Archive

Homes England and Network Rail Property have signed a development agreement with McLaren Property and Arlington Real Estate to be strategic...

A property search company - Recoco - has given a radical reassessment of some investment hotspots in its preview of 2024. Nigel...

A number of daily-traded open-ended property funds have announced a temporary suspension of trading or an intention to close altogether.  In a...

The city of Brighton and Hove attracts the most foreign investment outside of London, a new report has found.  Research by law...

The government is pushing ahead with controversial plans which, if they come to fruition, will make Cambridge the so-called Silicon Valley...

UK and international investors and developers have been presented with £20 billion worth of opportunities to invest in a diverse range...

The West Midlands is, from my point of view, the beating heart of England. In this industrial centre of the country,...

Fans of Kevin Costner* may recall Field of Dreams. The above quote went to the heart of the 1989 film. It...

Newcastle based property developer, Stripe Property Group, has highlighted how the North East has so far been left out in the...

Top ten homebuilder, Keepmoat, has begun construction of its new housing development, Synergy, in Halton Moor, which is to be built...

It's been another busy year in the property invesmtment world, from new developments all across the UK to new overseas schemes,...

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

In recent years, Liverpool has been leading the way as a major northern hotspot. As one of the top ten UK...

For Investors choosing the location of their next property investment, regeneration projects are often a clear indicator that a city is...

Following Liz Truss’s victory last week, Nicola Gooch and Claire Petricca-Riding of Irwin Mitchell have put the below together as to...

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

In the first quarter of this year, the number of planning applications received by councils in England has fallen by almost...

A major UK-based operator of serviced apartments has announced the launch of its new Build to Rent brand, Mura Living, as...

The number of planning approvals dipped in April and appears to have continued into May, signalling the end of the post-Covid...

With the Build to Rent (BTR) sector no longer a new phenomenon, and fast becoming a well-established part of the PRS,...

Harrison Street, one of the leading investment management firms exclusively focused on alternative estate assets, and Eagle Street Partners (Eagle Street),...

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

It’s one of the best-known parts of West London, famous for its (now demolished) exhibition centre, its busy Tube station and...

In this guest article, Isabel James, head of residential at Connected Kerb, one of the UK’s leading on-street electric vehicle (EV)...

One of Europe’s biggest transport infrastructure projects is finally set to open later this month after many years of delay and...

Haringtons, an independent buying agents based in London, has seen a rise in enquiries from the City of New York as...

Radcliffe-on-Trent is set for 280 'quality' new homes courtesy of housebuilder Spitfire Homes, after it acquired a site with outline planning...

A range of corporate regeneration policies for 2022 to 2027 have been approved by Sandwell Council’s cabinet that could ultimately deliver up...

In part two of her net-zero column, Frédérique Carrier, head of investment strategy at RBC Wealth Management, reviews some investment implications regarding net-zero and...

Mixta Africa, an African real estate and infrastructure development company, has announced its UK roadshows to showcase its luxury and affordable...

In 2021, a year marked by rising house prices, supply chain issues and worker shortages, Michael Gove, the Secretary of State...

Labour’s London Assembly planning spokesperson has claimed that much-needed new homes will remain unbuilt and potential jobs unfilled without long-term investment...

This week’s development roundup highlights the latest in development and investment, from Elevate Property Group’s decade-long run and Legal & General’s...

Staying at the forefront of the property investment industry takes a great deal of work, experience and expert knowledge, which is...

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

A specialist alternative asset manager has committed £12 million, alongside several significant public sector bodies, as part of a public-private partnership to regenerate...

In this guest piece, Marcus Blake, managing director of Berkeley St George City & St Joseph, sets out why the UK's...

Legal & General Capital (L&G) and Hodge have invested £5.5 million into an energy technology and services company supporting the transition...

In this first development roundup of 2022, Property Investor Today explores a new green community close to Northampton and the granting...

The latest ‘landmark’ Build to Rent (BTR) development in London is set to be delivered after Telford Homes and Realstar announced...

Santhosh Gowda, chairman of property developer Strawberry Star, outlines in this guest piece why Luton is really going places and should...

Already nearly three years late and vastly over-budget, Crossrail 1 – which will officially be known as the Elizabeth Line when...

Since its announcement all the way back in 2009, HS2 is a project that has attracted controversy, derision, support, protests, high-profile...

This development roundup focuses on build to rent and regeneration, with Kebbell expanding its Cornelian Fields development, Gresham House loan for a...

Despite COP26 now being finished, sustainability and the race towards net zero remain high up on the agenda, with PIT receiving...

In this guest piece, Ufuk Bahar - founder of multi-disciplinary architecture practice, Urbanist Architecture, which specialises in maximising the ROI and viability of...

In this latest Q&A interview, PIT speaks to Convivia Group's Roy Ledgister about creating parity between social and private housing, and...

The existing planning system is the biggest obstacle to residential development, according to national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH). Its annual...

A recent survey has revealed that only one in eight (13%) people in the UK admit that they seriously considered the...

