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![Ex-council properties and sites go under the hammer this week](/upload/images/24%2002%2006%2002.jpg)
Commercial properties and development sites across the UK, from Bolton to Birmingham, Sheffield to Stoke-on-Trent and Kettering to Wolverhampton, will feature...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Near-bankrupt council to sell property portfolio at auction](/upload/images/24%2001%2018%2005.jpg)
Birmingham council, which last autumn declared itself effectively bankrupt, has instructed retained auctioneers Bond Wolfe to put 29 disused properties, investments,...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Development sites and ground rents at Bond Wolfe’s December auction](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/thegrange400x310.jpg)
The Bond Wolfe auction on Wednesday 14 December is likely to attract a range of investors and builders across the Midlands. Colin...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – new catalogues launch and a final goodbye…](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
In what is sadly my last ever auction roundup for PIT, SDL Property Auctions launches the catalogue for its July National...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – new auctioneer launches amidst a joyful June](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
In a week of blazing weather, PIT shines a light on the latest auction news, from a new property auctioneer coming...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![How digitalisation can speed up your property’s sales process](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
The pandemic has had a major impact on our lives and the global economy. Our beloved property sector was by no...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Just the beginning: First new UK leasehold property reforms become official](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Charles Brown, content writer of LDN Properties, discusses the potential impact of the latest reform on leasehold,...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – springing into step for the end of March](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
As the market heats up for spring, this auction roundup features the latest lots on offer for the end of March....
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Planning to buy a luxury new build? Watch out for the leasehold…](/upload/images/Locations/PrimeLondonHousesArc-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Hugh Wigzell, senior associate at Farrer & Co, lists three issues that property buyers and investors should watch out for...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – colossal results in such a short month](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
Despite being a fleeting month, February has seen impressive auction results across the board. Acuitus saw an emphatic start to the...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – the rise in MMoA and a bumper bungalow boom](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week’s roundup is centred around demand, with iamsold reporting a strong rise in Modern Method of Auction as market conditions...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold Reform Bill completes parliamentary journey - what now?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/parliament400x310.png)
The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act, once it comes into effect, will prevent ground rent being charged on most new leases. Anyone...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![From leasehold to commonhold – is reform finally in motion?](/upload/images/library/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
Independent Buying Agents Haringtons reflects on the long-requested need to transform leasehold agreements and what impact this will have on the...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – partnerships, promotions, and peculiar lots](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
As we approach the end of another turbulent year, PIT takes a look at the latest auction news; iamsold partners with...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – new hires, enormous sales and a Rapunzel tower](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week’s auction roundup is a mixed bag, so to speak, with Savills announcing its new head of auctions and Propertymark...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – as we wrap up an outstanding October…](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
The last auction roundup of October sees superb results for iamsold, Bond Wolfe and Sutton Kersh Auctions, as well as Allsop’s...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cladding crisis - SLC pens letter to Michael Gove urging action](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
John Clay, a board member and past chairman of the Society of Licensed Conveyancers, has written an open letter to the...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Opinion - leasehold reform should be top of Michael Gove’s 'to-do’ list](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove2-400x310.png)
Housebuilder Countryside Properties has become the latest big developer to pledge an end to ground rents on leasehold properties, meaning that...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – a bumper September to wrap up the summer](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
Last week, PIT spoke to some of the UK’s biggest and most successful auctioneers to find out if they planned to...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – the all-stars of August auctions](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
Although summer is winding down, the world of property auctions is still very much active, with data from iamsold revealing that...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – and the summer sensation of auction continues…](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week, PIT takes a look at the latest unique lot available at Pugh, as well as the successful results of...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – from public toilets to historic wineries](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week’s auction roundup sees record toppers from Bond Wolfe Auctions and Strettons, a particularly unusual lot on sale via Pugh, and...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – will auction houses be returning to traditional in-room auctions?](/img/default/pit.png)
Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and the start of the first lockdown in March 2020, major auction houses up...
19 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup - things May be even better for auctions this month...](/img/default/pit.png)
This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at Landwood Group’s success with auctions, the launch of Strettons’ May auction catalogue,...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Most leasehold homeowners consider service charges unfair, research finds](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the biggest frustrations for leasehold homeowners – aside from factors like doubling ground rents and a sense that they...
