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March witnessed a modest rise in retail footfall across the UK, with an increase of 1.7% compared to February, signalling the lowest...

Towns and cities across the UK are set to benefit from an upsurge in Baby Boomers returning from rural areas to...

New data from Rightmove and commercial property intelligence provider EG reveals that demand to lease office space is still higher than...

At PIT, we have regularly focused on stories surrounding regeneration and the impact this has on investment. Very often, an area that...

Here at Property Investor Today, we have written regularly about regeneration projects and the need to revive Britain’s high streets, which...

Last week the £3 billion vision for the future of Queensway in West London was unveiled, including Parisian-style street pavilions, significant...

In this guest piece, Guy Horne, co-founder and chief executive of HSPG, sets out why provision of affordable and supported housing...

In the fourth and final part of our series on the fast-growing commercial to resi trend, we check in on schemes...

In this ongoing series, PIT will explore whether commercial to residential conversions – one of the biggest trends during the pandemic as...

Shopping centres have taken a hit in recent years thanks to changing shopping habits, the growth of online retail, a decline...

One of the biggest trends during the pandemic from a property development point of view has been a dramatic increase in...

In June, estate agents Winkworth launched their Property Exchange podcast where they discuss the latest developments in the property market. The...

One of the biggest debates raging at the moment concerns the future of the high street, which has been hit harder...

The prime end of the market has been one of the hardest hit by Covid-19, but Euroterra Capital – known as...

The rental sector has doubled in size in the past 20 years, with an estimated 19% of households (11 million people)...

Is property investment still a good long-term strategy, or has the taxation and regulatory reforms over the past five years made...

One of the big questions that has become even more stark during the pandemic – which has devastated the already struggling...

Covid-19 has had a radical impact across almost every aspect of society, and it is no different when it comes to...

Like many other things, the high street developed over time as small residential settlements became towns, with more people coming to...

The self-build market is estimated to have declined in value by some 10% in 2020, as a result of the Covid-19...

Over the last 10 months, we have seen a raft of changes to the planning rules in England. This has been...

In this Q&A, Thomas Balashev – who has spoken previously of breaking into the old-money elite of prime London property despite...

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward (KFH), an independent property services group based in London, recently explored the scale of opportunity for new...

On PIT, we’ve asked this question quite a lot in recent months, with John Lewis entering the Build to Rent market...

The proportion of overseas investors who consider real estate and construction to be a key driver of future UK growth has...

In Part 1, we asked whether other major retailers will follow John Lewis’s lead in moving into the world of building...

The high street was already struggling before the pandemic, but Covid-19 has perhaps sent it into terminal decline. High streets in major...

Covid-19 has furthered the decline of the high street and led to major city centres becoming virtual ghost towns as office...

Businesses involved in the retail sector – either as corporate occupiers leasing space for stores, warehousing and distribution, or as property...

It would be hard to deny that the UK housing market isn’t in desperate need of reform. The government has acknowledged...

Well-known rental brand UNCLE recently opened its fifth property within its rapidly expanding chain of serviced rental apartments. Made up of two...

LCP, a national commercial property and investment company, has announced that the last apartment in a transformed office-residential conversion in Oxford...

In his major ‘new deal’ speech last week, where he stood in front of a lectern with the slogan of ‘Build,...

One of the biggest debates as we ease out of lockdown and come to terms with the new normal has revolved...

With lockdown starting to ease, investors across the country will be considering their next steps and where might represent the best...

In our 10-part London regeneration series last year, there was a big focus on areas south of the river, but most of these...

Birmingham has been revealed as the council area with the most opportunities for regeneration for investment of empty residential and commercial...

In recent weeks we have featured articles on the investment potential of retirement living and care homes. Here, Alex Pelopidas - partner at...

The regeneration of Britain’s high streets is being significantly boosted by property investors, according to international investment consultancy BuyAssociation. Its figures suggest...

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

The chief executive of Sainsbury’s, Mike Coupe, is the latest in a long line of high prominent business leaders to call...