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![Rebound! Housing market strengthens despite election uncertainty](/upload/images/24%2006%2006%20%2001.jpg)
There’s been a modest rebound in house price growth according to new figures from the Nationwide. The lender says UK house prices...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Non-residential property out-performs resi in new investor analysis](/upload/images/24%2005%2029%20%2004.jpg)
Non-residential transactions have performed better than residential in the past year, research suggests. Software service APRAO analysed the latest data on quarterly...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove Analysis reveals Britain’s Most Popular Homes](/upload/images/24%2005%2016%20%2002.jpg)
The allure of Victorian architecture continues to captivate homebuyers, as new data from Rightmove unveils that Victorian homes are the most searched...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![London housing ‘ripple price effect’ outpaced by other cities - new analysis](/upload/images/24%2005%2014%20%2003.jpg)
A new analysis by online agency Yopa suggests that London has a weak ripple effect for house price growth across local...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Two Day Event pledges to “revolutionise property investment education”](/upload/images/24%2004%2011%2001.jpg)
A Scottish property investment specialist is launching what he calls “an innovative new course, designed specifically to encourage property investment and...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Build capital appreciation soars, according to new data](/upload/images/240405%20%20%2005.png)
Scottish new build house average prices have soared ahead of existing homes according to analysis of the latest statistics by a...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bargain Hunters look to locations with heavy down valuations](/upload/images/240403%20%20%2003.jpg)
New research shows that sellers in Wales are likely to be hit hardest by a down valuation, with the average home...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Build volumes plummet as councils accused of blocking](/upload/images/240403%20%20%2004.jpg)
The Home Builders Federation, the developers trade body, says planning permissions for new homes continues to fall sharply. Figures for 2023 -...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Big discounts for cash buyers as vendors stay desperate to sell](/upload/images/240312%2003.jpg)
New research suggests investment buyers with cash can secure chunky discounts on residential properties. Octane Capital analysed house price data for both...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Residential Property Investment holds its own despite downturn](/upload/images/__thumbs/2023%2011%2021%203.jpg/2023%2011%2021%203__400x267.jpg)
The average sale price of completed home transactions using cash or mortgages in England and Wales in October 2023 fell by...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Classic Property Investment - premiums for homes near stations](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2019%203.jpg/23%2009%2019%203__400x267.jpg)
As the trend for working from home slowly diminishes, so there has been a return of the premiums for homes near...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Increased Floorspace Adds Thousands To Property Values](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2014%203.jpg/23%2009%2014%203__400x267.jpg)
With the high cost of transactions making flipping less attractive than before, the Nationwide has quantified an alternative option - home...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Investors used to part-fund purchases by home buyers](/upload/images/2%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
An investment platform claims to offer a new home-buying model whereby purchasers who cannot afford a home put funds in with...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Invest near Crossrail? It’s not always a fast track to returns](/upload/images/3%20Property-Value_400x310.png)
It didn’t take long, but the gloss has already begun to come off the hugely expensive new Crossrail service in London. The...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Miller scores hat-trick of new development](/upload/images/__thumbs/Miller%20homes.jpg/Miller%20homes__400x271.jpg)
Homebuyers can get a first glimpse of the new phases of a range of leading housing developments at a series of...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Insight - top 5 urban regeneration hotspots in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.png)
Buying a property in areas actively undergoing urban regeneration can offer a good investment opportunity for purchasers looking to get onto...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Singapore nationals help to drive UK property market activity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
New research by Benham and Reeves, highlights that a supporting cast from Singapore is helping to drive UK market activity. The bonus of the...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sell it! Most important features for property photos revealed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertySearch-400x310.png)
Visual elements can be extremely enticing and beneficial to your success in selling. Leading estate agent media provider, Giraffe360, has taken...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight – why homebuyers are still better off than renters](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousingMarket_400x310.png)
Despite the increasing cost of borrowing currently hitting homebuyers across the property market, it evidently remains less expensive to buy when...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Home buyers with mortgages face 28% hit to buying power in 2023](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MortgageApproved-1-400x310.jpg)
Despite the relative buoyancy of the housing market activity over the summer – the recent spike in mortgage rates for new...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Flagged for an AML audit as a homebuyer? Here’s why and what to do about it](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Money%20laundering_400x310.png)
A property purchase is a convenient way to process the spoils of illegal endeavours, making anti-money laundering checks necessary within the...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Home sellers sitting tight as stock levels drop -12.5% so far in 2022](/upload/images/library/HousePriceDown-400x310.png)
Despite a drop in the average number of homes listed for sale per estate agency branch across Britain as a whole,...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Urban regeneration helping to put South East towns on the map](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/The%20Metalworks%2C%20Slough_400x310.png)
Urban regeneration projects have been a massively positive catalyst up and down the country, playing a crucial role in transforming previously overlooked...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental snapshot – rents climb, BTR market share rises, hotspots revealed](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Housing-1-400x310.jpg)
PIT looks at the latest trends in the UK rental market and investment strategies for buy-to-let landlords and investors. Revolution Brokers uncovers the...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – top Crossrail postcodes for a buy-to-let investment](/upload/images/Transport%20(Crossrail%2C%20HS2%2C%20Tube)/CrossrailTrain-400x310.png)
With the opening of the Elizabeth line last week, it’s no surprise that properties within a short distance of Crossrail stations...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Right on track – Crossrail house prices up by as much as 215%](/upload/images/Transport%20(Crossrail%2C%20HS2%2C%20Tube)/CrossrailLogo-400x310.png)
Postcodes with stations due to benefit from Crossrail (CR) have seen house prices increase by 79% since the project was first...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight: Why investors should set their sights on Liverpool](/upload/images/Locations/LiverpoolSkyline-400x310.png)
Liverpool has become the hotspot for property investors and homebuyers alike, with property price growth over the last year higher in...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![There’s no need to get into a tangle over Japanese Knotweed](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/JapaneseKnotweed-4-400x310.jpg)
They’re two words that can make any property owner panic – Japanese knotweed. The invasive plant can cause significant issues for...
