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![A look into 2024 so far: 3 key insights for landlords](/upload/images/Mature%20man%20orange%20shirt%20sat%20down%20on%20a%20phone%20call%20-%20360x280(1).png)
Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...
16 April 2024
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![Birmingham shortage of homes set to keep prices and demand buoyant](/upload/images/23%2011%2028%2002.jpg)
Residential developers now have a unique opportunity to provide much needed high-quality accommodation in a city currently with limited stock, says...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Investment Potential - Converting Commercial to Resi](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2008%2017%202%20New%20Investment%20Potential%20-%20Converting%20Commercial%20to%20Resi.jpg/23%2008%2017%202%20New%20Investment%20Potential%20-%20Converting%20Commercial%20to%20Resi__400x256.jpg)
Conversions may present new opportunities for property investors if two groups of MPs have their way. That’s because two all-party groups of...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Developers 'not ready' to meet net zero standards - research](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenHome-400x310.png)
New research conducted by members of The Housing Forum's Futures Network has revealed that the housing industry believes it is unlikely...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTR boom! New analysis suggests sector could increase five-fold by 2032](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/ConstructionWorkers-400x310.png)
Every quarter the British Property Federation (BPF) and Savills work together, along with data specialists Molior, to plot a Build to...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Land agent Aston Mead calls for planning to be privatised](/upload/images/library/Adam%20Hesse400x310.jpg)
Land agent Aston Mead argues housebuilding targets can only be met by the government if the planning system is privatised. Land &...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Addressing the housing crisis – the role of non-bank lenders](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessDeal-1-400x310.jpg)
It is no secret that the UK is currently facing a chronic shortage of affordable housing, at a time when incomes...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why private investors are crucial to the Government's levelling up ambitions](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UKHousebuilding-400x310.jpg)
The UK Government’s policy of improving the quality of life outside of London is central to its raison d'être. ‘Levelling up’...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Empty homes could ease housing shortage - how could investors help?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EmptyHomes-400x310.jpg)
A trade body has claimed that new financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why freeholders should talk to leaseholders about rooftop extensions](/upload/images/library/Summer-Rooftops-400x310.jpg)
The American writer Mark Twain’s famously observed ‘Buy land, they’re not making it anymore’. However, property investors are now finding there...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants miss out on properties amidst high demand – claim](/upload/images/library/OnlineValuationRequest-400x310.jpg)
Some 40% of tenants described their recent hunt for a rental home as difficult, and half of them said it took...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government must focus on housing supply imbalance – claim](/upload/images/library/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has outlined the key areas it believes the government and the industry should focus on...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Major planning changes needed to achieve housing targets – claim](/upload/images/library/PlanningImage-400x310.jpg)
A new report by planning consultancy Lichfields has raised major issues for the growing housing emergency and the government’s target of...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![A letter to Gove - why affordable housing is vital to truly level up the country](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Guy Horne, co-founder and chief executive of HSPG, sets out why provision of affordable and supported housing...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight - is the government really serious about its ‘brownfield-first’ pledge?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Both Boris Johnson and Michael Gove made Tory conference speeches pushing housebuilding on brownfield sites up this government’s agenda. With funding...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight - a closer look at off-plan property investing](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-housing1400x310.png)
The UK has a longstanding problem with housing. A shortfall in available and viable land in areas with investment potential is...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![The importance of solving the UK’s shortage of affordable homes](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, David Searle, co-founder and COO of HSPG, outlines why affordable housing provision is more important than ever. House prices...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![How house prices & rents will affect your property portfolio in the 2020s](/img/default/pit.png)
For many years, residential property has been the default choice for investors looking to preserve and grow their wealth. In times...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Fabrik Invest – ‘adaptation is key to survival during the current crisis’](/img/default/pit.png)
Property investment, like everything else at the moment, continues to be heavily influenced by Covid-19 and Brexit. But what does the market...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Top of the agenda: keeping property investment on the map in 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
At first glance, Brexit’s Christmas climax appears to have had little effect on the appetite for UK property investment, which is...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![On the move – 1.8m over-55s downsize amidst pandemic](/img/default/pit.png)
Some 1.8 million over-55s are actively thinking about downsizing their home earlier as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic, according...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - why will Birmingham continue to attract investment in 2021?](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – the UK’s top five areas for development identified by Knight Frank](/img/default/pit.png)
