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

Property developer and Reform UK leader Richard Tice has outlined a new warranty scheme to resolve the cladding crisis affecting thousands...

England’s highest mainline railway station building, which doubles up as self-contained holiday accommodation, has been purchased by the Friends of the...

While mindful of the present circumstances, it is encouraging to see the housing and property market remaining high on the government’s...

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

A headline story of 2020 so far that readers of Property Investor Today will no doubt be aware of is the...

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed in his first Budget plans to introduce a 2% stamp duty surcharge on non-UK tax residents. While...

The latest Budget – Rishi Sunak’s first as Chancellor following his dramatic promotion – is set to take place on Wednesday...

Solihull could be set for an unprecedented era of economic growth and rising property prices on the back of the arrival...

Residential property investment platform Bricklane has announced that it’s completed the acquisition of a portfolio of residential assets worth more than...

The Mayfair property market is set for a ‘Boris Boom’, according to the latest report by estate agency Wetherell. The report –...

It was revealed over the weekend that Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes. The Telegraph, which...

A start date has been announced for a ‘much-anticipated’ housing development in central Slough, as the town continues to transform itself...

Bond Wolfe Auctions is to open its 2020 campaign with the first ever 200-plus lots auction to be held outside of...

On a rainy Thursday at the end of last year – the day of the general election, in fact – Property...

Auction House recorded its most successful year to date in 2019, selling more than 3,800 lots across the UK from its...

Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...

With new developments regularly popping up in all parts of the country, Property Investor Today carries out a quick round-up of...

While Bristol and Portsmouth might seem like two very disparate locations to focus on, NEXA Properties has offices in both –...

Achieving economic growth was revealed to be the most widely shared ambition for 2020 among residential and commercial property developers, investors...

Prices in Prime Central London (PCL) are predicted to rise by 18% over the next five years, while cumulative rental growth...

With the Conservative Party winning a big majority in last week's general election, it will be expected to honour its manifesto pledge...

Buying demand has slightly risen this year, with an average of 320 house buyers registered per branch, compared to 318 on...

Reducing stamp duty is the key to unlocking the housing crisis, according to new research from retirement living provider Audley Group. With...

Welcome back to our Women in Property Investment series, where we focus on women who are breaking down barriers in the...

Auction House has sold its 3,000th property in 2019, with more sales and better success rates than in 2018. The auctioneer is...

Confidence among landlords and property investors has slumped to an all-time low, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). The latest survey...

Immediately after the financial crisis of 2008, the Prime Central London residential property market was in a sorry state. Few could...

Here at Property Investor Today, we regularly cover the launch of new developments, from all across the UK. Below, we outline three...

The government has been urged to 'recognise the importance of increasing supply' for renters now a date for a General Election...

With the current chaos swirling around Westminster – from the prorogation by Boris Johnson to this week’s Supreme Court ruling that...

Some 97% of property investors do not think the government is doing enough to support the UK property market, new research...

Research by bridging finance lender mtf has found that a third of UK property professionals are set to expand their portfolios...

Allsop Residential Auctions has taken a look back on a successful 2017 for the firm, when it raised a total of...

December was a quiet month in the property market, with less than 35,000 new properties listed across the UK, according to...

Over £23 million of land and property was sold by Clive Emson Auctioneers at its autumn auction. Achieving a sale rate of...

England has encountered a rift between new build completions and new households being added to the population after a slow output...

Asking price reductions continue to stimulate demand in transaction volumes in prime central London with a steady recovery through the summer,...

Scotland's property market is at its strongest since 2008, despite the EU Referendum, this year’s general election, higher tax rates than the...

There were 104,760 residential property transactions in the UK in July, up 1.3% from June and 8.3% higher than the corresponding...

The second charge mortgage market saw new business increase 33% by value and 22% by volume in June compared with the...

The shock result of the recent UK general election which returned a hung parliament, coupled with ongoing concerns about the impact...

What does it say on your business card? Adam Joseph, CEO of The Happy Tenant Company.  What is the Happy Tenant Company? We are...

Following May’s fall in property sales, the number of homes sold in the UK during June improved significantly, as buyers and...

The UK property auction market saw very little change in terms of overall performance in June, despite the fact that only...

With the general election behind us, investors turned out in high numbers last week as Allsop held its latest commercial property...

Asking prices for residential properties in England and Wales have remained broadly unchanged  over the past month, as price sensitive homebuyers...

Residential property price growth in the UK has fallen to its lowest level for almost a year as political uncertainty continues...

Most parts of England and Wales saw rents rise in the run-up to the recent general election with yields stable at...

There has been a fall in demand for homes across much of the UK, enabling buyers to negotiate better prices, fresh...

Residential property price in the UK rebounded in June after falling for three months, fresh data from Nationwide has revealed. House prices...