In this development roundup, ilke Homes gathers significant funding in a pledge to deliver 10,000 homes in the next five years,...

Plans for the latest phase of The Island Quarter development were approved by Nottingham City Council. The approved plans are set to...

Elephant & Castle is, without doubt, an incongruous area – very busy, chaotic and some might say ugly, but also full...

Manchester, once an integral part of Britain’s Industrial Revolution, remains one of the UK’s most important and fastest-growing cities, having performed...

Since my Zibel Real Estate portfolio first started investing in Berlin over a decade ago, residential real estate prices have increased...

One of London’s most characterful areas celebrated its 100th birthday on July 8. The Royal Docks, one of the UK’s major...

The Covid-19 pandemic has reshaped work practices around the globe. Since the huge shift to remote working, people have been able...

A new residential development in Salford, Manchester is set to offer a ‘refreshing’ collection of apartments. The gritty suburb-turned-cultural-goldmine location is home...

A charming skiing resort in Switzerland overlooking the Mont Blanc range, Verbier sits on a south-facing plateau which gives it plenty...

As a landlord or investor, yield is one of the things you will be most interested in to ensure you generate a...

The City of Helsinki – the local authority for Finland’s attractive coastal capital city – recently announced a competition that invites...

Property Investor Today gains insight from Dudley Mills, land and planning director of property developers Kebbell, to uncover what the role is...

The prime end of the market has been one of the hardest hit by Covid-19, but Euroterra Capital – known as...

The latest research by London lettings and estate agent Benham and Reeves has revealed that house prices surrounding Crossrail stations are...

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and the start of the first lockdown in March 2020, major auction houses up...

Pipelife Norway has become the latest supplier to use BIOVYN™, the world’s first commercially available bio-attributed PVC from INOVYN. As Norway’s largest...

Along with Portugal, Greece and France, Spain has for many years been the destination of choice for British second home owners,...

In December 2015, the UK accepted the terms of the Paris Agreement. The accord recognised the growing threat of climate change...

A property expert has claimed that the government’s new ‘Help to Build’ initiative is a positive step forward, but that the...

Despite being riddled with issues, Crossrail 1 – which is finally supposed to operate fully in 2022 – has had a...

A Derby construction boss has released a report which describes how the UK could build its way out of a looming...

Despite it being not far off 15 years since the global financial crisis, the fallout is still being felt in the...

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

Liverpool-based global property developer Romal Capital has reinforced its commitment to Liverpool’s Central Docks by committing £100 million to transform the derelict brownfield...

In this guest piece, Delilah Kealy-Roberts – copywriter at digital marketing agency Mediaworks – explores how smart technology is transforming our...

A recent report has revealed the three factors holding women back when seeking their first job in property are unequal growth...

Here at Property Investor Today, we are always keen to focus on major regeneration projects and cities and towns undergoing major...

Following on from our profile of Montenegro last week, we focus here on another up-and-coming part of Eastern Europe. Bucharest, the...

In this Q&A, Thomas Balashev – who has spoken previously of breaking into the old-money elite of prime London property despite...

People thinking about Vilamoura might first and, in all likelihood, only think about the marina and the hotels, bars and restaurants...

A ‘diverse and innovative’ group of architects and designers, with UK and international expertise, have made the shortlist to potentially become...

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

Round Hill Capital (RHC), a leading global real estate investment, development and asset management firm, has secured a deal to acquire...

Despite the introduction of Lockdown 3.0, the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market shows no signs of slowing down, with acquisitions,...

In a year of tumultuous uncertainty, where the headwinds of Covid-19 bore a number of new realities and decimated others, some...

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

In this bumper development roundup - the final one of the year - we explore the planned creation of new developments and...

Covid-19 hasn’t changed the fundamentals of property investment (or any other form of investment). It has, however, changed some of the...

Since the pandemic started, there has been a shift in the number of people seeking homes away from the city, or...

On PIT, we’ve asked this question quite a lot in recent months, with John Lewis entering the Build to Rent market...

As the clock ticks ever closer to the end of the transition period, and the start of post-Brexit Britain from January,...

Potential buyers looking for lavish living in Nottingham are being told to act now to secure homes at the ‘Bridgford Place’...

The fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector continues to generate plenty of news, even as we live through Lockdown 2.0. The week-long...

The proportion of overseas investors who consider real estate and construction to be a key driver of future UK growth has...

A new report from international law firm Withers claims that Covid-19 is accelerating rapid change in what people want from their...

Phase one of The Oaks, a student development constructed by Howard Ward Associates (HWA) in Coventry, has completed. The building, known as...

The Algarve has long been a favourite destination of the Brits, for its warm climate, golf courses, sun-kissed beaches and relaxed...

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

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

ilke Homes has been selected by Nottinghamshire City Council to deliver up to 140 homes on a brownfield site in Arnold. The...

Earlier this year, we ran a number of stories on Preston’s burgeoning reputation as a property investment hotbed, including one about...