The top five areas across the UK which are prime for major development have been revealed by global property consultancy Knight...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Unprecedented property demand not being matched by supply - claim](/img/default/pit.png)
Housing supply in the UK is struggling to meet unprecedented levels of demand from property purchasers post-lockdown, according to Legal &...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – should investors be building upwards?](/img/default/pit.png)
In his ‘Build, Build, Build’ speech in Dudley last month, Boris Johnson set out a number of radical planning reforms. This...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing shortage for older people: stamp duty cut is short-term fix](/img/default/pit.png)
It would be hard to deny that the UK housing market isn’t in desperate need of reform. The government has acknowledged...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Making modular the new normal - is it the future?](/img/default/pit.png)
Modular housing is growing in popularity, with many viewing it as one fast, eco-friendly way of solving the housing crisis. An...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Modern methods of construction acceptance service launched by NHBC](/img/default/pit.png)
In one of the biggest signs yet that modern methods of construction (MMC) are going mainstream, NHBC, the leading warranty and...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Greening the market – new tie-up set to deliver eco-friendly homes](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading modular housing company has partnered with housing provider Stonewater to deliver 120 affordable eco-homes to Hereford in a deal...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Impact of virus and lockdown set to cause historic decline in housing delivery](/img/default/pit.png)
The knock-on effects of the spread of coronavirus and the subsequent government lockdown will result in 56,000 fewer homes being delivered...
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landmark Moda Living BTR development in Hove gets the go-ahead](/img/default/pit.png)
The green light has been given for Moda Living’s ‘landmark’ £260 million Build to Rent neighbourhood in Hove. Moda Living, which...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb and Build to Rent – are they the rental market’s two biggest trends?](/img/default/pit.png)
With recently released figures revealing Airbnb’s huge reach across the country and Build to Rent’s rapid growth, Property Investor Today analyses...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls cause damage to tenants, new research argues](/img/default/pit.png)
New research has claimed that rent controls hurt tenants by drying up the supply of rental homes and in some cases...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit will deter overseas buyers, UK property investors fear](/img/default/pit.png)
An independent survey of more than 1,000 UK-based property investors has found that 55% are concerned Brexit will push away international...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Increased property transactions despite fall in supply and demand, says NAEA](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of sales agreed per member branch increased for the first time since October 2018, according to NAEA Propertymark. Its April...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Why is the UK private rental sector set to dominate by 2025?](/img/default/pit.png)
Investment in the UK’s private rental sector (PRS) will soar to £75 Billion by 2025, with an additional 560,000 households expected...
03 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![JLL says Build to Rent will bring over 2,000 homes to Bristol by 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
More than 2,000 new Build to Rent apartments are set to be created in Bristol in the next three years, according...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Why Manchester comes out on top for property investors](/img/default/pit.png)
Manchester, a city of football, music, innovation and culture which has reinvented itself in recent years to escape its post-industrial decline,...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property in the UK takes on average 102 days to sell](/img/default/pit.png)
It now takes, on average, 102 days to sell a property in the UK, according to Post Office Money. Its latest ‘City...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Significant increase in number of renters looking to buy](/img/default/pit.png)
New data from AA Financial Services recently revealed that the number of British adults who say they want to move from...
09 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Autumn Budget: housing supply is only the tip of the iceberg](/img/default/pit.png)
Ahead of today’s Budget, property experts are waiting to see whether their predictions will be dispelled, or whether they will prove...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housebuilding in England at highest level since 2008](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of new build homes being started across England is at its highest level since 2008, the government claims. Fresh figures...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing will be ‘top’ of the political agenda this autumn](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK housing crisis will be top of the political agenda in September and October when the main political parties hold...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Plan to ban leaseholds on new-build houses is ‘step in right direction’](/img/default/pit.png)
The government’s plan to ban housebuilders from selling houses as leasehold in England and reduce ground rents on flats to zero...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![New government urged to make housing ‘a top priority’](/img/default/pit.png)
The Conservative party, assuming it is able to form a new government, is being urged to make tacking the growing housing...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Surge in homes for sale despite election uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
Property investors who were starved of choice now have more homes to choice to from following a rise in the number...
