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The homes we live in will increasingly be constructed off-site as investors and developers strive to balance spiralling costs with net-zero...

The teams behind the regeneration of Canada Water have hailed the 53-acre masterplan as a ‘once in a generation opportunity’ to...

This week’s development roundup is green-focused, with Together’s generous funding package for a new low-carbon homebuilding scheme and plans submitted for...

This week’s auction roundup is a mixed bag, with iamproperty reaching reached a 300 employee milestone as auctions grow in popularity....

In this mini update, PIT takes a look at the latest in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) news, with Dominvs’ plans for...

A few weeks ago we reported on Ghelamco's first UK scheme in Shoreditch, which is being spearheaded by 27-year-old Marie-Julie Gheysens, the firm's...

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

In recent years, the interest in and coverage of green homes has grown significantly, in direct correlation with the emergence of the...

Here at Property Investor Today, we've regularly championed the work of young entrepreneurs involved within the property industry, from Lydia Jones...

London-based PropTech firm Homeppl has developed two ‘revolutionary’ fraud detection tools to support agencies currently combating rising levels of rental fraud. The...

Last week (Wednesday February 2), the government finally released its long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper, designed to help flesh out a...

Following a successful year in PropTech last year, spatial data technology company Pupil predicts that 2022 will be the year that...

In this latest Q&A, Property Investor Today speaks to Barry McKeown, real estate partner and head of Shoosmiths' Glasgow office, for...

Niche housebuilder Artisan Real Estate has raised the bar for sustainable development with the launch of an ambitious design framework geared...

This development roundup focuses on building sustainable homes, with Beech Holdings regenerating a former office into 43 eco-friendly apartments, a £10...

Despite being home to centuries of history, a Championship football team, a major shopping centre, a thriving tech and business scene,...

In this guest piece, smart lighting and building software company amBX observes some core areas that are accelerating the property market today, as well as hindering it. Various...

This week’s auction roundup involves another bumper month for SDL Property Auctions as it partners with Rightmove to revolutionise auctions, as...

Last week, PIT spoke to some of the UK’s biggest and most successful auctioneers to find out if they planned to...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s main financial regulator, has warned a number of times in the past about the...

Quintain Living, formerly known as Tipi, is the Build to Rent (BTR) brand of well-known developer Quintain and has made a...

Company founders from the likes of Gymshark, Tinder, Zoom, Uber and Deliveroo have already turned that initial spark of an idea...

In this guest piece, Shareq Husain, VP and UK General Manager at Residently, outlines why Britain's rental market is ripe for FinTech-like...

Despite the bounce-back of the property market, Housing and Jobs & Economic prosperity are recorded as the worst-performing measure for the second...

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...

In this Q&A, Property Investor Today speaks to Vivi Cahyadi Himmel, co-founder and chief executive of PropTech platform AltoVita, on a...

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

Newcastle, Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester have seen the largest year-on-year rental increase across the Build to Rent (BTR) sector, the latest...

The rental sector has doubled in size in the past 20 years, with an estimated 19% of households (11 million people)...

On Thursday May 6, a webinar was held – ‘Invest. Work. Live. In Lisbon’ – to highlight the best ways of...

For landlords and property investors, maintenance is a key if not particularly glamorous part of the job. But how can landlords and...

In the last auction roundup of April, Property Investor Today takes a look at iamsold’s free educational webinar on the Modern...

This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the ambitious auction houses that are making great strides as we ease...

Herefordshire Council has approved plans for a development that will see the delivery of 120 factory-built affordable homes – one of...

Developing and constructing homes in an eco-friendly way – to lower the property industry’s currently high carbon footprint – has become...

Tech company The Future Fox has received funding from Innovate UK and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to...

A specialist provider of purpose-built student accommodation has reported a trebling in the pace of bookings since Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

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

In the third and final instalment of our International Women’s Day series, we explore the theme of inspiration, with partnerships to...

Here at PIT, we’re always keen to champion green issues and sustainability, so it’s pleasing to see a new study by...

Having weathered the various challenges of 2020, showing its resilience and adaptability with companies surviving despite the difficult travel climate, the...

Despite the focus in the last year being mostly on coronavirus and Brexit, environmental issues and sustainability have remained high on...

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

Since the housing market reopened after lockdown, the release of pent-up demand has led to record levels of enquiries for homes...

Pre-Covid, interest in modern methods of construction (MMC), specifically modular, was steadily growing. However, the pandemic and subsequent lockdown restrictions put in...

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

Engel & Völkers Spain reported a total of 2,624 sales transactions worth just over €1,600 million In 2020, with a 2.6%...

In this news roundup, Property Investor Today explores how the government’s ‘build back better’ mantra is being thwarted by data issues,...

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...

It’s threatened to be a thing for quite some time, but for one reason or another co-living has failed to catch...

In Part 1, we asked whether other major retailers will follow John Lewis’s lead in moving into the world of building...

Roy Ledgister, founder and chief executive of the Convivia Group, is both a barrister and an entrepreneur. Originally qualifying as a solicitor and...

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

Homebuilding & Renovating – which describes itself as the number one site for self-builders and home extenders – is launching its...

The housebuilding and development sectors have made big strides to becoming more environmentally-friendly and sustainable in recent years, but plenty more...

A 20-year old university student has founded a PropTech startup which aims to improve the investment process for property investors. Below, Property...

