](/upload/images/23%2012%2014%201.jpg)
A property search company - Recoco - has given a radical reassessment of some investment hotspots in its preview of 2024. Nigel...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Late Autumn Property Sentiment surges in prime London](/upload/images/23%2012%2014%203.jpg)
It’s not often you can say the property market was stronger in November than in September, but it was this year....
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - high end London location with glut of Doer-Uppers for investors](/upload/images/23%2012%2012%202.jpg)
A leading estate agent in London has revealed a glut of properties awaiting modernisation and shrewd investment in a sought after...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Should Investors Wait? Savills warns of more price falls next year](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2011%2014%203.jpg/23%2011%2014%203__400x267.jpg)
Savills is warning that the average UK house price is projected to fall by a further 3.0 per cent in 2024...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investing For The Super-Rich - a snapshot of London’s poshest market](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2024%2004.jpg/23%2010%2024%2004__400x226.jpg)
Momentum within London’s £5m-plus residential market ramped up in the third quarter of 2023, according to new analysis from Savills. The high...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Construction Investment - gloom in 2023, much better in 2024-5](/upload/images/5%20ConstructionWorkers-400x310.png)
Construction industry insight and intelligence consultancy Glenigan has produced its industry forecast for the next three years - and in a...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Why the end of the stamp duty holiday is good for the property market](/img/default/pit.png)
Introducing a stamp duty holiday at the height of the pandemic was commendable but it has overstayed its welcome, says Tom...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![How has the UK property market fared in the five years since the Brexit vote?](/img/default/pit.png)
This week – today (June 23), to be exact – marks five years since the EU referendum. It was a significant moment...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Prime London update: sales activity soars as rental values decline](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of sales transactions in the Prime Central London (PCL) market recorded in March was the highest since March 2016,...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Mayoral race 2021 – who are the candidates for London Mayor?](/img/default/pit.png)
Early next month, Londoners will head to the polls to elect the capital’s next Mayor, in a vote that has been...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cladding update – supporting investors, but also warning them…](/img/default/pit.png)
Property developer and Reform UK leader Richard Tice has outlined a new warranty scheme to resolve the cladding crisis affecting thousands...
02 April 2021
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
![Why virtual staging will be crucial post-lockdown](/img/default/pit.png)
While mindful of the present circumstances, it is encouraging to see the housing and property market remaining high on the government’s...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Is house flipping still a profitable strategy in 2020?](/img/default/pit.png)
Buy a property below market value, renovate it and then make a tidy profit by selling it at a higher price, all within...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![2020 outlook – should investors expect a stronger market performance?](/img/default/pit.png)
A headline story of 2020 so far that readers of Property Investor Today will no doubt be aware of is the...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Budget announcement – stamp duty surcharge introduced for overseas buyers](/img/default/pit.png)
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed in his first Budget plans to introduce a 2% stamp duty surcharge on non-UK tax residents. While...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Budget 2020 – wish-lists and predictions](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest Budget – Rishi Sunak’s first as Chancellor following his dramatic promotion – is set to take place on Wednesday...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Midlands focus: could HS2 turn Solihull into a boom town?](/img/default/pit.png)
Solihull could be set for an unprecedented era of economic growth and rising property prices on the back of the arrival...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Bricklane acquires large resi portfolio, including homes in Manchester](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property investment platform Bricklane has announced that it’s completed the acquisition of a portfolio of residential assets worth more than...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Boris Boom to hit Mayfair property market, agent predicts](/img/default/pit.png)
The Mayfair property market is set for a ‘Boris Boom’, according to the latest report by estate agency Wetherell. The report –...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Will the government be introducing a mansion tax on high value homes?](/img/default/pit.png)
It was revealed over the weekend that Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes. The Telegraph, which...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![From much-mocked to cool – Slough’s transformation continues](/img/default/pit.png)
A start date has been announced for a ‘much-anticipated’ housing development in central Slough, as the town continues to transform itself...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Record lots in Bond Wolfe’s first 2020 sale](/img/default/pit.png)
Bond Wolfe Auctions is to open its 2020 campaign with the first ever 200-plus lots auction to be held outside of...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – why Prime Central London is still appealing to investors](/img/default/pit.png)
On a rainy Thursday at the end of last year – the day of the general election, in fact – Property...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Auction House breaks record in 2019 with over 3,800 lots sold](/img/default/pit.png)
Auction House recorded its most successful year to date in 2019, selling more than 3,800 lots across the UK from its...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property predictions – what could happen to the housing market in 2020?](/img/default/pit.png)
Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...
