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In this Q&A, we speak to Adam MacLeod, partner at Castleforge Partners, for his thoughts on data-driven investment, the latest trends...
08 July 2022
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It is no secret that the UK is currently facing a chronic shortage of affordable housing, at a time when incomes...
15 June 2022
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Maintenance in the UK rented sector totals a whopping £30 billion a year, according to new research. Property maintenance solution provider, Help...
06 June 2022
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Residential property in Cyprus continued to be in high demand in April 2022, with 938 successful transactions completed on the island...
20 May 2022
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The most recent Mayor's Question Time meeting revealed that there have been no Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) secured to stem the...
01 April 2022
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A range of corporate regeneration policies for 2022 to 2027 have been approved by Sandwell Council’s cabinet that could ultimately deliver up...
25 March 2022
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With the sector showing signs that it’s set to rebound from a decline in pandemic output, Lee Martin, head of UK...
14 March 2022
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Labour’s London Assembly planning spokesperson has claimed that much-needed new homes will remain unbuilt and potential jobs unfilled without long-term investment...
04 March 2022
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While the level of new homes being granted planning permission dipped during the first year of the pandemic, this negative trend...
25 February 2022
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The cost of construction for a new-build property is set to climb by almost £18,000 per unit – a jump that...
21 February 2022
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The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act, once it comes into effect, will prevent ground rent being charged on most new leases. Anyone...
16 February 2022
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Last week saw Sandwell’s Cabinet approve ambitious plans to regenerate and revitalise West Bromwich’s town centre over the coming decades. The West...
14 February 2022
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A construction output report has revealed that the value of underlying work commencing on-site has fallen 15% in the three months...
14 February 2022
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Last week (Wednesday February 2), the government finally released its long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper, designed to help flesh out a...
07 February 2022
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Wealthy Chinese investors have long been reliable investors in the market, and have frequently looked to the UK, specifically London, as...
05 January 2022
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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...
05 January 2022
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It's been another busy year for those with a stake in the UK property market, with commercial to residential transformations, Build...
22 December 2021
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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
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Since its announcement all the way back in 2009, HS2 is a project that has attracted controversy, derision, support, protests, high-profile...
17 November 2021
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The UK’s fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector recorded a total of £374 million of investment in Q3 2021, according to...
08 October 2021
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The Labour Party is calling for “sustained investment” in public services that could help resolve the building safety crisis and prevent...
06 October 2021
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As the property investment industry becomes ever more complex, it can be difficult for a first-timer to take the plunge and...
06 August 2021
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Construction work is now officially underway to bring over 500 new homes to a key regeneration site in Hull. Housebuilder Strata Homes...
04 August 2021
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A number of community-led campaign groups are calling for a landmark Women’s Building and social housing on the former Holloway Prison...
16 July 2021
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Technology is changing how investors find, select and purchase property. This is especially true with the constraints of the past year...
05 July 2021
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The latest research by London lettings and estate agent Benham and Reeves has revealed that house prices surrounding Crossrail stations are...
21 May 2021
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On Thursday May 6, a webinar was held – ‘Invest. Work. Live. In Lisbon’ – to highlight the best ways of...
17 May 2021
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For landlords and property investors, maintenance is a key if not particularly glamorous part of the job. But how can landlords and...
14 May 2021
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Early next month, Londoners will head to the polls to elect the capital’s next Mayor, in a vote that has been...
07 April 2021
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A property development and investment company has claimed that the ongoing shortfall in housing is prompting strong demand for high spec...
29 March 2021
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Despite it being not far off 15 years since the global financial crisis, the fallout is still being felt in the...
24 March 2021
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A leading private wealth law firm claims that architects are increasingly prepared to take legal action against developers in a bid to...
19 March 2021
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In light of the controversy surrounding cladding as of late, DBRS Morningstar has released a commentary titled ‘UK Cladding: Much More...
15 March 2021
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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...
01 March 2021
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In theory, investing in the European property market is simple, but in reality it can be a little more challenging. The first...
01 March 2021
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The leasehold scandal has been one of the biggest topics of debate and controversy in the property industry in recent years,...
