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Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

Residential developers now have a unique opportunity to provide much needed high-quality accommodation in a city currently with limited stock, says...

Conversions may present new opportunities for property investors if two groups of MPs have their way. That’s because two all-party groups of...

New research conducted by members of The Housing Forum's Futures Network has revealed that the housing industry believes it is unlikely...

Every quarter the British Property Federation (BPF) and Savills work together, along with data specialists Molior, to plot a Build to...

Land agent Aston Mead argues housebuilding targets can only be met by the government if the planning system is privatised. Land &...

It is no secret that the UK is currently facing a chronic shortage of affordable housing, at a time when incomes...

The UK Government’s policy of improving the quality of life outside of London is central to its raison d'être. ‘Levelling up’...

A trade body has claimed that new financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give...

The American writer Mark Twain’s famously observed ‘Buy land, they’re not making it anymore’. However, property investors are now finding there...

Some 40% of tenants described their recent hunt for a rental home as difficult, and half of them said it took...

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has outlined the key areas it believes the government and the industry should focus on...

A new report by planning consultancy Lichfields has raised major issues for the growing housing emergency and the government’s target of...

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

Both Boris Johnson and Michael Gove made Tory conference speeches pushing housebuilding on brownfield sites up this government’s agenda. With funding...

The UK has a longstanding problem with housing. A shortfall in available and viable land in areas with investment potential is...

In this guest piece, David Searle, co-founder and COO of HSPG, outlines why affordable housing provision is more important than ever. House prices...

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

Property investment, like everything else at the moment, continues to be heavily influenced by Covid-19 and Brexit. But what does the market...

Build to Rent (BTR) has been a growing trend in the UK for a number of years, but what about in...

At first glance, Brexit’s Christmas climax appears to have had little effect on the appetite for UK property investment, which is...

Some 1.8 million over-55s are actively thinking about downsizing their home earlier as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic, according...

In September last year, Hungarian-based property developer Cordia International acquired Birmingham-based, PRS-specialist developer Blackswan Property Limited. The Blackswan acquisition marked Cordia’s first investment in the UK market and is...

The top five areas across the UK which are prime for major development have been revealed by global property consultancy Knight...

Housing supply in the UK is struggling to meet unprecedented levels of demand from property purchasers post-lockdown, according to Legal &...

In his ‘Build, Build, Build’ speech in Dudley last month, Boris Johnson set out a number of radical planning reforms. This...

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

Modular housing is growing in popularity, with many viewing it as one fast, eco-friendly way of solving the housing crisis. An...

In one of the biggest signs yet that modern methods of construction (MMC) are going mainstream, NHBC, the leading warranty and...

A leading modular housing company has partnered with housing provider Stonewater to deliver 120 affordable eco-homes to Hereford in a deal...

The knock-on effects of the spread of coronavirus and the subsequent government lockdown will result in 56,000 fewer homes being delivered...

The green light has been given for Moda Living’s ‘landmark’ £260 million Build to Rent neighbourhood in Hove.   Moda Living, which...

With recently released figures revealing Airbnb’s huge reach across the country and Build to Rent’s rapid growth, Property Investor Today analyses...

New research has claimed that rent controls hurt tenants by drying up the supply of rental homes and in some cases...

An independent survey of more than 1,000 UK-based property investors has found that 55% are concerned Brexit will push away international...

The number of sales agreed per member branch increased for the first time since October 2018, according to NAEA Propertymark. Its April...

Investment in the UK’s private rental sector (PRS) will soar to £75 Billion by 2025, with an additional 560,000 households expected...

More than 2,000 new Build to Rent apartments are set to be created in Bristol in the next three years, according...

Manchester, a city of football, music, innovation and culture which has reinvented itself in recent years to escape its post-industrial decline,...

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

New data from AA Financial Services recently revealed that the number of British adults who say they want to move from...

Ahead of today’s Budget, property experts are waiting to see whether their predictions will be dispelled, or whether they will prove...

The number of new build homes being started across England is at its highest level since 2008, the government claims. Fresh figures...

The UK housing crisis will be top of the political agenda in September and October when the main political parties hold...

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

The Conservative party, assuming it is able to form a new government, is being urged to make tacking the growing housing...

Property investors who were starved of choice now have more homes to choice to from following a rise in the number...