17 January 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![New development round-up – from Ealing to Kidderminster](/img/default/pit.png)
With new developments regularly popping up in all parts of the country, Property Investor Today carries out a quick round-up of...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![How are the Bristol and Portsmouth property markets performing?](/img/default/pit.png)
While Bristol and Portsmouth might seem like two very disparate locations to focus on, NEXA Properties has offices in both –...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Economic growth the top priority for UK real estate sector in 2020](/img/default/pit.png)
Achieving economic growth was revealed to be the most widely shared ambition for 2020 among residential and commercial property developers, investors...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Sales and rental values in PCL set to rise over the next five years](/img/default/pit.png)
Prices in Prime Central London (PCL) are predicted to rise by 18% over the next five years, while cumulative rental growth...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty - what are the ways to save on this controversial tax?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the Conservative Party winning a big majority in last week's general election, it will be expected to honour its manifesto pledge...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Housing market slows as rent costs hit record high](/img/default/pit.png)
Buying demand has slightly risen this year, with an average of 320 house buyers registered per branch, compared to 318 on...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty reform is needed to solve the housing crisis](/img/default/pit.png)
Reducing stamp duty is the key to unlocking the housing crisis, according to new research from retirement living provider Audley Group. With...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Women in Property Investment: Leading the short-let market boom](/img/default/pit.png)
Welcome back to our Women in Property Investment series, where we focus on women who are breaking down barriers in the...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Auction House celebrates 3,000th property sale of 2019](/img/default/pit.png)
Auction House has sold its 3,000th property in 2019, with more sales and better success rates than in 2018. The auctioneer is...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlord and investor confidence drops to all-time low](/img/default/pit.png)
Confidence among landlords and property investors has slumped to an all-time low, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). The latest survey...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![The PCL market has bottomed out - so where’s the bounce?](/img/default/pit.png)
Immediately after the financial crisis of 2008, the Prime Central London residential property market was in a sorry state. Few could...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Development focus: car park renovations to no ground rent new-builds](/img/default/pit.png)
Here at Property Investor Today, we regularly cover the launch of new developments, from all across the UK. Below, we outline three...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to act over BTL market as rental supply falls](/img/default/pit.png)
The government has been urged to 'recognise the importance of increasing supply' for renters now a date for a General Election...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![How can you Brexit-proof your property investment?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the current chaos swirling around Westminster – from the prorogation by Boris Johnson to this week’s Supreme Court ruling that...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property investors call for support from UK Government](/img/default/pit.png)
Some 97% of property investors do not think the government is doing enough to support the UK property market, new research...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property professionals keen to expand portfolios in 2018 despite challenges](/img/default/pit.png)
Research by bridging finance lender mtf has found that a third of UK property professionals are set to expand their portfolios...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Allsop Residential Auctions defied all the odds in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop Residential Auctions has taken a look back on a successful 2017 for the firm, when it raised a total of...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![UK property stock levels fall by more than a third in December](/img/default/pit.png)
December was a quiet month in the property market, with less than 35,000 new properties listed across the UK, according to...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Firm’s biggest auction of the year raises £23 million](/img/default/pit.png)
Over £23 million of land and property was sold by Clive Emson Auctioneers at its autumn auction. Achieving a sale rate of...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![England’s new homes shortfall will reach over 1m by 2022](/img/default/pit.png)
England has encountered a rift between new build completions and new households being added to the population after a slow output...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Prime Central London experiences steady recovery in sales volumes](/img/default/pit.png)
Asking price reductions continue to stimulate demand in transaction volumes in prime central London with a steady recovery through the summer,...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Scotland experiences strongest property market since 2008](/img/default/pit.png)
Scotland's property market is at its strongest since 2008, despite the EU Referendum, this year’s general election, higher tax rates than the...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Residential property transactions pick up in year to July](/img/default/pit.png)
There were 104,760 residential property transactions in the UK in July, up 1.3% from June and 8.3% higher than the corresponding...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Second charge lending surges 33% in June](/img/default/pit.png)
The second charge mortgage market saw new business increase 33% by value and 22% by volume in June compared with the...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Political uncertainty deters property sellers](/img/default/pit.png)
The shock result of the recent UK general election which returned a hung parliament, coupled with ongoing concerns about the impact...
07 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Adam Joseph, The Happy Tenant Company](/img/default/pit.png)
What does it say on your business card? Adam Joseph, CEO of The Happy Tenant Company. What is the Happy Tenant Company? We are...
