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It’s famous for oil, football, the North Sea chill and granite, but Scotland’s third biggest city – and the UK’s 39th...

The Tokyo Olympics is on track to becoming one of the biggest events of the year. Last year, due to the...

In this guest piece, Stuart Williams, director of property investment firm Thirlmere Deacon, outlines the golden rules for armchair investing. Over the...

With the property market undergoing tumultuous changes since the onset of the pandemic, recent figures from A-Plan Insurance has highlighted the...

Introducing a stamp duty holiday at the height of the pandemic was commendable but it has overstayed its welcome, says Tom...

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

With Portugal on the UK’s green list and slowly reopening to British (and other) holidaymakers, the country is likely to be...

In the first quarter of 2021, the escape to the country trend triggered by the pandemic drove annual price growth to its...

Work on replacing dangerous cladding on high rise buildings across the UK could be accelerated and made cheaper if the government...

Principle Estate Management has welcomed government plans for new legislation that takes fire safety even more seriously. The Home Office has announced...

For many years, residential property has been the default choice for investors looking to preserve and grow their wealth. In times...

LaSalle Investment Management has become the first institutional investment landlord in the UK to complete re-cladding at a cost in excess...

In theory, investing in the European property market is simple, but in reality it can be a little more challenging. The first...

A joint venture between Audley Group, Schroders Real Estate and Octopus Real Estate has secured a £47 million development loan for...

In recent years, buy-to-let investors and landlords might feel as if they have been deliberately targeted, with changes to mortgage interest...

It goes without saying that 2020 was an incredibly eventful year for us all. The Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns meant...

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

With mixed views of what 2021 could bring to the property market, Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine & Country UK...

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

As we look ahead to 2021, one of the biggest questions on the lips of property investors – as is always...

Although it’s been said quite a lot this year, 2020 has been an unprecedented year in history and one in which...

Manchester has topped the list of the best areas for landlords to invest in, according to Aldermore’s 'Buy to Let City Tracker'. The...

When it comes to property investment, there is no one ‘right’ way to do it in order to succeed. Likewise, there...

For most homeowners, the thought of selling a house in 2020 is anxiety-inducing. To some, it feels like tempting fate. However,...

Research by Andrews Property Group has identified the 10 UK towns and cities where 99% of homes currently listed for sale...

A new report has found that the UK’s residential market is missing out on billions of pounds of potential investment from...

Knight Frank’s latest Global Residential Cities Index, which tracks the movement in mainstream residential prices across 150 cities worldwide using official...

The resurgence of the property market, which has seen a significant uptick in demand for homes, is expected to delay property...

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

A headline story of 2020 so far that readers of Property Investor Today will no doubt be aware of is the...

Solihull could be set for an unprecedented era of economic growth and rising property prices on the back of the arrival...

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

Despite Brexit uncertainty impacting house price growth, changes to tax regulations and a hike in stamp duty thresholds for buy-to-let landlords,...

A start date has been announced for a ‘much-anticipated’ housing development in central Slough, as the town continues to transform itself...

Properties in Nuneaton and Bedworth, Stockport and Leicester show significant potential for capital growth after seeing double-digit house price growth in...

There’s something magical about Christmas, especially with UK house prices jumping by 38.9% since the last ‘widespread’ white Christmas in December...

Portsmouth-based agency NEXA Properties has released its latest report on the city which analyses how its property market is currently functioning. The...

UK city house price growth has picked up by 2.9%, underpinned by a 1% increase in London house prices, according to...

With Londoners facing further delays with Crossrail, London letting and sales agent Benham and Reeves analysed house prices along the route...

Homes close to regeneration zones attract an average 3.6% more price growth per year than properties in the wider local authority...

In September, the average rental price for a new tenancy in the UK was £967 per calendar month, up by 2.5%...

Property developer Click Properties says it has witnessed a marked increase in enquiries from investors from both the US and the...

Average house prices in England and Wales are set to see an average 0.9% monthly drop over the next three months,...

It’s not hugely surprising that homes near strong transport links enjoy better house price growth, but new research has now revealed...

The average house price in London now stands at £483,100, which is 13 times more than typical earnings in the capital,...

In the second quarter of this year, Berlin was the city with the strongest rate of annual house price growth, according...

The June Zoopla UK Cities House Price Index has revealed that average house price growth across southern cities is running at...

The average income required for a first-time buyer (FTB) to purchase a home has grown 9% since 2016 and stands at...

The top-performing 45 UK coastal towns have been revealed following analysis of Zoopla data by national estate agency Jackson-Stops. The findings –...

