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A Scottish property investment specialist is launching what he calls “an innovative new course, designed specifically to encourage property investment and...

Scottish new build house average prices have soared ahead of existing homes according to analysis of the latest statistics by a...

New research shows that sellers in Wales are likely to be hit hardest by a down valuation, with the average home...

The Home Builders Federation, the developers trade body, says planning permissions for new homes continues to fall sharply. Figures for 2023 -...

New research suggests investment buyers with cash can secure chunky discounts on residential properties. Octane Capital analysed house price data for both...

The average sale price of completed home transactions using cash or mortgages in England and Wales in October 2023 fell by...

As the trend for working from home slowly diminishes, so there has been a return of the premiums for homes near...

With the high cost of transactions making flipping less attractive than before, the Nationwide has quantified an alternative option - home...

An investment platform claims to offer a new home-buying model whereby purchasers who cannot afford a home put funds in with...

It didn’t take long, but the gloss has already begun to come off the hugely expensive new Crossrail service in London. The...

Homebuyers can get a first glimpse of the new phases of a range of leading housing developments at a series of...

Buying a property in areas actively undergoing urban regeneration can offer a good investment opportunity for purchasers looking to get onto...

New research by Benham and Reeves, highlights that a supporting cast from Singapore is helping to drive UK market activity. The bonus of the...

Visual elements can be extremely enticing and beneficial to your success in selling. Leading estate agent media provider, Giraffe360, has taken...

Despite the increasing cost of borrowing currently hitting homebuyers across the property market, it evidently remains less expensive to buy when...

Despite the relative buoyancy of the housing market activity over the summer – the recent spike in mortgage rates for new...

A property purchase is a convenient way to process the spoils of illegal endeavours, making anti-money laundering checks necessary within the...

Despite a drop in the average number of homes listed for sale per estate agency branch across Britain as a whole,...

Urban regeneration projects have been a massively positive catalyst up and down the country, playing a crucial role in transforming previously overlooked...

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...

With the opening of the Elizabeth line last week, it’s no surprise that properties within a short distance of Crossrail stations...

Postcodes with stations due to benefit from Crossrail (CR) have seen house prices increase by 79% since the project was first...

Liverpool has become the hotspot for property investors and homebuyers alike, with property price growth over the last year higher in...

They’re two words that can make any property owner panic – Japanese knotweed. The invasive plant can cause significant issues for...

If previous auction roundups haven’t done much to convince you that property auctions are the most lucrative route, then perhaps this...

In the second instalment of our International Women’s Day 2022 series, PIT takes a closer look at a new study that uncovers...

Russian residential property purchases contributed an estimated £190 million in market value and £13.2 million in stamp duty tax last year,...

This mini development roundup sees homebuilder Placemakers putting sustainability and profitability at the fore of its new scheme in Beulah Hill,...

A zero-tolerance policy response to Covid-19, declining property prices, and a flexible and accommodative central bank all set China apart from...

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...

Homebuyer demand in the UK remained robust for much of Q4 2021, sitting at an average of 65.6%, up by 0.9%...

During the summer, the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) – the new independent body for overseeing the quality of the customer...

Despite the rollercoaster of 2021, the Scottish property market has had a stronger period of growth than many would have expected...

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...

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...

Research by Barrows and Forrester has uncovered how much more a home could make in the current market when selling with...

The property price premium paid by new-build buyers has increased by 10.8% in the past year – now commanding 40.2% more...

For many, cars are an integral part of our home, with more people opting for electric or hybrid options when it...

New-build homes can allegedly see homebuyers cut their energy bills by as much as 60%, research from Warwick Estates reveals. Now that...

London homebuyers managed to save over £1 billion since the stamp duty holiday first launched in July 2020. The latest analysis by...

ConservatoryLand, a UK supplier of self-build conservatories, has analysed what the UK’s average house price of £270,000 can get buyers across...

In this Q&A, Property Investor Today speaks to Sean Gavin, Operations Director at Berkeley South East London, for his thoughts on...

A new study has revealed just how much less house you now get for your money. The property market has certainly boomed,...

New research has found that the proportion of UK property transactions accounted for by the new-build sector hit its lowest level in...

With the Covid-19 pandemic and its subsequent lockdowns causing people to seek more spacious homes, coupled with the reduced need to...

Expatriates are a prime target for scammers. And no wonder, usually being wealthier than locals, out of their comfort zone and...

Along with Japanese knotweed, it’s one of the issues that can have the biggest impact on a home’s value and ability...

This week – today (June 23), to be exact – marks five years since the EU referendum. It was a significant moment...

Research from a new-build snagging company has found that a number of new-build homes being delivered are unfit for purpose as housebuilders...

