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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...

As a landlord, you should know exactly who a potential tenant is before you hand over the keys to your property...

Recent months have seen the UK property market starting to slow down. So what has caused this, and will it change? Whilst...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

Eight years of quantitative easing (QE) and record low interest rates is estimated to have cost savers more than £160bn, but...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

As a buy-to-let property owner, the last thing you want is for your investment to be sitting empty. But it’s not...

The government’s decision to introduce stamp duty land tax (SDLT) reforms 12 months ago has had an adverse impact on the...

Increasing the supply of new homes north of the border would stimulate ‘economic growth’ in Scotland, not to mention provide more...

Here are details of the UK property auctions taking place in June 2017. 01/06/2017         Auction House Cumbria                Carlisle  Cumbria 01/06/2017         Wilsons (Scotland)           Dalry     ...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of foreigners buying property in Spain, according to the latest figures from...

There was a sharp rise in the number of home buyers using cash to buy property last year, with mortgage lending...

Fresh figures from a leading property consultancy in Scotland support the findings of last week’s rather strong quarterly housing price statistics...

Residential property prices continued to increase across most parts of Ireland in the year to the end of February, led by...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

A commercial property in the heart of London’ West End which is occupied by Pizza Express has been snapped up by...

London’s housing market continues to slow, with the latest figures revealing that prices increased at their slowest rate for nearly five...

Growing economic uncertainty in the UK is starting to weigh on consumer confidence and willingness to engage in major transactions such...

High demand from national and international investors for strong performing assets across all property sectors helped Allsop raise more than £87m...

Residential property sales across many parts of the UK will fall in the year ahead, especially in London, if demand for...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

The number of Spanish homes changing hands increased significantly in January, the latest figures show. Data from the Association of Spanish Notaries...

House prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to last year’s referendum, with various experts, including...

The average price of a home in central London hit a new high of £1,818,262 in 2016, thanks largely to a rally...

There has been a significant fall in British demand for Spanish homes since the EU referendum, despite the overall Spanish housing...

Transaction volumes in prime central property have dipped further as a result of changes in residential taxation, Brexit and global economic...

Given the healthy levels of interest witnessed in the commercial farmland market last year, the sector looks set to remain robust...

Global house prices rose 5.3% on average in the 12 months to September 2016, with Turkey, New Zealand and Iceland recording...

Residential property prices in the UK remained broadly stable in 2016 but is likely to slow next year, the Nationwide has...

Residential property price inflation across the UK is continuing to slow, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...

The average residential property price in England and Wales edged up by 0.1% in November, according to the latest the LSL/Acadata...

Residential property sales in Hong Kong have increased significantly despite the government’s decision to more than double stamp duty last month...

Ministers are expected to back the construction of thousands of much needed new homes on green belt land when it releases...

While buying property in the UK has proved to be a lucrative move for many buy-to-let landlords, it is increasingly holding...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

The chancellor Phillip Hammond should use his upcoming Autumn Statement to raise the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) threshold to £250,000...

The slowdown in prime central London’s residential property market caused by overinflated house prices, higher taxes, increasing housing supply, weaker demand...

Retired homeowners have withdrawn an average of £6.8m of property wealth through equity release so far this year, according to new...

New Zealand's housing market was the second best performer after China in the Global Property Guide’s latest survey, with the average price...

The U.S. housing market remains strong, despite a slowdown in the economic recovery. The S&P/Case-Shiller seasonally-adjusted national home price index rose...

Residential property prices continued to boom in some parts of the world, with the five strongest housing markets in Global Property...

Residential property prices rose in 17 of the 22 European housing markets for which figures were available during the year to...

The government has been accused of 'failing to put its money where its mouth is' when it comes to housing after...

Average property prices in the UK’s top 50 university cities, based on the Guardian’s latest university league table, have risen by...

With Spanish property market conditions continuing to improve, there was a significant rise in foreign demand for property in the country...

Prime properties in coastal locations could be worth up to 71% higher than similar properties situated inland, according to research by...

The Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) is calling on the government to consider some radical measures to stimulate all aspects of...

Residential property sales in Hong Kong have plunged by 39% in the six months ending June compared with the same period...

Investor interest in Ireland’s commercial property market is growing, with many investors now looking beyond Dublin to the country’s provincial markets,...

Gavin Barwell MP has been warmly welcomed by various property industry professionals to his new role as housing minister, but is...

Banks reduced lending to the commercial property sector for the first time in four years in the run-up to the EU...

Farmland values in England have stabilised after falling at their fastest pace in at least 12 years, but the long-term direction...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

Property sales in Hong Kong fell by 11% in May compared with the corresponding month last year despite a 2% increase...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

One of the largest ever portfolios of farms has been launched onto the market by Scottish property consultancy, CKD Galbraith. Located in...

Retired homeowners have seen the average value of their property rise by £500 a month since the start of this year...

House prices rose by 8.2% across the UK to a national average of £209,054 over the year to April 2016, according...

A growing number of property investors are adding clauses into contracts giving buyers the right to walk away from commercial property...

The number of new homes that were built in England in the first quarter of this year fell, government figures show. A...

Here are details of the property auctions taking place in June.  01/06/2016                                         Auction House Devon & Cornwall           Okehampton Business Centre, Higher Stockley...

The residential property market in Ireland continues to attract investors due to strong growth witnessed in recent years, particularly as the...

With a new set of energy efficiency regulations set to be introduced in Scotland later this year, commercial property owners north...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

Here are details of the property auctions taking place in May.  03/05/2016                                         Clive Emson Kent & South East London  Clive Emson Conference...

As 2015 draws to a close and we look towards the New Year, there’s lots of good news for property sellers...

The latest figures from the Land Registry have highlighted a more pronounced North-South property divide than ever, as the cost of...