26 July 2017
From: 60 Second Interview
![UK housing market activity bounces back as buyers push through transactions](/img/default/pit.png)
Following May’s fall in property sales, the number of homes sold in the UK during June improved significantly, as buyers and...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK property auction sale rates ‘remain consistently healthy’](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK property auction market saw very little change in terms of overall performance in June, despite the fact that only...
19 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property investors continue to seek ‘high-value, high-quality, better-let assets’](/img/default/pit.png)
With the general election behind us, investors turned out in high numbers last week as Allsop held its latest commercial property...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Asking prices ‘remain muted’ despite high demand from buyers](/img/default/pit.png)
Asking prices for residential properties in England and Wales have remained broadly unchanged over the past month, as price sensitive homebuyers...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK housing market hit by political uncertainty, says RICS](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property price growth in the UK has fallen to its lowest level for almost a year as political uncertainty continues...
14 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
![Housing demand falls amid election uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a fall in demand for homes across much of the UK, enabling buyers to negotiate better prices, fresh...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices rebound in June – Nationwide](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property price in the UK rebounded in June after falling for three months, fresh data from Nationwide has revealed. House prices...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Demand falls due to ‘increasing house prices and limited housing stock’](/img/default/pit.png)
Mortgage approvals and household credit growth both slowed last month, adding to growing signs that prospective purchasers in the UK are...
27 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK property auction activity is ‘strong and stable’ despite political instability](/img/default/pit.png)
Investment activity in residential property across the UK continued to perform well despite the political uncertainty from a snap general election. Some...
27 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK home sales set to drop significantly amid political uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property transactions in May dropped by 3.3% on the previous month, following two successive months of growth, in what could...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Safe as houses still holds true in uncertain times](/img/default/pit.png)
American investor Howard Marks once said about investing in uncertain times, “move forward, but with caution”. The past 18 months or...
21 June 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
![Government urged to implement housing white paper](/img/default/pit.png)
The Conservative party should stick to proposals put forward in February’s housing white paper, despite having to lead a minority government after...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![The National Landlord Investment Show takes place at London Olympia tomorrow](/img/default/pit.png)
Buy-to-let investors and property enthusiasts will descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London tomorrow where they will be able to...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![‘Business as usual’ for UK housing industry despite election uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
Following last week’s general election, many political commentators believe that currently the only certainty in Britain is uncertainty, after the Prime...
13 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
![Will overseas investors exploit weak pound to buy property in the UK?](/img/default/pit.png)
The pound fell to an eight-week low after last week’s surprise general election result, which has increased uncertainty over both the...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![The DUP’s housing policies at-a-glance](/img/default/pit.png)
After calling a surprise snap general election in a bid to increase her party’s majority in the House of Commons and...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Election day is here, but which party is capable of fixing the housing crisis?](/img/default/pit.png)
With successive governments failing to build enough housing - particularly social housing - the UK is in the grip of a...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Surge in homes for sale despite election uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
Property investors who were starved of choice now have more homes to choice to from following a rise in the number...
07 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Which party do you think is best suited to preside over the UK housing market?](/img/default/pit.png)
With housing high on the political agenda ahead of tomorrow’s general election, all the major parties have pledged to tackle the...
07 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
![Conservative councils more likely to allow ‘Nimbyism to get out of control’](/img/default/pit.png)
A new report suggests that a decisive general election victory for the Conservative party this week will empower NIMBYs (Not in...
05 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![High demand for sought-after assets despite political uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
Strong investor interest in good quality, long term assets helped Allsop raise £94m at its third commercial auction this year. The auction...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Residential property sales drop ahead of general election](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of residential property sales has fallen by 20% as many prospective purchasers adopt a ‘wait and see’ approach ahead...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Political party manifestos don’t go far enough on leasehold reforms](/img/default/pit.png)
The Conservative and Labour parties have now published their manifestos ahead of next week’s general election, which include policies to reform...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices in Manchester continue to rise faster than anywhere in the country](/img/default/pit.png)
Manchester remains the number one UK property hotspot, after it was revealed today that property values in the city increased faster...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property market remains a safe haven amid political unrest](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK will remain a property safe haven despite the upcoming general election and Brexit, new research shows. The study of 1,100...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Transaction volumes fall 3.2% in April](/img/default/pit.png)
Property transactions fell in April this year, down 3.2% on March’s total, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue &...