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National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...

Scottish new build house average prices have soared ahead of existing homes according to analysis of the latest statistics by a...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...

Average house prices rose by 1.3 per cent in January, the fourth monthly rise in a row according to the Halifax. Property...

Pressure is ramping up on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut stamp duty at next month’s Budget on March 6. Former Housing Secretary...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

A chronic mismatch between supply and demand has been the defining feature of the private rental market for three years.  UK rents...

Black Brick has been advising professional property investors, buyers, sellers and developers since 2007.  It says it’s advised, sourced and acquired almost...

The average sale price of completed home transactions using cash or mortgages in England and Wales in October 2023 fell by...

Shock news about house prices tend to mean one thing - a downward lurch. But the latest index from the Nationwide...

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to reform the housing market withs plan to build 1.5m new homes funded partly...

Construction industry insight and intelligence consultancy Glenigan has produced its industry forecast for the next three years - and in a...

Insurers and risk managers must pull out all the stops to support the beleaguered UK construction sector, which is facing extreme...

When we read about financial headwinds, soaring inflation due to energy price rises and a looming recession on the horizon, it’s...

Newable Finance, the finance brokerage & advisory arm of Newable, launches video advert campaign ahead of the new EPC legislations for...

Since 2016, City Hall services have closely worked with councils and charities to assist 12,000 homeless people into safe, long-term accommodation. The...

In this Q&A, we speak to Adam MacLeod, partner at Castleforge Partners, for his thoughts on data-driven investment, the latest trends...

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

Maintenance in the UK rented sector totals a whopping £30 billion a year, according to new research. Property maintenance solution provider, Help...

Residential property in Cyprus continued to be in high demand in April 2022, with 938 successful transactions completed on the island...

The most recent Mayor's Question Time meeting revealed that there have been no Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) secured to stem the...

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

With the sector showing signs that it’s set to rebound from a decline in pandemic output, Lee Martin, head of UK...

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

While the level of new homes being granted planning permission dipped during the first year of the pandemic, this negative trend...

The cost of construction for a new-build property is set to climb by almost £18,000 per unit – a jump that...

The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act, once it comes into effect, will prevent ground rent being charged on most new leases. Anyone...

Last week saw Sandwell’s Cabinet approve ambitious plans to regenerate and revitalise West Bromwich’s town centre over the coming decades. The West...

A construction output report has revealed that the value of underlying work commencing on-site has fallen 15% in the three months...

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

Wealthy Chinese investors have long been reliable investors in the market, and have frequently looked to the UK, specifically London, as...

As we begin 2022, Andrea Fawell, sales and marketing director of property developers Kebbell, gives a very honest account of the market factors that are...

It's been another busy year for those with a stake in the UK property market, with commercial to residential transformations, Build...

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

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

The UK’s fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector recorded a total of £374 million of investment in Q3 2021, according to...

The Labour Party is calling for “sustained investment” in public services that could help resolve the building safety crisis and prevent...

As the property investment industry becomes ever more complex, it can be difficult for a first-timer to take the plunge and...

Construction work is now officially underway to bring over 500 new homes to a key regeneration site in Hull.   Housebuilder Strata Homes...

A number of community-led campaign groups are calling for a landmark Women’s Building and social housing on the former Holloway Prison...

Technology is changing how investors find, select and purchase property. This is especially true with the constraints of the past year...

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

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...

Early next month, Londoners will head to the polls to elect the capital’s next Mayor, in a vote that has been...

A property development and investment company has claimed that the ongoing shortfall in housing is prompting strong demand for high spec...

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...

In light of the controversy surrounding cladding as of late, DBRS Morningstar has released a commentary titled ‘UK Cladding: Much More...

The team of architects who will design plans to transform the Currys PC World site on Old Kent Road into hundreds of new homes has...

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

The leasehold scandal has been one of the biggest topics of debate and controversy in the property industry in recent years,...

A London-based property development company, founded by two young local entrepreneurs, managed to post record sales over the last two quarters...