26 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
![New ground rent legislation explained - why is it so important?](/img/default/pit.png)
Being hailed as the first part of the biggest English property law reform in decades, the announcement of new ground rent...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – luxury towers, £1m-plus homes and a hopeful 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
This week, Property Investor Today takes a closer look at the diverse lots at Bond Wolfe’s next sale, Allsop’s range of...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold scandal – NLC welcomes CMA announcement on ‘onerous’ ground rents](/img/default/pit.png)
The National Leasehold Campaign (NLC) – the UK's largest and most influential campaign group on leasehold reform - has welcomed the...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Opinion: Why removing ground rents will have a negative impact](/img/default/pit.png)
The government’s plan to reform leasehold laws has been met with much fanfare. Under the plans, ground rents would be removed,...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – how the National Leasehold Campaign took the fight to leasehold](/img/default/pit.png)
The leasehold scandal has been one of the biggest topics of debate and controversy in the property industry in recent years,...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Incredibly strong backing for leasehold reform, says poll](/img/default/pit.png)
A guest piece we ran on Monday suggesting that the government’s plans for leasehold might not represent a victory for leaseholders...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Removing consumer choice is not a victory for leaseholders](/img/default/pit.png)
While many have cautiously welcomed the prospect of leasehold reform, Mick Platt, chief executive of Wallace Partnership Group, offers a different...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why investment in leasehold is crucial to building safety](/img/default/pit.png)
It is no secret that the leasehold market has had its challenges in recent years. Abuses by a number of developers...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold Reform – the potential impact on landlords, developers and investors](/img/default/pit.png)
On 21 July 2020, the Law Commission published its latest proposals to reform the law of leasehold. It was asked to make...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investing in a leasehold? You may want to think again!](/img/default/pit.png)
With the leasehold scandal back on the news agenda thanks to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opening enforcement cases focusing...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Part 3 – what will property auctions look like in the future?](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent days we have been exploring the future of property auctions with a number of major auction houses across the...
14 August 2020
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
![Replacing leasehold with commonhold - government finally responds](/img/default/pit.png)
While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Under the hammer round up – the latest from the world of property auctions](/img/default/pit.png)
High yield properties in Coventry continue to sell A broad number of properties in Coventry continue to be snapped up by investors...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Allsop defies Brexit blues with £57 million achieved at residential sale](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s latest residential auction achieved a total of £57 million, with 258 lots offered and 192 lots sold. The auction was held...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Average price of leasehold houses rises considerably faster than freeholds](/img/default/pit.png)
Property investment platform British Pearl has revealed that ‘ruthless’ developers are cashing in on ‘abusive’ leasehold homes, with prices surging 16...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![SDL's May auction raises more than £16.4 million](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup: February 2018](/img/default/pit.png)
February has already seen strong auction activity across the board, with many lots snapped up and sold at whopping prices well...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Strettons' February auction catalogue appears online](/img/default/pit.png)
The catalogue for Strettons' February auction is now available to view online, the property firm has revealed. The national property auction is...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![BTL landlords still set to benefit from tax relief despite changes](/img/default/pit.png)
Analysis by London estate agent ludlowthompson has revealed that UK buy-to-let landlords will still benefit from £16.7 billion worth of tax...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Key things to look out for when buying a leasehold property](/img/default/pit.png)
Q&A with Rachael Donnelly, associate solicitor in the property litigation team at Blacks Solicitors LLP, on the key things to look...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![The Leasehold Scandal](/img/default/pit.png)
With continued media interest in the unfair leasehold practices of some freeholders and ever-increasing queries from clients surrounding this point, I...
12 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Allsop achieves record sale at its September auction](/img/default/pit.png)
Against a backdrop of weak post-summer auction results elsewhere in the UK, Allsop raised £71.3m and topped its residential September sales...
21 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Plan to ban leaseholds on new-build houses is ‘step in right direction’](/img/default/pit.png)
The government’s plan to ban housebuilders from selling houses as leasehold in England and reduce ground rents on flats to zero...
26 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
![Strettons marks 80th anniversary by raising £13.5m at London property auction](/img/default/pit.png)
Strettons has raised almost £13.5m, including post-auction sales, on the back of an 88% success rate in what was the firm’s...
05 June 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
![An oldie but a goodie – reversionary ground rents in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
From the vantage point of the rostrum, in unprecedented economic times with historically low interest rates and persistently low inflation, the...
29 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK commercial property is becoming ‘increasingly attractive’](/img/default/pit.png)
Britain is a nation obsessed with property but experts have warned those thinking of investing in buy-to-let are facing headwinds that...
08 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![New guide to investing in a leasehold property](/img/default/pit.png)
The leasehold system is a feudal form of property ownership in England and Wales, which many investors believe is a flawed...
07 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Change and uncertainty has contributed to ‘slowdown in market activity’](/img/default/pit.png)
The housing market is currently seeing more cautious behaviour by property investors due to greater political and economic uncertainty, according to...
29 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property remains ‘an excellent investment’](/img/default/pit.png)
We live in interesting times indeed; who would have predicted at the start of 2016, Britain voting to leave the European...
19 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![‘Virtual freeholds’ place property investments at risk, claims expert](/img/default/pit.png)
Those investing in newly-built leasehold flats, marketed as ‘virtual freehold’ properties with 999-year leases, are in danger of losing their capital...