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It’s no coincidence that many property owners choose to sell their homes in spring – everywhere looks and feels better when...

New data from Rightmove reveals that Carluke in Scotland is Great Britain’s fastest selling market, with sellers in the area finding...

New research has produced league tables of UK locations which saw the largest residential price rises and falls in 2023. Researchers at...

Average house prices rose £7,599 in Scotland last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by DJ Alexander Ltd, the...

An estate agency has analysed the latest sold price data from the Land Registry looking at the best performing markets when...

Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

Investment returns and activity in London’s property market has been stronger than the rest of the country over the last 12...

New data appears to show that the average UK house price would need to increase by over £13,400 just to keep...

House prices in England and Wales will fall by four per cent over the final quarter of 2023, thanks to inflation,...

All regions saw annual price falls in Q3 The Nationwide has produced regional house price indices for Q3 - the July to...

Cyprus Sotheby’s International Realty has published its quarterly report analysing the performance of the Cyprus residential real estate market in the...

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, this week released its latest Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q4 2022 rental yields across England...

It’s reasonable to say that the 2022 property market was unpredictable and a whirlwind (although we did make some good predictions!)....

The leading provider of cloud-based, Dye & Durham, efficient workflow software for legal and business professionals, is significantly upgrading its Index...

The UK has seen a rapid uptick in its population over the last two decades. To put it into perspective, between...

Despite a drop in the average number of homes listed for sale per estate agency branch across Britain as a whole,...

No matter the reason for selling your French property, you will naturally want to secure the best possible price. Selling a...

The crown of UK’s number one yield hotspot goes to Bradford, according to new research compiled by PropertyData and Sequre Property...

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

Approximately 54% of all available land plots listed for sale across England have already been snapped up by developers, research from...

Liverpool has become the hotspot for property investors and homebuyers alike, with property price growth over the last year higher in...

In this guest piece, Philip Allin, associate director at Boyer London, looks at the problems and solutions of water neutrality when it...

The pandemic has had a major impact on our lives and the global economy. Our beloved property sector was by no...

The number of overseas investors confessing to tax evasion in the UK has more than quadrupled to 338 this year from...

Developer Eden Living, backed by European special situations manager Warwick Capital Partners, has launched as a Private Rented Sector business. The business...

Two areas in the UK are still feeling the impact of the 2008 recession despite strong growth in new-build property values,...

Despite recent warnings from the Bank of England that it could be worthless and investors being at a potentially greater risk...

First Homes, a new solution to the first-time buyer crisis, will be relevant to the majority of new schemes from December...

Both Boris Johnson and Michael Gove made Tory conference speeches pushing housebuilding on brownfield sites up this government’s agenda. With funding...

One of the questions I get asked most frequently is, 'what's the best property development strategy?'. Given that property development ranges...

Research by Share to Buy has revealed the top locations to buy houses, with the biggest increase in property value over...

In this opinion piece, Reece Mennie from HJ Collection outlines the main benefits of office-to-residential conversions – which is set to...

In this property investment roundup, PIT zones in on a new co-living scheme in Exeter, a potential halt in housebuliding and...

A return of foreign buyer demand could increase property values by £134,000 in some areas of the capital according to the latest...

Lender Fiduciam has provided a £5 million development loan for the construction of a £10 million seven-storey residential apartment building in...

An effective method for sourcing and obtaining sites is critical to the success of any property developer. Starting construction on a...

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

Principle Estate Management has welcomed government plans for new legislation that takes fire safety even more seriously. The Home Office has announced...

Research by high-net-worth mortgage broker, Enness Global, has revealed how the upper tiers of the French property market are currently tempting...

When dealing with property auctions in any capacity, you will likely be faced with some unfamiliar words, phrases, acronyms and expressions. To shed...

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

As we get ever closer to leaving 2020 behind (and many might be happy to write this year off entirely), thoughts...

As property investors, it is very important that we monitor house price trends when assessing new deals and during existing long-term...

Sometimes even seasoned investors will need guidance, help and assistance, particularly during times of crisis and uncertainty. With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,...

In recent months, we’ve covered a number of stories extolling the virtues of converting retail units to residential in light of...

When it comes to conveyancing for landlords and investors, the purchasing process itself doesn’t differ that much from residential conveyancing, there...

The trend for Londoners moving to outer city areas continues, with agencies reporting a surge in enquiries from city dwellers for...

In a previous article for Property Investor Today, which you can read here, I highlighted the importance of utilising brownfield sites...

Along with Birmingham, Manchester has become the biggest investment hotspot outside of London in recent years as it has emerged from...

Government-owned car parks have the potential to deliver 110,000 new homes across the country, according to a pioneering study carried out...