Gallions Place, a new mixed-use community of homes, shops and restaurants and play areas at London’s Royal Docks, has been launched...

During the pandemic, it has often been said that the importance of a home being near transport links has lessened considerably...

Research by virtual property viewings platform U-See Homes has revealed which UK cities offer homebuyers the most opportunity to view a...

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

The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania may not have traditionally received the same acclaim as countries like Spain or...

Places undergoing significant regeneration are often appealing to investors for the potential strong rental returns and high capital growth they promise...

Following the recent vote in parliament to reject the latest amendment to the Fire Safety Bill, Mary-Anne Bowring of Ringley has...

Renowned architects, developers and one of the Costa del Sol’s leading real estate firms have launched an ‘exciting new collaboration’ to...

Housebuilding took a hit as a result of the pandemic, but there are signs that it is now starting to recover. In...

A leading private wealth law firm claims that architects are increasingly prepared to take legal action against developers in a bid to...

Research by high-net-worth mortgage broker, Enness Global, has revealed how the upper tiers of the French property market are currently tempting...

House prices surrounding London’s tube stations have fallen by an average of 2% since the start of the pandemic as the...

With the UK enduring its third national lockdown, Property Investor Today speaks with Michael Taggart, chief executive officer of luxury homebuilder...

Following one of the most disruptive and challenging years in living memory, I have no doubt that many of those in...

Residential property searches by local councils have skyrocketed by as much as 1,400% as house hunters race to buy and beat...

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...

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

Patrick Cannon, one of the UK’s leading tax barristers, explains why some property investors may be overpaying stamp duty charges. Buying a...

With lockdown measures starting to be eased, and the possible move to step 2 of the three-step plan from June 1,...

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

The latest research by Benham and Reeves has looked at house price performance in previous leap years and what it could...

With the property market set to recover this year – recent research, for example, has shown buyers are growing in confidence...

The latest research by estate agent comparison site GetAgent has revealed that Falkirk, Bristol and Sale are currently some of the...

Benham and Reeves has revealed the capital’s prime and super-prime streets where buyer activity remains strong despite a wider market ‘freeze’...

An award-winning residential block in the £5.5 billion Liverpool Waters regeneration scheme is now fully sold out after unprecedented interest from...

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

Westminster and the City of London take all top ten most expensive postcodes by square foot in the UK, according to...

Springbok Properties, a Manchester-based fast sale estate agent, has revealed that new-build homes experience a huge premium in certain areas of...

Research from buying agent Home Hunts has provided insight into the most popular places for investment, region by region, and the...

A new-build residential development near Birmingham city centre that sold out before contractors had even started work on site has now...

More than nine out of 10 new-build homes in the UK have defects and almost 40% fail to meet their original...

An online property exhibition dedicated to bringing together the very best off-plan, new and key ready projects from international developers and...

Blackpool’s property market is set to exceed a valuation of £250m this year, with the total spent on sales growing by...

The outlook for property investment in the UK remains positive, despite the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Brexit negotiations. That’s according to a...

Liverpool’s property market is set to reach a £1 billion valuation this year as the total spent on house sales has...

Areas of West London had a higher than average percentage of properties selling within the first three months of being on...

The inaugural Homebuyer Urban Flood Risk Report has found that nearly one in seven UK homebuyers faced a potential flood risk...

A decent broadband connection is now a ‘must-have’ for property buyers, with many prospective purchasers now ranking it more important than...

Residential property price growth across Britain eased to a three-month low in August, as cooler economic conditions and political uncertainty continued...

Property Pact, a new property funding platform, has been launched after gaining consent from the Financial Conduct Authority.   Property Pact, which connects...

More than 1 million aspiring homebuyers have opened Help to Buy ISAs, government-backed savings accounts, designed to help people save money...

Canada’s property market continues to run out of steam, with the latest data from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) revealing...

The bridging loans sector has markedly raised its profile in recent years. It is also becoming better understood by property investors,...

There was a 30% rise in the number of foreign buyers of property in Montreal in the first half of this...

The number of mortgage products has continued to rise, with the volume of deals on the market having increased by 61%...

There was a marginal increase in the number of residential property sales in prime central London in the first half of...

More than three quarters of advisers recommend that homebuyers take out private surveys when purchasing or remortgaging a property, according to...

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

Mortgage costs and rates fell during the second quarter of the year, according to the latest figures. Mortgage Brain’s quarterly product data...

Asking prices for residential properties in England and Wales have remained broadly unchanged  over the past month, as price sensitive homebuyers...

Canada’s red-hot housing market looks set to cool next year, with property prices heading for a ‘soft landing’, according to the...