Fast-growing Build to Rent company Moda Living has joined FOOTPRINT as a founding member, pledging its commitment to net zero carbon. FOOTPRINT is...

As part of our 10-part London regeneration series last year, we zoned in on Old Kent Road – the ancient thoroughfare...

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

A Barcelona-based software company recently announced its list of the ‘World’s Top 50 Short Term Property Managers’.  Rentals United, which describes itself...

In this development update, PIT explores the fascinating history of a Victorian villa in Coventry – which is being developed into...

Before the pandemic struck, Build to Rent (BTR) was undeniably the property market’s fastest-growing trend. Many expect it to recover quickly,...

Google searches for ‘moving abroad’ have once again returned to the peak search figures of last year. The current Covid climate,...

A modular housing developer has safely completed a housing development in Leeds and continues to work on six other sites across...

Two brownfield sites overlooking the River Irwell are set to be converted into 500 apartments for sale and private rent after...

While England slowly starts to emerge from lockdown under the UK government’s three-point plan (the devolved administrations are taking a slightly...

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

The latest Budget – Rishi Sunak’s first as Chancellor following his dramatic promotion – is set to take place on Wednesday...

The thorny issue of rent controls has reared its head again as the campaigns for the London mayoral election 2020 start...

With the number of major modular housing providers in the UK increasing, and calls getting ever-louder for more modern methods of...

It was revealed over the weekend that Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes. The Telegraph, which...

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

It was revealed last week that nearly 25,000 homes in London are being left unoccupied, according to the most recent government...

Overseas buyers may be faced with a relative drop in value of up to 30% in the event of a Conservative...

The UK population is growing by more than 500,000 people each year, yet only about half the homes needed are built...

The Conservative Party has unveiled plans for a 3% stamp duty surcharge for non-UK tax residents who are purchasing property, which...

In the latest part of our series on London’s regeneration hotspots, Property Investor Today finds out more about the dramatic plans...

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

Labour’s London Assembly spokesperson for housing has welcomed new advertising guidelines published by Transport for London (TfL) banning adverts on its...

On Wednesday, it was announced by the government that it is launching a review of the high-speed rail link HS2, which...

Claremont Property Group recently completed work on a Grade II listed Carnegie library in the West Midlands town of Stourbridge, converting ‘The...

A rapid increase in property prices surrounding Sheffield train station is expected to be triggered by what is commonly known as...

The Mayor of London has been urged to ban adverts on the Tube that encourage the breaking of short-term lettings law. Tom...

Inventory services provider No Letting Go has claimed that property MOTs are the next logical step for rental sector regulation. The proposal...

Brexit is due to happen, in one way or another, on March 29 2019. This means that UK nationals interested in...

Berlin, which next year marks its 30th anniversary as a re-unified city, has witnessed strong price growth over the last five...

Michael Holmes, spokesperson for The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show (22-25 March 2018, NEC, Birmingham), shares his secrets on how to...

A new survey of housebuilding companies has revealed that the construction of new homes has fallen significantly since the EU referendum...

England has encountered a rift between new build completions and new households being added to the population after a slow output...

Residential property price growth across Britain eased to a three-month low in August, as cooler economic conditions and political uncertainty continued...

Residential properties in London are generally increasing in value each year by more than their owners receive in salary, new figures...

House prices in England and Wales returned to growth in May, pushing the average property value to a new all-time high...

With successive governments failing to build enough housing - particularly social housing - the UK is in the grip of a...

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

With housing high on the political agenda ahead of tomorrow’s general election, all the major parties have pledged to tackle the...

More British homeowners trust the Conservatives more than Labour to fix the country’s ‘broken’ housing market, according to a new poll. With...

A new report suggests that a decisive general election victory for the Conservative party this week will empower NIMBYs (Not in...

The Conservative and Labour parties have now published their manifestos ahead of next week’s general election, which include policies to reform...

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

London Assembly members have expressed concern at the apparent lack of mortgages in the UK being issued to EU citizens. A French...

A number of property investors across the UK are potentially putting their property investments at risk of major gas incidents, such...

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