15 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – that settles it, auctions are the way to go!](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
If previous auction roundups haven’t done much to convince you that property auctions are the most lucrative route, then perhaps this...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![International Women’s Day: Mind the gender house price affordability gap](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/gender%20equality%20400%20x%20310.png)
In the second instalment of our International Women’s Day 2022 series, PIT takes a closer look at a new study that uncovers...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Russian buyers account for £190m in London market value in 2021](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/uk-housing400x310.png)
Russian residential property purchases contributed an estimated £190 million in market value and £13.2 million in stamp duty tax last year,...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![More schemes underway – sustainable homes and PBSA in Notts](/upload/images/Site%20logos/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
This mini development roundup sees homebuilder Placemakers putting sustainability and profitability at the fore of its new scheme in Beulah Hill,...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![China: The beat of a different drum](/upload/images/library/China400x310.png)
A zero-tolerance policy response to Covid-19, declining property prices, and a flexible and accommodative central bank all set China apart from...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - predictions and market influences for 2022](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Plans-400x310.png)
As we begin 2022, Andrea Fawell, sales and marketing director of property developers Kebbell, gives a very honest account of the market factors that are...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ending on a high note – homebuyer demand stood strong during Q4](/upload/images/library/CoupleMovingHome-400x310.jpg)
Homebuyer demand in the UK remained robust for much of Q4 2021, sitting at an average of 65.6%, up by 0.9%...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![How effective is the New Homes Quality Board’s new ‘Quality Code’?](/upload/images/library/Housebuilders-400x310.jpg)
During the summer, the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) – the new independent body for overseeing the quality of the customer...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Will 2022 be a better year for the Scottish property market?](/upload/images/library/Glasgow-400x310.jpg)
Despite the rollercoaster of 2021, the Scottish property market has had a stronger period of growth than many would have expected...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![New-build boom – 6.5% of Brits bought new-builds during pandemic](/upload/images/library/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
New-build homes account for 6.5% of pandemic property purchases, new research from Unlatch finds. The new-build sales optimisation platform looked at the...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Dev roundup – multi-million-pound schemes and riverside homes](/upload/images/library/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
It's a mini-roundup this week, with a multi-million-pound Leeds development nearing completion, and the first batch of homes at a waterside scheme...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Planning permission can propel property prices by 21% – study](/upload/images/library/CoinsHouses-2020-400x310.jpg)
Research by Barrows and Forrester has uncovered how much more a home could make in the current market when selling with...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Good news? New-build property prices premium shoot up by 10.8%](/upload/images/library/NewHousing-1-400x310.jpg)
The property price premium paid by new-build buyers has increased by 10.8% in the past year – now commanding 40.2% more...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – the most affordable buyer hotspots for electric car owners](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/ElectricCarCharger-400x310.png)
For many, cars are an integral part of our home, with more people opting for electric or hybrid options when it...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Study – new-build homes reduce energy bills by up to 60%](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyEfficiency-2-400x310.jpg)
New-build homes can allegedly see homebuyers cut their energy bills by as much as 60%, research from Warwick Estates reveals. Now that...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Super savings – London buyers saved more than £1bn during stamp duty break](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.jpg)
London homebuyers managed to save over £1 billion since the stamp duty holiday first launched in July 2020. The latest analysis by...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight: What the average house prices can get buyers across the UK](/upload/images/library/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
ConservatoryLand, a UK supplier of self-build conservatories, has analysed what the UK’s average house price of £270,000 can get buyers across...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Sean Gavin, Operations Director at Berkeley South East London](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.jpg)
In this Q&A, Property Investor Today speaks to Sean Gavin, Operations Director at Berkeley South East London, for his thoughts on...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Britain’s houses are getting smaller but more expensive, study shows](/upload/images/library/HousingReview-400x310.jpg)
A new study has revealed just how much less house you now get for your money. The property market has certainly boomed,...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![New-build market share hits lowest level in a decade](/upload/images/library/Flats400x310.jpg)
New research has found that the proportion of UK property transactions accounted for by the new-build sector hit its lowest level in...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – the rural new-build property markets offering ‘the best of both worlds’](/upload/images/library/RuralCountryHomes-400x310.jpg)