27 January 2021
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A London-based property development company, founded by two young local entrepreneurs, managed to post record sales over the last two quarters...
18 January 2021
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Fast-growing Build to Rent company Moda Living has joined FOOTPRINT as a founding member, pledging its commitment to net zero carbon. FOOTPRINT is...
21 December 2020
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As part of our 10-part London regeneration series last year, we zoned in on Old Kent Road – the ancient thoroughfare...
14 December 2020
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As the clock ticks ever closer to the end of the transition period, and the start of post-Brexit Britain from January,...
04 December 2020
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A Barcelona-based software company recently announced its list of the ‘World’s Top 50 Short Term Property Managers’. Rentals United, which describes itself...
11 November 2020
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In this development update, PIT explores the fascinating history of a Victorian villa in Coventry – which is being developed into...
21 October 2020
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Before the pandemic struck, Build to Rent (BTR) was undeniably the property market’s fastest-growing trend. Many expect it to recover quickly,...
26 August 2020
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Google searches for ‘moving abroad’ have once again returned to the peak search figures of last year. The current Covid climate,...
15 July 2020
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A modular housing developer has safely completed a housing development in Leeds and continues to work on six other sites across...
22 May 2020
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Two brownfield sites overlooking the River Irwell are set to be converted into 500 apartments for sale and private rent after...
20 May 2020
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While England slowly starts to emerge from lockdown under the UK government’s three-point plan (the devolved administrations are taking a slightly...
18 May 2020
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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
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The latest Budget – Rishi Sunak’s first as Chancellor following his dramatic promotion – is set to take place on Wednesday...
09 March 2020
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The thorny issue of rent controls has reared its head again as the campaigns for the London mayoral election 2020 start...
06 March 2020
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With the number of major modular housing providers in the UK increasing, and calls getting ever-louder for more modern methods of...
19 February 2020
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It was revealed over the weekend that Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes. The Telegraph, which...
14 February 2020
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Modern homebuilder St. Modwen Homes has installed two new modular properties at its Victoria Park development in Stoke-on-Trent. The installation of the...
31 January 2020
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It was revealed last week that nearly 25,000 homes in London are being left unoccupied, according to the most recent government...
24 January 2020
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Overseas buyers may be faced with a relative drop in value of up to 30% in the event of a Conservative...
11 December 2019
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The UK population is growing by more than 500,000 people each year, yet only about half the homes needed are built...
02 December 2019
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The Conservative Party has unveiled plans for a 3% stamp duty surcharge for non-UK tax residents who are purchasing property, which...
25 November 2019
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In the latest part of our series on London’s regeneration hotspots, Property Investor Today finds out more about the dramatic plans...
13 November 2019
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New research has claimed that rent controls hurt tenants by drying up the supply of rental homes and in some cases...
04 November 2019
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Labour’s London Assembly spokesperson for housing has welcomed new advertising guidelines published by Transport for London (TfL) banning adverts on its...
23 September 2019
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On Wednesday, it was announced by the government that it is launching a review of the high-speed rail link HS2, which...
23 August 2019
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Claremont Property Group recently completed work on a Grade II listed Carnegie library in the West Midlands town of Stourbridge, converting ‘The...
17 July 2019
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A rapid increase in property prices surrounding Sheffield train station is expected to be triggered by what is commonly known as...
10 July 2019
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The Mayor of London has been urged to ban adverts on the Tube that encourage the breaking of short-term lettings law. Tom...
24 May 2019
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Inventory services provider No Letting Go has claimed that property MOTs are the next logical step for rental sector regulation. The proposal...
11 January 2019
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Brexit is due to happen, in one way or another, on March 29 2019. This means that UK nationals interested in...
31 October 2018
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Berlin, which next year marks its 30th anniversary as a re-unified city, has witnessed strong price growth over the last five...
21 September 2018
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Michael Holmes, spokesperson for The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show (22-25 March 2018, NEC, Birmingham), shares his secrets on how to...
18 January 2018
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A new survey of housebuilding companies has revealed that the construction of new homes has fallen significantly since the EU referendum...
13 December 2017
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England has encountered a rift between new build completions and new households being added to the population after a slow output...