More than a third (36%) of homes in Southern England are in property markets experiencing house price falls as slowdown ripples...

Despite some recent reports suggesting that the UK property market is plummeting, a recent auction hosted by Loveitss, an estate and...

House prices in UK cities increased by 1.7% over the 12 months to March 2019, the same levels of growth recorded...

Recent years have seen a shift in buyer activity across the UK’s property market, with London’s much publicised decline in popularity...

Birmingham has experienced an incredible transformation over recent years. Shaking off its previously industrial image. The UK’s second city has emerged...

The home of one of the nation’s best-loved sitcoms is currently Great Britain’s hottest market for property asking prices, new data...

Average overall price growth in England and Wales has slipped into the red, according to Home.co.uk’s February Asking Price Index. This...

House price growth across UK cities reduced steadily throughout 2018, according to new analysis carried out as part of Zoopla’s UK...

Spain’s property market is set for steady growth in 2019, according to Lucas Fox International Properties. With 2018 proving to be another...

The property market in the Lothians is outperforming the national average, according to property consultancy Galbraith. This strong growth in house prices...

The latest analysis from estate agent Jackson-Stops has revealed the top commuter hotspots for London, Bristol, Manchester and Birmingham, with Luton...

The best performing boroughs in the London residential market in 2018 have been revealed by new research from CBRE Residential. Its annual report, the...

As one year comes to a close and another one starts, it’s interesting to take a look at some salient points...

Glasgow and Edinburgh have seen house prices rise faster than any other major UK town or city in 2018, according to...

Hackney has seen the highest rate of house price growth of all London boroughs in the last 20 years, according to...

It now takes, on average, 102 days to sell a property in the UK, according to Post Office Money. Its latest ‘City...

Some 81% of estate agents expect revenues to grow or stay the same next year despite growing concerns over the UK’s...

The top investment opportunities for landlords have been revealed in a new analysis of the buy-to-let (BTL) market. Despite the string of...

The minimum income first-time buyers require to purchase a home in the UK has rocketed by 18% in the past three...

UK national house price growth is on an upward curve, according to Carter Jonas. But it continues to slow with rates...

Investors are increasingly searching for cheaper and higher yielding properties despite buy-to-let (BTL) investments offering attractive return rates, according to a...

There are 19 towns and cities that have witnessed property prices growing by more than 250% since the turn of the...

Investing in property is always unpredictable, especially as it’s difficult to pinpoint the best locations for investment - who would have...

A new report from Knight Frank has revealed that Berlin is the city with the fastest urban house price growth in...

Two fifths of postcodes across London are registering year-on-year price falls, according to the latest Hometrack UK Cities House Price Index. The...

Research carried out by estate agent Jackson-Stops has revealed that Luton is London’s number one commuter town. Based on a range of...

The gap between house prices and average earnings has reached a record high in London, according to a new study conducted...

Despite continued price growth in England’s most thriving regional property markets, the decline in London prices and seasonal factors are weighing...

New research has revealed that Leeds is the best city in England for building new homes. Analysis of official figures by...

Birmingham is now the number one UK property hotspot, after it was revealed today that property values in the city increased...

House prices in Scotland increased by an average of 0.5% in June to reach an average of £175,941, according to the...

Growth in UK property prices increased at a slower pace of 4.9% in June, down from 5% a month earlier, according...

Annual house price growth slowed in July, according to the latest figures from LSL Property Services. Last month, annual growth dipped by...

UK house price growth may be easing, according to the latest Halifax data, but it has been suggested that there are...

A chronic shortage of properties continues to drive house prices upwards across Britain, according to Nationwide Building Society’s latest house price...

Recent months have seen the UK property market starting to slow down. So what has caused this, and will it change? Whilst...

Residential property prices in key UK cities have proved resilient in the first half of the year, with growth of 5.1%,...

Residential property prices in Scotland continue to rise, according to new figures. The average price of a property in Scotland in May...

Growth in residential property prices in the UK continued to slow, but the cost of the average home still increased by...

UK house price growth may have currently flattened to the lowest level since 2013, but this does not necessarily mean that...

The average price of a home across 150 cities worldwide increased by 6.9% in the 12 months to March 2017, the...

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

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...

Residential property prices in Portugal increased by 7.9% in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period of...

Eight years of quantitative easing (QE) and record low interest rates is estimated to have cost savers more than £160bn, but...

The average asking price in the UK fell 0.4% in June compared with the previous month according to new data released...

Residential property prices rose by an average of £3,217 north of the border in April, the latest Your Move’s Scotland House...

Overall housing output north of the border continued to flatline with just 88 more homes, the equivalent of around 1%, built...