With the Covid-19 pandemic and its subsequent lockdowns causing people to seek more spacious homes, coupled with the reduced need to...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Five finance scams that target expats...and how to avoid them](/upload/images/library/Scam-400x310.png)
Expatriates are a prime target for scammers. And no wonder, usually being wealthier than locals, out of their comfort zone and...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Subsidence – would you know if your investment property had it?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/DorsetHomes-400x310.jpg)
Along with Japanese knotweed, it’s one of the issues that can have the biggest impact on a home’s value and ability...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![How has the UK property market fared in the five years since the Brexit vote?](/img/default/pit.png)
This week – today (June 23), to be exact – marks five years since the EU referendum. It was a significant moment...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Construction – are housebuilders failing disabled buyers and investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
Research from a new-build snagging company has found that a number of new-build homes being delivered are unfit for purpose as housebuilders...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – affordable housing and ambitious tie-ups](/img/default/pit.png)
Gallions Place, a new mixed-use community of homes, shops and restaurants and play areas at London’s Royal Docks, has been launched...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors – here’s why transport links are still important, especially in London](/img/default/pit.png)
During the pandemic, it has often been said that the importance of a home being near transport links has lessened considerably...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![For your viewing pleasure – top cities for virtual viewings revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
Research by virtual property viewings platform U-See Homes has revealed which UK cities offer homebuyers the most opportunity to view a...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Dev update – construction works begin and brand-new PRS scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Construction works on a new £19 million residential scheme in Nottinghamshire, led by property developer Taggart Homes, are set to begin...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Four reasons why property investors are flocking to the Baltic states](/img/default/pit.png)
The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania may not have traditionally received the same acclaim as countries like Spain or...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors – should you buy early at regeneration schemes?](/img/default/pit.png)
Places undergoing significant regeneration are often appealing to investors for the potential strong rental returns and high capital growth they promise...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cladding roundup – leaseholders still at risk, but developer leads the way…](/img/default/pit.png)
Following the recent vote in parliament to reject the latest amendment to the Fire Safety Bill, Mary-Anne Bowring of Ringley has...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Green property – from Marbella eco-builds to zero-carbon in Hertford](/img/default/pit.png)
Renowned architects, developers and one of the Costa del Sol’s leading real estate firms have launched an ‘exciting new collaboration’ to...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with St. Modwen Homes - how has Covid affected buyers and investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
Housebuilding took a hit as a result of the pandemic, but there are signs that it is now starting to recover. In...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Developer issues – architects willing to take legal action & homebuyer fightback](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading private wealth law firm claims that architects are increasingly prepared to take legal action against developers in a bid to...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![A 'beret' good time – prime French market tempts buyers from London](/img/default/pit.png)
Research by high-net-worth mortgage broker, Enness Global, has revealed how the upper tiers of the French property market are currently tempting...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Off the rails – tube house prices fall 11% since start of Covid](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices surrounding London’s tube stations have fallen by an average of 2% since the start of the pandemic as the...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Taggart Homes - 'inexperienced builders should face tighter controls'](/img/default/pit.png)
With the UK enduring its third national lockdown, Property Investor Today speaks with Michael Taggart, chief executive officer of luxury homebuilder...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property investment in 2021 – adjusting to new circumstances](/img/default/pit.png)
Following one of the most disruptive and challenging years in living memory, I have no doubt that many of those in...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Race against time: homebuyers scramble to save on stamp duty](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property searches by local councils have skyrocketed by as much as 1,400% as house hunters race to buy and beat...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – new hope for buyers who lost deposits for Spanish off-plan homes](/img/default/pit.png)
Spanish homebuyers who paid and lost deposits on off-plan properties in the country as a result of the global financial crisis have been urged...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![West Midlands boom - property pockets set to see a transport-inspired price boost](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading Birmingham estate agent has highlighted the potential increase in property prices anticipated across the West Midlands market as a...