Mortgage approvals and household credit growth both slowed last month, adding to growing signs that prospective purchasers in the UK are...

Investment activity in residential property across the UK continued to perform well despite the political uncertainty from a snap general election. Some...

Residential property transactions in May dropped by 3.3% on the previous month, following two successive months of growth, in what could...

American investor Howard Marks once said about investing in uncertain times, “move forward, but with caution”. The past 18 months or...

Britain’s housing market is once again proving resilient despite political turmoil caused by Theresa May’s decision to call a snap general...

The Conservative party should stick to proposals put forward in February’s housing white paper, despite having to lead a minority government after...

Buy-to-let investors and property enthusiasts will descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London tomorrow where they will be able to...

Following last week’s general election, many political commentators believe that currently the only certainty in Britain is uncertainty, after the Prime...

House prices in England and Wales returned to growth in May, pushing the average property value to a new all-time high...

The pound fell to an eight-week low after last week’s surprise general election result, which has increased uncertainty over both the...

After calling a surprise snap general election in a bid to increase her party’s majority in the House of Commons and...

With successive governments failing to build enough housing - particularly social housing - the UK is in the grip of a...

Property investors who were starved of choice now have more homes to choice to from following a rise in the number...

With housing high on the political agenda ahead of tomorrow’s general election, all the major parties have pledged to tackle the...

More British homeowners trust the Conservatives more than Labour to fix the country’s ‘broken’ housing market, according to a new poll. With...

A new report suggests that a decisive general election victory for the Conservative party this week will empower NIMBYs (Not in...

Strong investor interest in good quality, long term assets helped Allsop raise £94m at its third commercial auction this year. The auction...

The number of residential property sales has fallen by 20% as many prospective purchasers adopt a ‘wait and see’ approach ahead...

The Conservative and Labour parties have now published their manifestos ahead of next week’s general election, which include policies to reform...

Manchester remains the number one UK property hotspot, after it was revealed today that property values in the city increased faster...

The UK will remain a property safe haven despite the upcoming general election and Brexit, new research shows. The study of 1,100...

Property transactions fell in April this year, down 3.2% on March’s total, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue &...

The residential property market in Fife continues to flourish following a strong start to the year thanks to growing buyer confidence,...

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

Annual house price growth continues to slow, as affordability issues deter many prospective homebuyers. With 2017 proving to be a rather challenging time...

As soon as the general election determines the next government, emphasis will need to be placed on making more pressing issues,...

There was a 9% decline in the number of residential property sales recorded last month, owed in part to a fall...

April is traditionally a busy time for the UK housing market, but fewer homeowners put their properties up for sale last...

Network Auctions’ first sale of the year at the Grosvenor House Hotel in central London saw the sale of 27 lots...

Fresh figures from a leading property consultancy in Scotland support the findings of last week’s rather strong quarterly housing price statistics...

A growing number of investors are actively investing in the UK commercial property market, the latest report from the Royal Institution...

City level residential property price growth gained momentum in the first quarter of the year, rising by 3.5%, led by large...

The supply of available housing dropped to the lowest level ever for March, according to the latest figures from the National...

Thousands of investors are expected to postpone or pull out of property deals as a result of Theresa May’s decision to...

The government’s decision to drop significant proposals to non-domicile rules and inheritance tax changes to UK residential properties from the Finance...

Gross mortgage lending held up relatively well last month despite a fall of almost 20% year-on-year, according to the latest estimate...

Announcing her decision to hold a snap general election on 8 June, Theresa May yesterday made it clear that Brexit would...

Jake Russell, director at Russell Simpson, offers his thoughts on what property market trends we can expect over the coming year. Much...

The UK government should delay the introduction of any changes to non-domicile reforms until at least 2018, giving it an opportunity...

The annual rate of home price growth across 20 of the largest UK cities hit 8.5% in September, up from 8.2%...

Asking prices for homes across the UK rose by 0.9% this month, fresh data from Rightmove shows. According to the property website,...

Fewer homes are now changing hands in prime central London than during the trough of 2008, fresh research shows. Looking specifically at...

The average asking price for a property in England and Wales has fallen 0.9% so far this month to £270,159, according...

There has been a notable fall in the number of overseas nationals investing in the UK’s commercial property sector due to...

There has been a marked recovery in the £2 million+ country house market, according to estate agency Strutt & Parker. The firm...

Research from Lloyds Bank has shown that the number of homes sold for more than £1m fell by 11% in the first...

I’ve seen a sharp rise this year in the number of foreign investors looking to establish a presence or even expand...

The number of sales for properties over £1.5 million seems set to drop for the first time in two years, according...

The number of buy-to-let mortgages over three months in arrears fell to 11,900 cases by the end of 2014, according to...

The surprise election result is set to boost transaction levels across Prime Central London, according to new research by high-end agency...