07 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices in England and Wales rise marginally](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices continued to increase at a modest pace in April, the latest figures show. The average home in England and...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Political and economic uncertainty ‘takes its toll on the UK property market’](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a 9% decline in the number of residential property sales recorded last month, owed in part to a fall...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rise in cash buyers due to ‘over-zealous’ lending rules](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a sharp rise in the number of home buyers using cash to buy property last year, with mortgage lending...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Planning consents for new homes in the UK continue to increase](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of residential properties receiving planning consent continues to increase and reached almost 300,000 last year, fresh figures show. According to...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK housing supply falls to record-low for March](/img/default/pit.png)
The supply of available housing dropped to the lowest level ever for March, according to the latest figures from the National...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing market activity ‘will pick up again’ despite ‘gloomy’ housing report](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite new figures from the RICS Residential Market Survey showing a rather ‘gloomy’ outlook about the state of the residential property...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Cheap borrowing and a severe lack of supply will ‘support’ UK house prices](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house price may growth may have slowed to a four year low in March, but indications are that prices will...
14 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Scottish government failing to address housing supply, says trade body](/img/default/pit.png)
The Scottish government is still failing to address the issue of housing supply, according to Homes for Scotland. In response to the...
11 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housebuilder welcomes the introduction of the apprenticeship levy](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the UK’s largest housebuilders has welcomed the new apprenticeship levy, which comes into effect this week, as part of...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK urged to end the green belt housebuilding ban](/img/default/pit.png)
Britain’s housing shortage could be resolved if housebuilders were allowed to build significantly more new homes on the green belt, according...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Central London property prices hit record high](/img/default/pit.png)
The average price of a home in central London hit a new high of £1,818,262 in 2016, thanks largely to a rally...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Fears for Scotland’s ‘future success’ as number of new homes falls](/img/default/pit.png)
A sharp fall in the number of homes being built north of the border is likely to push up house prices...
16 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Midlands Engine strategy will ‘provide a welcome boost for housing levels’](/img/default/pit.png)
The government yesterday launched its Midlands Energy strategy, which is expected to boost the supply of much needed new homes in...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Sellers return to test the UK housing market](/img/default/pit.png)
Supply of property increased during February, as sellers returned to the test the housing market, according to the latest research from...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![More homes selling for over asking price as supply shortage worsens](/img/default/pit.png)
With 11 buyers now chasing each property for sale, a higher number of homes are selling for in excess of the...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing shortage and cheap borrowing will continue to support UK house prices](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house prices may have ended last year around £15,000 higher on average than when the year started, but the signs...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Caution to dominate UK housing market in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Political and economic uncertainty and a dip in sentiment and transactions generated in part by the outcome of the EU referendum...
03 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rising levels of mortgage approvals ‘hint at a surge in purchases to come’](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of homes changing hands in the UK look set to rise over the next few months, as reflected by...
12 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Richard Barber – what to expect in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Richard Barber, director at Prime Central London estate agency W.A.Ellis, part of the JLL Group, offers his thoughts on what property market...
03 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Planning system continues to slow housing delivery](/img/default/pit.png)
With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...
21 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Stable house prices represent a ‘fantastic opportunity’ to buy](/img/default/pit.png)
With mortgage borrowing costs at a record-low, home price growth relatively flat and new housing supply failing to meet demand, one...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Big housebuilders’ profit margins soar](/img/default/pit.png)
Profitability at the UK’s largest housebuilders has increased at more than twice the rate of new housing output, shows new research...
19 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in number of new homes built](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of new homes recorded in England has increased to its highest level since the financial crash, official figures have...