The recent slowdown in UK house prices suggests that the market is cooling, but very few experts are surprised. The latest house...

The residential property market in the UK tends to be cyclical, moving in upward cycles of boom, bust and stability, and...

Manchester remains the number one UK property hotspot, after it was revealed today that property values in the city increased faster...

Annual house price growth continues to slow, as affordability issues deter many prospective homebuyers. With 2017 proving to be a rather challenging time...

Despite weakening growth in the capital, where values are around 80% higher than in 2009, there are still plenty of good...

UK house prices fell again in April, as growing uncertainty and affordability constraints continue to have an impact on buyers across...

With an urgent need to build significantly more new homes, competition is hotting up for land which is deemed suitable for...

House prices in Sydney dipped for the first time in 18 months in April, according to new data, as regulators continue...

City level residential property price growth gained momentum in the first quarter of the year, rising by 3.5%, led by large...

The price of the average property in England and Wales broke through the £300,000 barrier in March, following a 0.5% rise...

UK house price may growth may have slowed to a four year low in March, but indications are that prices will...

More home loans were secured to buy property in the UK during the first two months of 2017 than any year...

London’s housing market continues to slow, with the latest figures revealing that prices increased at their slowest rate for nearly five...

Residential property prices in Australia are increasing at their fastest pace in seven years, fuelling growing fears about a property bubble...

Growing economic uncertainty in the UK is starting to weigh on consumer confidence and willingness to engage in major transactions such...

Residential property prices in Portugal are expected to keep on rising, with experts forecasting growth of about 4% this year, after...

From the vantage point of the rostrum, in unprecedented economic times with historically low interest rates and persistently low inflation, the...

Manchester has become the latest UK property hotspot, after it was revealed today that property values in the city increased faster...

House prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to last year’s referendum, with various experts, including...

Sales of existing residential properties in Canada increased by 5.2% in February compared with the previous month, marking the highest monthly...

The average price of a home in England and Wales increased by almost £1,900 in February compared with the previous month,...

Residential property price growth continues to slow across parts of the UK, led by falls in London where annual home price...

The average price of a home in Scotland in December 2016 increased by 2.2% compared with the previous year to reach...

UK house prices are likely to continue to rise in 2017 as building lags demand for homes, the Halifax has warned. The...

Is it time to get your finances in order? Why not consider these five property financial resolutions? 1.    Consider increasing your mortgage payments With...

Residential property price growth across all prime regional markets slowed during the final quarter of last year, bringing annual growth to...

The total value of all privately owned homes in Britain has increased above £5trn for the first time - almost three...

Property prices across the largest UK cities rose by an average of 7.2% in 2016, taking the 20 city average to...

When it comes to investing in property, it pays to know about the latest property hotspots and up-and-coming areas. Here are Portico’s...

Residential property prices in the UK remained broadly stable in 2016 but is likely to slow next year, the Nationwide has...

For many people investing in residential properly remains an attractive income investment at a time of low saving rates and stock...

Residential property prices across many of the UK’s largest 20 cities appear to offer plenty of room for growth in 2017,...

The surprising political events of 2016 will lead to greater ‘caution and risk aversion’ among property investors in 2017, making secure...

Despite uncertainty around Britain's decision to leave the European Union, residential property prices in Britain will increase by 2% next year,...

The average residential property price in England and Wales edged up by 0.1% in November, according to the latest the LSL/Acadata...

UK house prices rose at their fastest pace for eight months in November, fresh property price data has revealed. The Halifax, part...

Residential property prices in Auckland stalled in November, marking the end of consecutive monthly rises dating back to 2009, according to...

London’s new Crossrail, a railway line spanning from Reading and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the...

With mortgage borrowing costs at a record-low, home price growth relatively flat and new housing supply failing to meet demand, one...

Residential property prices in Scotland rose 0.6% month-on-month in September, taking the average price above £170,000 for the first time since...

Residential property prices in the UK increased by an average of 7.7% in the year to September, according to the latest...

A severe undersupply of residential development sites and office space created by strong economic growth in Leeds City Region, which includes...

London is to lead the UK house price recovery with 16.5% cumulative growth between now and the end of 2020, according...

There was a surprise rise in UK home prices in October, despite the slowdown in the housing market in recent months,...

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump may still be fighting it out for the White House, but with just a few hours...

Residential property prices in the UK were unchanged in October compared with the previous month following 15 consecutive months of house...

Historically, UK property prices have demonstrated a distinct spatial pattern over time, rising initially in a cyclical upswing in prime central...

Residential property prices in London are set to fall next year as uncertainty about the UK’s exit from the European Union...