Restrictions on house moves in Scotland were relaxed from Monday (June 29 2020) as part of the Scottish Government’s four-phase routemap...

Many landlords and investors may now be looking to expand their portfolios, with lockdown restrictions gradually being eased and major lenders...

A leading private wealth firm has called on the government to take urgent action to help encourage investment into much-needed senior...

A parcel of land recently sold under the hammer for just £51, showing that 'no reserve' rules mean buyers can pick...

As is always the case in times of crisis, people are asking what might follow, what industries might thrive as normal...

Local plans across the country for new housing developments and schemes must prioritise access to green space for the long-term benefit...

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

With the property market set to recover this year – recent research, for example, has shown buyers are growing in confidence...

There’s something magical about Christmas, especially with UK house prices jumping by 38.9% since the last ‘widespread’ white Christmas in December...

UK city house price growth has picked up by 2.9%, underpinned by a 1% increase in London house prices, according to...

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

The South was mostly to blame for the slump in UK property market sales following the aborted March Brexit deadline, new...

Buying a detached house in the UK is cheaper than paying stamp duty in prime central London, analysis from Springbok Properties...

The number of prime London transactions dipped by 7% in the first half of 2019 when compared to the same period...

Due to the superstitious nature of today's date, the property market could falter, according to Search Acumen. Research by the conveyancing firm...

With all property titles in England and Wales published online, and scammers potentially able to access this information to commit property...

Springbok Properties, a Manchester-based fast sale estate agent, has revealed that new-build homes experience a huge premium in certain areas of...

Sales and letting agency Portico has announced the launch of Portico Portfolio, a service that will enable landlords to invest smartly...

Super-prime property portal, Vyomm, has looked at the highest average house price across England and Wales to determine the best performing...

Residential homes are taking an average of 12 weeks to sell in West London, according to research from fast house sale...

A prime and super-prime London property portal has examined the capital’s most expensive roads for homes. The portal, Vyomm, analysed Land Registry...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

Areas in the UK with an excellent air quality rating of over 80 were home to an average house price of...

It took the Spanish property market several years before it really started to claw its way out of the chaos brought...

Sellers in Runcorn, Cheshire, are seeing the fastest-moving property market outside London compared with a year ago, according to data from...

Housing Secretary James Brokenshire recently announced that nearly £250 million of housing deals facilitated by the government will deliver almost 25,000...

Spain’s property market is set for steady growth in 2019, according to Lucas Fox International Properties. With 2018 proving to be another...

The property market in the Lothians is outperforming the national average, according to property consultancy Galbraith. This strong growth in house prices...

Glasgow and Edinburgh have seen house prices rise faster than any other major UK town or city in 2018, according to...

London has the highest traditional estate agent fees in the country at 1.70%, according to price comparison site NetAnAgent.com. Fees in the...

Blackpool’s property market is set to exceed a valuation of £250m this year, with the total spent on sales growing by...

The popular seaside resort of Blackpool is currently home to one of the UK’s hottest property markets, according to research carried...

Property prices in Spain are rising faster than values in the UK, with Britons remaining the top foreign buyers of Spanish...

The High Court has shut down a property investment company operating a Ponzi scheme which misused close to £20 million of...

There has been a dramatic rise in property prices in south east Wales since last year’s announcement that the Severn Bridge...

Property investment platform British Pearl has revealed that ‘ruthless’ developers are cashing in on ‘abusive’ leasehold homes, with prices surging 16...

Liverpool’s property market is set to reach a £1 billion valuation this year as the total spent on house sales has...

UK house prices have risen by 7.3% since the Brexit vote, according to the latest Land Registry house price data. Now, in...

Appetite amongst buyers for property in Marbella has strengthened over the last year, particularly in the prime and super-prime end of...

There are 19 towns and cities that have witnessed property prices growing by more than 250% since the turn of the...

The number of homes sold in London was lower than any other part of England and Wales last year, according to...

New research has revealed the best hotspots for holiday rentals along the route of The Tour de Yorkshire, which kicks off...

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called on the government to speed up plans for a new public register of the...

Property sales in the UK have still not recovered to anywhere close to their pre-2008 levels, a decade on from the...

The auction market continues to prosper while estate agent sales are still struggling, according to research conducted by Auction House. The auctioneer...

Property purchasers aspiring to invest in one of the UK’s market towns face paying a price premium of over £30,000 when...

New data from Carter Jonas has revealed that farmland values throughout the UK have declined by more than 10% in the...

There has been a sharp increase in the number of home sales in Spain, according to the latest figures from the...

The price of the average UK home will rise by more than 50% in the next 10 years, say online estate...

Growth in UK property prices increased at a slower pace of 4.9% in June, down from 5% a month earlier, according...