01 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investor insight - when and how to claim back overpaid stamp duty](/img/default/pit.png)
Patrick Cannon, one of the UK’s leading tax barristers, explains why some property investors may be overpaying stamp duty charges. Buying a...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Professional property buying in a post-Covid-19 climate – how should you do it?](/img/default/pit.png)
With lockdown measures starting to be eased, and the possible move to step 2 of the three-step plan from June 1,...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – why should investors be considering tertiary towns?](/img/default/pit.png)
With lockdown starting to ease, investors across the country will be considering their next steps and where might represent the best...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![A leap of faith – 2020 homebuyers could benefit from leap year house price boost](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest research by Benham and Reeves has looked at house price performance in previous leap years and what it could...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![UK’s most valuable property postcodes revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
With the property market set to recover this year – recent research, for example, has shown buyers are growing in confidence...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Banish the Brexit blues – the top homebuyer hotspots revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest research by estate agent comparison site GetAgent has revealed that Falkirk, Bristol and Sale are currently some of the...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![The most in-demand prime London streets revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
Benham and Reeves has revealed the capital’s prime and super-prime streets where buyer activity remains strong despite a wider market ‘freeze’...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Liverpool Waters regeneration scheme continues to attract considerable interest](/img/default/pit.png)
An award-winning residential block in the £5.5 billion Liverpool Waters regeneration scheme is now fully sold out after unprecedented interest from...
18 November 2019
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
![Can you afford enough ‘space to swing a cat’ in the UK?](/img/default/pit.png)
Westminster and the City of London take all top ten most expensive postcodes by square foot in the UK, according to...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Parts of the UK see new-build price premiums hit 108%, research finds](/img/default/pit.png)
Springbok Properties, a Manchester-based fast sale estate agent, has revealed that new-build homes experience a huge premium in certain areas of...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![New report reveals where’s hot and where’s not in France](/img/default/pit.png)
Research from buying agent Home Hunts has provided insight into the most popular places for investment, region by region, and the...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Birmingham’s investment boom - sold-out Digbeth scheme starts build](/img/default/pit.png)
A new-build residential development near Birmingham city centre that sold out before contractors had even started work on site has now...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Nine out of 10 new-build homes in the UK have defects](/img/default/pit.png)
More than nine out of 10 new-build homes in the UK have defects and almost 40% fail to meet their original...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![New web portal set to launch in 2019](/img/default/pit.png)
An online property exhibition dedicated to bringing together the very best off-plan, new and key ready projects from international developers and...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Blackpool’s property market performs strongly ahead of digital rollout](/img/default/pit.png)
Blackpool’s property market is set to exceed a valuation of £250m this year, with the total spent on sales growing by...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property investment outlook remains positive despite Brexit uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
The outlook for property investment in the UK remains positive, despite the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Brexit negotiations. That’s according to a...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Liverpool property market approaches £1 billion milestone ahead of digital switch-over](/img/default/pit.png)
Liverpool’s property market is set to reach a £1 billion valuation this year as the total spent on house sales has...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![West London maintains its desirability among buyers and investors](/img/default/pit.png)
Areas of West London had a higher than average percentage of properties selling within the first three months of being on...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rising number of homebuyers faced flood risk in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
The inaugural Homebuyer Urban Flood Risk Report has found that nearly one in seven UK homebuyers faced a potential flood risk...
05 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Reliable broadband now a ‘must-have’ for homebuyers](/img/default/pit.png)
A decent broadband connection is now a ‘must-have’ for property buyers, with many prospective purchasers now ranking it more important than...
31 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![British house prices will ‘struggle to rise much’ this year](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property price growth across Britain eased to a three-month low in August, as cooler economic conditions and political uncertainty continued...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![New property platform provides an alternative to ‘The Bank of Mum and Dad’](/img/default/pit.png)
Property Pact, a new property funding platform, has been launched after gaining consent from the Financial Conduct Authority. Property Pact, which connects...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Over 1m open Help to Buy ISAs to buy their first home](/img/default/pit.png)
More than 1 million aspiring homebuyers have opened Help to Buy ISAs, government-backed savings accounts, designed to help people save money...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property sales and prices are falling in Canada](/img/default/pit.png)
Canada’s property market continues to run out of steam, with the latest data from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) revealing...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Bridging lender offers free valuations on all new loan enquiries](/img/default/pit.png)
The bridging loans sector has markedly raised its profile in recent years. It is also becoming better understood by property investors,...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Foreign homebuyers surge 30% in Montreal](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a 30% rise in the number of foreign buyers of property in Montreal in the first half of this...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in mortgage choice for homebuyers](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of mortgage products has continued to rise, with the volume of deals on the market having increased by 61%...