04 October 2017
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Residential property price growth across Britain eased to a three-month low in August, as cooler economic conditions and political uncertainty continued...
30 August 2017
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Residential properties in London are generally increasing in value each year by more than their owners receive in salary, new figures...
06 July 2017
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House prices in England and Wales returned to growth in May, pushing the average property value to a new all-time high...
12 June 2017
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With successive governments failing to build enough housing - particularly social housing - the UK is in the grip of a...
08 June 2017
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The recent slowdown in UK house prices suggests that the market is cooling, but very few experts are surprised. The latest house...
08 June 2017
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With housing high on the political agenda ahead of tomorrow’s general election, all the major parties have pledged to tackle the...
07 June 2017
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More British homeowners trust the Conservatives more than Labour to fix the country’s ‘broken’ housing market, according to a new poll. With...
06 June 2017
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A new report suggests that a decisive general election victory for the Conservative party this week will empower NIMBYs (Not in...
05 June 2017
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The Conservative and Labour parties have now published their manifestos ahead of next week’s general election, which include policies to reform...
30 May 2017
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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
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London Assembly members have expressed concern at the apparent lack of mortgages in the UK being issued to EU citizens. A French...
03 April 2017
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A number of property investors across the UK are potentially putting their property investments at risk of major gas incidents, such...
28 March 2017
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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
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With fears of a residential and commercial property crash having receded following last year’s Brexit vote, London is starting to look...
16 February 2017
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More than two thirds of small and medium-sized UK building firms have seen a rise in the cost of materials caused...
12 January 2017
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Residential property prices in the UK remained broadly stable in 2016 but is likely to slow next year, the Nationwide has...
30 December 2016
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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
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Residential property prices in the UK increased by an average of 7.7% in the year to September, according to the latest...
19 November 2016
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The number of new homes recorded in England has increased to its highest level since the financial crash, official figures have...
16 November 2016
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There was a surprise rise in UK home prices in October, despite the slowdown in the housing market in recent months,...
08 November 2016
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The annual rate of home price growth across 20 of the largest UK cities hit 8.5% in September, up from 8.2%...
22 October 2016
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Consumer demand for building work remained strong in the three months following the vote for Brexit, new figures from the Federation...
19 October 2016
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Homebuyers are returning to the housing market as post EU referendum fears continue to calm, the latest RICS UK Residential Market...
14 October 2016
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Better collaboration between housebuilders and subcontractors holds the key to solving the major shortage of skills in the housebuilding sector which...
07 September 2016
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Residential property prices in Greece fell at a slower pace in the second quarter of the year compared with the previous...
30 August 2016
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Residential property prices look set to fall across many part of the UK next year as the housing market and wider...
23 August 2016
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Residential property prices increased at their fastest annual pace in four months in July, but the early impact of Brexit has...
29 July 2016
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Following Lewis Hamilton’s comfortable victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, we delve into the fast lane to take you...
25 July 2016
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Fewer households across the UK perceive that the value of their home rose in June, according to the latest house price...
20 June 2016
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Developers in the UK are actively looking to address the major shortage of skills in the housebuilding sector as part of...
15 June 2016
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Significantly more first-time-buyers would have a chance of getting a foot on the property ladder if Britain votes to leave the...
19 May 2016
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There has been a notable rise in Scottish property sales and prices in recent months, although activity in the market has...
05 May 2016
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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
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A chronic shortage of properties continues to drive house prices upwards across Britain. But a significant increase in the number of...
03 May 2016
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There has been a sharp rise in the number of mega-basement planning applications across many parts of the capital as wealthy...
03 May 2016
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Over half of MPs believe that fees for planning applications should increase, according to a new poll. The survey, commissioned by the...
20 April 2016
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House prices have risen by 0.3% in January, according to the latest findings from Nationwide. Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s Chief Economist, said the...
29 January 2016
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If rents continue at the same pace, the average two bed home in the capital will surpass the £2,000pcm mark by...
24 November 2015
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The process of auctioning a property can be a messy affair in more ways than one. Keeping your property clean and...
05 October 2015
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As a result of their unexpected majority, the Tories will be able to ensure their new Help to Buy ISA policy...