The annual rate of home price growth across 20 of the largest UK cities hit 8.5% in September, up from 8.2%...

The UK housing market remains resilient post-Brexit, as illustrated by the latest house price index which shows a housing market that...

Residential property prices continued to cool in September as the property market softens, with the latest data from Halifax revealing that...

Chinese cities continue to dominate Knight Frank’s latest Global Residential Cities Index, which at 5.5% in Q2 2016 recorded its strongest...

Of the four Middle Eastern housing markets included the latest Global Property Guide survey, all, except UAE, performed worse in the...

Residential property prices in the UK rose further in September, albeit at a slower rate, new figures out today show. According to...

It is now a ‘great time’ to invest in the UK housing market despite a new report showing that house price...

Residential property prices continued to boom in some parts of the world, with the five strongest housing markets in Global Property...

The annual rate of residential property price growth across 20 of the largest UK cities slowed to 8.2% in August, from...

House price inflation across the UK dropped to 8.3% in the year to July, down from 9.7% in June, according to...

The annual rate of UK house price growth cooled further in August, after slowing the previous month, fresh data shows. Halifax said...

Average property prices in the UK’s top 50 university cities, based on the Guardian’s latest university league table, have risen by...

Consumer confidence in UK house price growth has fallen sharply following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, with almost...

More than two-thirds of government spending on house-buying incentive programmes, such as Help to Buy, may have boosted demand for property,...

Residential property prices in the UK rose marginally in August to reach yet another all-time high, according to fresh data from...

There has been a sharp slowdown in house price growth across all major cities in the south of England, but market...

The latest UK House Price Index for June, which includes data for the week after the Brexit vote, shows an annual...

Since the UK's Brexit vote on June 23, house price growth in the UK has been subdued.  Just yesterday, Rightmove reported that...

After a characteristically dramatic opening weekend of Premier League football, seeing Arsenal beaten 4-3 by Liverpool and the champions, Leicester City,...

Residential property price growth dropped to a three-year low in July 2016 as the UK’s decision to leave the EU continued...

  The Crossrail project, a new railway line spanning from Reading and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in...

Residential property prices continued to increase in most of Australia’s major cities in July, led by gains in Sydney and Melbourne,...

Annual house price growth remained broadly unchanged in June across the UK’s major towns and cities, but signs are that price...

Residential property prices in Scotland look set to fall in the coming months amid an economic slowdown, but the longer term...

Crossrail 2 is coming to London! The £27bn project is now well underway, which will link Surrey to Hertfordshire via London...

Residential property prices in the UK increased marginally in June, despite greater uncertainty in the run-up to the EU referendum, the...

A sharp fall in the value of the UK pound against the euro, after Britons voted to leave the EU, will...

Homeowners selling their homes in southern regions of the UK have seen the greatest rise in demand for their properties of...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty in...

Residential property prices in the UK rose by 0.6% in May, twice the rate forecast in a Reuters poll of economists...

Prime central London development land prices fell for the second quarter in tandem with values for greenfield land in England which...

The residential property market in Ireland continues to attract investors due to strong growth witnessed in recent years, particularly as the...

Tottenham Hotspur has edged out rivals West Ham and Watford to dominate the property Premier League when it comes to house...

The housing market in London’s traditional ‘prime’ market continues to slow as global economic turmoil and tax increases for high-value property...

Analysis of official figures has revealed the worst performing UK location for average house price growth since the first quarter of...

The property wealth of the over-65s has grown by almost £13.7 billion in the past three months. This comes as rapidly...

Home.co.uk's latest Asking Price Index has shown that house prices in the East of England have surged thanks to a chronic...

Across 2016, 50% of UK homeowners anticipate their property to increase in value, according to latest research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire...

House prices have risen by 0.3% in January, according to the latest findings from Nationwide. Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s Chief Economist, said the...

The latest report by Nationwide has shown that the average price of property in the UK has now risen to £196,999, an...

Despite retired homeowners witnessing huge house price growth over the years, the average UK homeowner will live in their home for...

As 2015 draws to a close and we look towards the New Year, there’s lots of good news for property sellers...

City level house price inflation is on track for a 10% growth in 2015 as price growth accelerates in regional cities,...

Just 5.9% of households expect to buy a property over the next 12 months, while a further 6.4% said they would...

Research conducted by high-end estate agency Savills has revealed that Britain’s dearth of housing supply and its growing economy have helped...

Average house prices around the UK's most famous cricket grounds have registered striking growth, according to an online estate agency.  With the...

The latest research from Knight Frank has revealed that households in all UK regions perceived that property prices increased in June...