16 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![House price inflation grinds to a halt](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK were unchanged in October compared with the previous month following 15 consecutive months of house...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices to remain broadly unchanged until 2019](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK are expected to remain largely flat until the Brexit negotiations are concluded in 2019, according...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![London's luxury property market slowdown appeals to ‘savvy’ investors](/img/default/pit.png)
The slowdown in prime central London’s residential property market caused by overinflated house prices, higher taxes, increasing housing supply, weaker demand...
25 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![The UK housing market is ‘continuing to hold strong’](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK housing market remains resilient post-Brexit, as illustrated by the latest house price index which shows a housing market that...
22 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Student property investors target homes in continental Europe](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a significant increase in the number of property investors acquiring student housing assets in mainland Europe, new research...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![House price growth slows in September – Halifax](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices continued to cool in September as the property market softens, with the latest data from Halifax revealing that...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property industry welcomes government’s £5bn building fund](/img/default/pit.png)
The government’s plan to tackle the housing shortage by building 25,000 new homes using a £3bn Home Building Fund has been broadly...
08 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to scrap tax on land to boost new housing supply](/img/default/pit.png)
The government is being urged to take fresh steps to tackle the shortage of homes by incentivising landowners and developers to increase...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Housing supply hits six-month high, says NAEA](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of properties for sale on the UK housing market has hit a six month high, helping to alleviate the...
27 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![The strongest global housing markets unveiled](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices continued to boom in some parts of the world, with the five strongest housing markets in Global Property...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![European house price boom continues unabated, market analysis shows](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices rose in 17 of the 22 European housing markets for which figures were available during the year to...
21 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Planning overhaul needed to speed up housebuilding](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest housebuilding data shows that there was an increase in the number of new build housing schemes started in England...
30 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Lack of supply pushing up property prices in South Florida](/img/default/pit.png)
Buyer activity in South Florida’s housing market has picked up this year but the lack of homes for sale is pushing...
04 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Future is bright for Bristol, South Gloucestershire and BANES, says JLL](/img/default/pit.png)
Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) will be better equipped to increase much needed housing supply among other...
27 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Cut red tape to boost much needed housing supply in Scotland - HFS](/img/default/pit.png)
The Scottish government needs to build on the recent improvement in planning performance in order to help increase the supply of...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Housing shortage will almost certainly continue to drive up UK prices](/img/default/pit.png)
Property prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to the referendum, with the now former Chancellor...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Asking prices drop as summer lull falls on the market](/img/default/pit.png)
The average asking price for a property in England and Wales has fallen 0.9% so far this month to £270,159, according...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK housing market grinds to a halt](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of homes that came onto the sales market dropped at its sharpest rate to date while buyer demand fell...
15 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Fewer homes changing hands in Hong Kong](/img/default/pit.png)
Property sales in Hong Kong fell by 11% in May compared with the corresponding month last year despite a 2% increase...
23 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Increase in housing supply disguises regional differences](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a rise in the overall number of residential properties for sale in the UK last month, but a closer...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Developers step up efforts to increase housing supply](/img/default/pit.png)
Developers in the UK are actively looking to address the major shortage of skills in the housebuilding sector as part of...
15 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Crowdfunding website offers new ways to invest in property](/img/default/pit.png)
Housebuilders are responding to high demand from buyers and renters by increasing the level of residential construction, as reflected by the...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![New homes sales fall in Australia](/img/default/pit.png)
Sales of new homes in Australia fell in April following a surprisingly strong surge the previous month, according to the latest...
01 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![US home prices continue to rise](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property sales in the United States rose further in April despite rising prices and a decline in housing supply, the...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Who will fix London’s housing crisis?](/img/default/pit.png)
With just hours to go until voting for the London mayoral election closes, housing remains a key issue with all the leading...
05 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in planning consents](/img/default/pit.png)
A chronic shortage of properties continues to drive house prices upwards across Britain. But a significant increase in the number of...
03 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![U.S. house prices climbed 0.5% in January](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the USA rose in January as demand from buyers continued to outpace housing supply, the Federal Housing...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Housebuilding boost for construction sector](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a sharp rise in the number of new homes under construction in February, despite an overall fall in construction...