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A recent survey by digital mortgage lender, Molo, revealed that nearly 60% of UK landlords have seen a rise in late...

Commercial properties and development sites across the UK, from Bolton to Birmingham, Sheffield to Stoke-on-Trent and Kettering to Wolverhampton, will feature...

Birmingham council, which last autumn declared itself effectively bankrupt, has instructed retained auctioneers Bond Wolfe to put 29 disused properties, investments,...

The Bond Wolfe auction on Wednesday 14 December is likely to attract a range of investors and builders across the Midlands. Colin...

In what is sadly my last ever auction roundup for PIT, SDL Property Auctions launches the catalogue for its July National...

In a week of blazing weather, PIT shines a light on the latest auction news, from a new property auctioneer coming...

The pandemic has had a major impact on our lives and the global economy. Our beloved property sector was by no...

In this guest piece, Charles Brown, content writer of LDN Properties, discusses the potential impact of the latest reform on leasehold,...

As the market heats up for spring, this auction roundup features the latest lots on offer for the end of March....

In this guest piece, Hugh Wigzell, senior associate at Farrer & Co, lists three issues that property buyers and investors should watch out for...

Despite being a fleeting month, February has seen impressive auction results across the board. Acuitus saw an emphatic start to the...

This week’s roundup is centred around demand, with iamsold reporting a strong rise in Modern Method of Auction as market conditions...

The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act, once it comes into effect, will prevent ground rent being charged on most new leases. Anyone...

Independent Buying Agents Haringtons reflects on the long-requested need to transform leasehold agreements and what impact this will have on the...

As we approach the end of another turbulent year, PIT takes a look at the latest auction news; iamsold partners with...

This week’s auction roundup is a mixed bag, so to speak, with Savills announcing its new head of auctions and Propertymark...

The last auction roundup of October sees superb results for iamsold, Bond Wolfe and Sutton Kersh Auctions, as well as Allsop’s...

John Clay, a board member and past chairman of the Society of Licensed Conveyancers, has written an open letter to the...

Housebuilder Countryside Properties has become the latest big developer to pledge an end to ground rents on leasehold properties, meaning that...

Last week, PIT spoke to some of the UK’s biggest and most successful auctioneers to find out if they planned to...

Although summer is winding down, the world of property auctions is still very much active, with data from iamsold revealing that...

This week, PIT takes a look at the latest unique lot available at Pugh, as well as the successful results of...

This week’s auction roundup sees record toppers from Bond Wolfe Auctions and Strettons, a particularly unusual lot on sale via Pugh, and...

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and the start of the first lockdown in March 2020, major auction houses up...

This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at Landwood Group’s success with auctions, the launch of Strettons’ May auction catalogue,...

One of the biggest frustrations for leasehold homeowners – aside from factors like doubling ground rents and a sense that they...

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

Being hailed as the first part of the biggest English property law reform in decades, the announcement of new ground rent...

This week, Property Investor Today takes a closer look at the diverse lots at Bond Wolfe’s next sale, Allsop’s range of...

The National Leasehold Campaign (NLC) – the UK's largest and most influential campaign group on leasehold reform - has welcomed the...

The government’s plan to reform leasehold laws has been met with much fanfare. Under the plans, ground rents would be removed,...

The leasehold scandal has been one of the biggest topics of debate and controversy in the property industry in recent years,...

A guest piece we ran on Monday suggesting that the government’s plans for leasehold might not represent a victory for leaseholders...

While many have cautiously welcomed the prospect of leasehold reform, Mick Platt, chief executive of Wallace Partnership Group, offers a different...

It is no secret that the leasehold market has had its challenges in recent years. Abuses by a number of developers...

On 21 July 2020, the Law Commission published its latest proposals to reform the law of leasehold. It was asked to make...

With the leasehold scandal back on the news agenda thanks to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opening enforcement cases focusing...

In recent days we have been exploring the future of property auctions with a number of major auction houses across the...

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

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...

High yield properties in Coventry continue to sell A broad number of properties in Coventry continue to be snapped up by investors...

Allsop’s latest residential auction achieved a total of £57 million, with 258 lots offered and 192 lots sold. The auction was held...

Property investment platform British Pearl has revealed that ‘ruthless’ developers are cashing in on ‘abusive’ leasehold homes, with prices surging 16...

SDL Auctions Bigwood’s May auction, held at Aston Villa FC's Villa Park ground, raised more than £16.4 million, driven by strong bidding for...

February has already seen strong auction activity across the board, with many lots snapped up and sold at whopping prices well...

The catalogue for Strettons' February auction is now available to view online, the property firm has revealed. The national property auction is...

Analysis by London estate agent ludlowthompson has revealed that UK buy-to-let landlords will still benefit from £16.7 billion worth of tax...

Q&A with Rachael Donnelly, associate solicitor in the property litigation team at Blacks Solicitors LLP, on the key things to look...

With continued media interest in the unfair leasehold practices of some freeholders and ever-increasing queries from clients surrounding this point, I...

Against a backdrop of weak post-summer auction results elsewhere in the UK, Allsop raised £71.3m and topped its residential September sales...

The government’s plan to ban housebuilders from selling houses as leasehold in England and reduce ground rents on flats to zero...

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

Strettons has raised almost £13.5m, including post-auction sales, on the back of an 88% success rate in what was the firm’s...

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

From the vantage point of the rostrum, in unprecedented economic times with historically low interest rates and persistently low inflation, the...

Britain is a nation obsessed with property but experts have warned those thinking of investing in buy-to-let are facing headwinds that...

The leasehold system is a feudal form of property ownership in England and Wales, which many investors believe is a flawed...

The housing market is currently seeing more cautious behaviour by property investors due to greater political and economic uncertainty, according to...

We live in interesting times indeed; who would have predicted at the start of 2016, Britain voting to leave the European...

Those investing in newly-built leasehold flats, marketed as ‘virtual freehold’ properties with 999-year leases, are in danger of losing their capital...

A Grade II listed manor house is among the properties set to be sold at auction by Strettons next month. Ryton House,...