A new Manchester-based student accommodation start-up is using the latest tech to deliver five times faster booking. Housemates, founded by tech entrepreneur...

The capital’s overall appeal as a top investment destination remains undimmed, according to the first major poll of global investors since...

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

A new work-and-live project in Brighton is hoping to capitalise on the spike in people looking to move to coastal areas...

A niche, but much-discussed, sub-sector of the rental market, co-living has never really taken off in the UK in the way...

Development work is continuing to pick up as we ease out of lockdown. Below, we offer an update on two schemes...

Legal & General’s increasing focus on the later living sector has continued apace, with the financial services firm recently announcing its...

The UK property sector has been hit with the full force of coronavirus, but while it has certainly packed a punch,...

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

A thought leadership article from UK-China PR agency 11K Consulting has revealed that a country’s healthcare system, air quality and food...

A young entrepreneur hailing from the North West has secured £100,000 pre-seed funding for her housing app. Lydia Jones officially founded Manchester-based...

The whole world is currently dealing with the challenge of Covid-19. Huge government support is being promised on a scale even...

Real estate investment firms face a range of day-to-day challenges as they consistently look for ways they can mitigate their risks...

While the coronavirus outbreak has led to the postponement of all local and mayoral elections in England for a year to...

The promise of emerging technologies, championed by the most forward-thinking in the PropTech space, could have been inspired by nostalgic French...

We’ve previously reported on everything from sustainable living developments to eco-villages, and recently covered a major trade body’s call for the...

Modern homebuilder St. Modwen Homes has installed two new modular properties at its Victoria Park development in Stoke-on-Trent. The installation of the...

On a rainy Thursday at the end of last year – the day of the general election, in fact – Property...

Last week we covered the initial works being started on a new luxury development in Preston, redeveloped by Wigan-based property developer...

To kick off the new year, we conduct a Q&A with Tzvete Doncheva, who looks after the PR and ecosystem building at Round...

Happy New Year! We hope you enjoyed your festive break and are ready to delve into a prosperous 2020 with yet...

Every cloud has a silver lining and where the property market is concerned, London’s recent stagnation and downturn in some areas...

In recent weeks we have featured articles on the investment potential of retirement living and care homes. Here, Alex Pelopidas - partner at...

With stories of housing crises crossing borders and seas, politicians, policymakers, architects, developers and housebuilders from across the world have been...

It’s the sixth biggest city in the UK, has become a home from home for Londoners looking to escape the capital...

With towns and cities across the UK and the world largely becoming dense, mixed-use urban environments, how can investors take advantage...

The modular house-building and off-site construction industry recently received a major endorsement when it was revealed that the Reuben Brothers have...

Technology is developing constantly, which is steadily changing the scope of property purchasing both domestically and abroad. Zillios.com is seeking to re-define the...

Online mortgage broker Habito has announced the launch of its new mortgage origination platform. The range – which hosts a suite of...

FUTURE: PropTech has announced its roster of speakers, with the gender split being exactly 50%. The event is taking place at the...

Clive Emson’s first sale of 2019 is cataloguing 155 lots as the firm enters its 30th anniversary year. The first one of...

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...

A new generation of property investors is being created by a rise in the number of affordable homes coming to the...

The National LIS Awards, which aims to celebrate excellence in the private rented sector, is set to take place on Thursday...

The first full development of family properties featuring Apple Home, Siri and Apple Homekit accessories has been built in the UK,...

With over 102,000 total visitors in 2017, The Homebuilding & Renovating Show saw its busiest year ever. The show, which witnessed a...

London has been named Europe’s most dynamic city based on infrastructure investment, population growth forecasts and its ability to attract talent. The...

The size of the retirement lending market in the UK looks set to soar over the next 10 years as lending...

London’s outer boroughs look set to benefit if they capitalise on an increasing trend towards shorter commutes and flexible working by...

Investors, landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on London's ExCel on April 28 and 29 for the annual Property Investor &...

Prime minister Theresa May this week signed off a deal that could trigger close to £1.3bn of investment in Swansea and...

A significant increase in overseas investment in UK regional property was one of the main drivers behind the strength of the...

Investing in residential properties can be a great way to accumulate wealth. But before parting with your cash, an investment strategy...

With close to 200,000 homes built last year, the government looks to be on course to meet its target of building...

A growing number of property investors are looking to reap significant competitive advantages by shifting to a ‘green’ model of potentially...

Traditionally and historically, homebuyers would expect to pay a premium for a brand new home. But in recent years, the cost...

Whether investing in a standard or more unusual property, the auction house remains a good place to pick up ‘great value’...

Property expert and managing director at Tranio.com, George Kachmazov, argues the benefits of low yield residential property for small budget investors. The...

Property Partner has appointed Mark Weedon as its new Head of Institutional Development.  The crowdfunding platform announced that Weedon, an experienced figure...

A former BBC site, located in Corridor Manchester, has been named the contradictory ‘Circle Square’, and is set to be a...

Investing in a London flat can often become a bigger endeavor than planned.  The lack of space and growing need for...

Select Property Group has joined forces with property company Bruntwood to redevelop a former BBC site in Manchester’s city centre.  Select has...

The latest lenders report by high-end estate agency Savills has revealed that areas of the UK property market are still under-served...

Property Partner, the residential property crowdfunding platform, has announced a £5.2m funding round to transform the way people invest in the...