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In this week's roundup, PIT looks at the latest auction news, from a landmark auction up for sale with Strettons and Bond...

Transport for London (TfL) is putting its heads together with regeneration specialist, Vistry Partnership, and housing association, Peabody, on proposals that could...

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

This week’s auction roundup features a new addition, with Cheffins’ June auction dominated by land lots. Network Auctions anticipates plenty of...

The Build to Rent (BTR) market has traditionally focused primarily on young professionals, with developments generally comprising apartment blocks with bolt-ons...

PIT was recently invited along by the Vonder Wembley team to spend a weekend at its flagship development and enjoy the...

For many years, Manchester has been the number one location for buy-to-let investors in the UK. A young, professional population, strong...

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

Throughout this week, Property Investor Today has been exploring the investment potential of the locations that sit on the controversial and...

London based co-living PRS operator, Gravity Co continues to see rapid growth and interest in its co-living properties as it fills...

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

The latest collection of 487 rental homes in Brentford, West London, has been revealed by Apo (a-part-of.com), the innovative new London-based residential...

We recently ran a series on the commercial to residential trend sweeping across Britain in these post-Covid times, driven by offices,...

This week’s auction roundup shows positive results across the board, with Auction House London, Clive Emson, Allsop, Auction House and SDL...

On Thursday (November 4), the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee will decide whether interest rates will finally increase, after the...

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...

What was once known as the West Bromwich Building Society, a 169-year-old art deco building, is now undergoing a drastic redevelopment...

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

Elephant & Castle is, without doubt, an incongruous area – very busy, chaotic and some might say ugly, but also full...

Property Experts, a Greater London developer, has launched its development Athena House in Horley, Surrey, exclusively on Instagram. The development is a...

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

Lender Fiduciam has provided a £5 million development loan for the construction of a £10 million seven-storey residential apartment building in...

A new poll has revealed that 15% of working-age people believe that the government’s mortgage guarantee scheme could apply to them....

In 2018, the total value of commercial property in the UK sat at over £880 billion, when the office market was at...

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

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...

Digital transformation.   For those of us in property, it’s the latest buzzword. One that has, almost overnight, changed the way in which we...

Construction works on a new £19 million residential scheme in Nottinghamshire, led by property developer Taggart Homes, are set to begin...

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

One solution that has frequently been talked about as a way of solving the housing crisis is to build upwards on...

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

In this development roundup, Property Investor Today explores the impressive sales success of the Regent’s Crescent scheme in West London, a...

With lockdown easing and the vaccine rollout continuing to go well, there is hope on the horizon again for a brighter...

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...

Despite being riddled with issues, Crossrail 1 – which is finally supposed to operate fully in 2022 – has had a...

A prominent brownfield site in South London has been brought to market by Colliers with a guide price of £12 million. The...

As we welcome April, Property Investor Today outlines the lots available at Strettons, one of the largest lots ever available at auction...

Property investors are recognising the shifts in the way people work and eyeing up the ‘lucrative’ short-term rental market as a...

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...

Since the coronavirus crisis began, there has been lots of talk about the death of the city-centre as people seek more...

Work has commenced on a £9.2 million housing scheme in Castleford, West Yorkshire, which will transform a brownfield site into high-quality,...

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...

A privately-owned development company founded in 2016 by well-known property developer Ben Carrington is continuing to deliver on its plans to...

Despite the introduction of Lockdown 3.0, the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market shows no signs of slowing down, with acquisitions,...

With 2020 wrapped up and many anticipating the year ahead, Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, provides commentary...

With 2021 nearly upon us, it’s time to look forward to what the next 12 months could bring from a property...

At the start of this year, you would have got very, very long odds on the prospect of UK-wide lockdowns, mandatory...

In early December, senior researcher at AMA Research, Alex Blagden, talked about an expected surge in Build to Rent (BTR) applications...

One of the biggest property investment trends of the year, driven by the pandemic and the devastation this has caused for...

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

The property predictions for 2021 continue to roll in, as the sector looks ahead to the upcoming 12 months. Here, we get...

Purpose-built Build to Rent (BTR) housing is only a recent concept, with just over 51,000 dwellings completed across the UK as of Q3...

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

In recent months, we’ve covered a number of stories extolling the virtues of converting retail units to residential in light of...

The Algarve has long been a favourite destination of the Brits, for its warm climate, golf courses, sun-kissed beaches and relaxed...

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...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stuart Aikman & Mathew Walters, co-founders - Story of Home www.storyofhome.co.uk  How...

After spending so much time in our homes this year, many homeowners may be contemplating extending their properties to create some...

This week, we provide a rundown of the latest auction news, from a one-of-a-kind hotel business site up for sale in...

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

The former London home of Rihanna, the globally renowned singer, songwriter and actress, is currently up for sale for £32 million. Located...

Now is the ultimate time to invest in the West Sussex market town of Bognor Regis, according to Sussex-based property lettings...

Affordable housing is very often a thorny bone of contention. Arbitrary government targets are regularly missed and this part of the...

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...

Aldershot – best known as the ‘Home of the British Army’ - is set for a major investment to transform the...

Government-owned car parks have the potential to deliver 110,000 new homes across the country, according to a pioneering study carried out...

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,...

A niche, but much-discussed, sub-sector of the rental market, co-living has never really taken off in the UK in the way...

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

Development work is continuing to pick up as we ease out of lockdown. Below, we offer an update on two schemes...

A leading Birmingham estate agent has highlighted the potential increase in property prices anticipated across the West Midlands market as a...