Residential property prices continued to increase at a modest pace in April, the latest figures show. The average home in England and...

There was a 9% decline in the number of residential property sales recorded last month, owed in part to a fall...

There was a sharp rise in the number of home buyers using cash to buy property last year, with mortgage lending...

The number of residential properties receiving planning consent continues to increase and reached almost 300,000 last year, fresh figures show. According to...

The supply of available housing dropped to the lowest level ever for March, according to the latest figures from the National...

Despite new figures from the RICS Residential Market Survey showing a rather ‘gloomy’ outlook about the state of the residential property...

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

The Scottish government is still failing to address the issue of housing supply, according to Homes for Scotland.   In response to the...

One of the UK’s largest housebuilders has welcomed the new apprenticeship levy, which comes into effect this week, as part of...

Britain’s housing shortage could be resolved if housebuilders were allowed to build significantly more new homes on the green belt, according...

The average price of a home in central London hit a new high of £1,818,262 in 2016, thanks largely to a rally...

A sharp fall in the number of homes being built north of the border is likely to push up house prices...

The government yesterday launched its Midlands Energy strategy, which is expected to boost the supply of much needed new homes in...

Supply of property increased during February, as sellers returned to the test the housing market, according to the latest research from...

With 11 buyers now chasing each property for sale, a higher number of homes are selling for in excess of the...

UK house prices may have ended last year around £15,000 higher on average than when the year started, but the signs...

Political and economic uncertainty and a dip in sentiment and transactions generated in part by the outcome of the EU referendum...

The number of homes changing hands in the UK look set to rise over the next few months, as reflected by...

Richard Barber, director at Prime Central London estate agency W.A.Ellis, part of the JLL Group, offers his thoughts on what property market...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

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

Profitability at the UK’s largest housebuilders has increased at more than twice the rate of new housing output, shows new research...

The number of new homes recorded in England has increased to its highest level since the financial crash, official figures have...

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

Residential property prices in the UK are expected to remain largely flat until the Brexit negotiations are concluded in 2019, according...

The slowdown in prime central London’s residential property market caused by overinflated house prices, higher taxes, increasing housing supply, weaker demand...

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

There has been a significant increase in the number of property investors acquiring student housing assets in mainland Europe, new research...

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

The government’s plan to tackle the housing shortage by building 25,000 new homes using a £3bn Home Building Fund has been broadly...

The government is being urged to take fresh steps to tackle the shortage of homes by incentivising landowners and developers to increase...

The number of properties for sale on the UK housing market has hit a six month high, helping to alleviate the...

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

Residential property prices rose in 17 of the 22 European housing markets for which figures were available during the year to...

The latest housebuilding data shows that there was an increase in the number of new build housing schemes started in England...

Buyer activity in South Florida’s housing market has picked up this year but the lack of homes for sale is pushing...

Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) will be better equipped to increase much needed housing supply among other...

The Scottish government needs to build on the recent improvement in planning performance in order to help increase the supply of...

Property prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to the referendum, with the now former Chancellor...

The average asking price for a property in England and Wales has fallen 0.9% so far this month to £270,159, according...

The number of homes that came onto the sales market dropped at its sharpest rate to date while buyer demand fell...

Property sales in Hong Kong fell by 11% in May compared with the corresponding month last year despite a 2% increase...

  There was a rise in the overall number of residential properties for sale in the UK last month, but a closer...

Developers in the UK are actively looking to address the major shortage of skills in the housebuilding sector as part of...

Housebuilders are responding to high demand from buyers and renters by increasing the level of residential construction, as reflected by the...

Sales of new homes in Australia fell in April following a surprisingly strong surge the previous month, according to the latest...

Residential property sales in the United States rose further in April despite rising prices and a decline in housing supply, the...

With just hours to go until voting for the London mayoral election closes, housing remains a key issue with all the leading...

A chronic shortage of properties continues to drive house prices upwards across Britain. But a significant increase in the number of...

Residential property prices in the USA rose in January as demand from buyers continued to outpace housing supply, the Federal Housing...

There was a sharp rise in the number of new homes under construction in February, despite an overall fall in construction...

Homeownership rates have massively declined in the last 15 years, with almost two million young buyers priced out of homeownership, according...

Population growth and a strong underlying economy will support property investment in the UK, a new report from Moody’s Investor Service has...