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

It can be tempting to jump on the latest interior design trends when renovating your investment property. However, just because Farrow...

Lok Developments, part of Newcastle-based property, construction and development firm Morton Group, has completed a £17million refinancing deal for its luxury...

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has had a dramatic impact on all of our lives, including those who operate in the property...

A London-based property development and investment firm is on track to unveil a new commercial and residential development in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. HJ Collection...

In an unprecedented global climate, and with the new tax year looming, investors everywhere will be thinking about the future and...

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

A collection of new homes eligible for Help to Buy purchasers has been launched at the Royal Wharf riverside development in...

Wealth and performance management firm Prydis has announced that its purchase of House of Fraser’s Exeter city centre building is finalised. The...

Last week tech giant Facebook announced that it would be hiring 1,000 more staff in London, bringing its total workforce in...

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

December saw the green light given to The Collective’s latest scheme, with the co-living developer granted planning permission to transform an...

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

It’s impossible to know for sure what the major investment trends will be for the next decade, but if recent trends...

It’s famed for its beaches, fish restaurants, rugged coastline, ice cream and pasties, and property agency Spot Blue International Property believes...

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

In the latest part of our series on London’s regeneration hotspots, Property Investor Today finds out more about the dramatic plans...

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

The Collective, a leading co-living brand which launched its first London development in 2016, has received a resolution to grant planning...

In a further sign of its growing strength as a market, more than £2 billion was invested into the UK’s Build...

Simple Life Homes has launched 28 new Build to Rent family homes in Newhall, a new settlement on the outskirts of...

Development opportunities across residential, mixed-use commercial and agricultural land in Wales will be on offer at John Pye Property’s online auction. The...

Property Investor Today recently went to discover the latest goings-on at Battersea Power Station, part of central London’s largest regeneration area. One...

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

A brand-new development opportunity in the heart of Worthing town centre has already generated interest from developers following its recent launch...

London has the highest traditional estate agent fees in the country at 1.70%, according to price comparison site NetAnAgent.com. Fees in the...

December is the best month for landlords to find new tenants, according to lettings agency Kingswood Residential Investment Management. The Nottingham-based firm...

Former retail premises could be the biggest untapped resource for new residential development, according to property software company MRI Software. The firm’s...

The winners of the 2018 Property Investors Awards were revealed at the ceremony on Saturday 1 December at The Royal National...

Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers raised £28 million from 180 lots catalogued for its autumn auction. Its penultimate auction of 2018...

Legal & General has agreed to fund the development of two high-quality student accommodation blocks which have been pre-let to the...

Following feedback from investors who have had difficulty selling their investments through traditional high street sales agents, Knight Knox has announced...

Recently named as the most rapidly improving locations in the UK – investment in the UK’s second city shows no sign...

A new residential scheme for Erdington, has been given the go ahead. SevenCapital has been granted planning permission to transform a...

There are some, ahem, real Christmas crackers on offer for the festive auction season from Clive Emson Auctioneers, with 163 lots...

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

Britain’s largest independent regional land and property auctioneer, Clive Emson Auctioneers, sold land and property worth over £18m at its September...

A new £500m regeneration scheme moved a step closer after plans for the project, which include the proposed construction of a...

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

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

Plans for a new £60m shopping and leisure development in the heart of Rochdale town centre have been given the go-ahead...

Plans to build a Thameslink station in the north London area of Brent Cross may be brought forward by nine years...

Properties offering guaranteed yields proved particularly popular with investors at Cheffins’ first auction of 2017 in Cambridge. Almost £4.2m worth of property...

Overseas investors and British expats are finding it increasingly difficult to secure mortgages in the UK to fund property acquisitions, according...

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

Rents in the UK prime commercial property sector rose by an average of 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2016, the...

The number of commercial property loans being written off has dropped to its lowest level since the credit crunch, fresh figures...

A new housing development in Slough is thought to be catching the eye of property investors. Trinity, developed by Shanly Homes, is...

Scott Hendry of Together shares some tips on buying at auction. Buying at auction is a popular choice for property investors...

Traditionally and historically, homebuyers would expect to pay a premium for a brand new home. But in recent years, the cost...

Take-up of central London office space increased in the third quarter of this year as the market in the heart of...

The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme, which has attracted strong demand from borrowers looking for higher loan-to-value (LTV) home loans,...

The UK commercial property market could see an exceptionally high amount of activity in the coming weeks as investors flood to...

The volume of mortgages approved dropped to an 18-month low in July suggesting that housing market activity will slow during the...

Total take-up of UK warehouse space - units measuring 100,000 sq ft + - exceeded 14.62m sq ft in the first...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

Here are details of the property auctions taking place in June.  01/07/2016                                         Auction House Symonds & Sampson      The Memorial Hall, High Street,...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

Here are details of the property auctions taking place in June.  01/06/2016                                         Auction House Devon & Cornwall           Okehampton Business Centre, Higher Stockley...

Landlords of BHS stores across the county have voted to accept reduced rents until the troubled retailer’s future is resolved –...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

Here are details of the property auctions taking place in May.  03/05/2016                                         Clive Emson Kent & South East London  Clive Emson Conference...

A report recently released by Royal London revealed that Brits earning the national average wage of £27,600 a year who saved...

Q: Who Are Go Commercial Finance & why did you set up Go Commercial Finance? Go Commercial Finance is a true, whole...

A letting agency can charge between 10% and 15% of the total rental income that you receive from a property, but...