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![Holiday Lets Investment gets body blow from anti-landlord Budget](/upload/images/240312%2002.jpg)
A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Borrowing from Dad for investment? Call in the lawyers…](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
The tough economic climate has seen the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad increase its stake in the UK’s mortgage market to...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - UK’s top spot for foreign investors outside London](/upload/images/shutterstock_2112385907.jpg)
The city of Brighton and Hove attracts the most foreign investment outside of London, a new report has found. Research by law...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Law firm says rental supply hit as Renters Reform Bill frightens investors](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2008%2024%203%20shutterstock_1413157547.jpg/23%2008%2024%203%20shutterstock_1413157547__400x267.jpg)
Another legal firm is reporting a “significant rise” in landlords selling up ahead of the Renters Reform Bill becoming law. A blog...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Developer gives half its profits to charities](/upload/images/__thumbs/Developer%20gives%20half%20its%20profits%20to%20charities%20-%20by%20PIT%20team%20Shakeel.jpg/Developer%20gives%20half%20its%20profits%20to%20charities%20-%20by%20PIT%20team%20Shakeel__400x600.jpg)
Shakeel Adli is not your average property developer – first and foremost, he wants to give away half of his profits. And...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sham property schemes in the North West - what do investors need to know?](/upload/images/Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
A Manchester law firm is currently working on behalf of a group of overseas investors on five different cases of sham property schemes in...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leaseholders invited to free webinar on cladding issue advice](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Webinar-400x310-min.jpeg)
Leaseholders facing the prospect of huge bills to remove unsafe cladding will be offered valuable insights into the possible implications of...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![ITV's Our House - property fraud and how to avoid it](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyInformationKeys-400x310.jpg)
With ITV's Our House currently gripping millions of TV viewers, property experts have outlined how property fraud - which plays a central...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Upfront information – is this a major change for the property market?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
Following the announcement that National Trading Standards and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are set to improve the standard of...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Breakthrough! Mayo Wynne Baxter wins landmark case for holiday homeowners](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HomeInHands-400x310.jpg)
A leading South East law firm has won a breakthrough case by helping a group of holiday home leaseholders purchase the...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Station Hill Reading – law firm to advise on major regeneration scheme](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket2020-400x310.jpg)
It’s been announced that property experts from international law company Gowling WLG are advising Lincoln MGT on the £750 million regeneration...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Co-living scheme, housebuilding hiatus & construction milestone](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/York%20Way%20CGI%20400%20x%20310.png)
In this property investment roundup, PIT zones in on a new co-living scheme in Exeter, a potential halt in housebuliding and...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold experts to shed light on missing landlords in webinar](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
Law firm Bishop & Sewell are holding a free webinar on Tuesday September 28 at 6pm. The webinar will discuss a variety...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Law firm advises Town and Country Housing on modular homes acquisition](/img/default/pit.png)
Law firm TLT has advised Town and Country Housing on its partnership with Legal & General Modular Homes to acquire a...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors – why you need to be wary of cryptocurrency investment fraud](/img/default/pit.png)
Here at PIT, we have covered a number of stories in recent times about the potential dangers of get-rich-quick schemes, often...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – why should you invest in Lisbon?](/img/default/pit.png)
On Thursday May 6, a webinar was held – ‘Invest. Work. Live. In Lisbon’ – to highlight the best ways of...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ten-point plan – the future of the cladding crisis unveiled](/img/default/pit.png)
Government policy and a lack of joined-up thinking are holding back the progress needed to tackle the cladding crisis, particularly in...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Developer issues – architects willing to take legal action & homebuyer fightback](/img/default/pit.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Update – Sheffield regen, RAF ‘garden village’ and Bloomsbury office to resi](/img/default/pit.png)
In this bumper development roundup, PIT explores regeneration projects in Sheffield, office to residential conversions in high-end Bloomsbury and schemes providing...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Portugal webinar – are Brits still eligible for the NHR scheme?](/img/default/pit.png)
British citizens are still able to access Portugal’s favourable Non-Habitual Resident (NHR) tax regime, despite the UK no longer being part...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Leaseholders face ‘years of misery’ despite cladding fund, claims legal expert](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading leasehold law expert has warned that leaseholders affected by the cladding scandal face 'years of misery'. Mark Chick, a specialist...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: how to buy a Spanish home safely during lockdown](/img/default/pit.png)
British appetite for holidays and second homes in Spain remains strong, despite the challenges of the pandemic. That’s according to CostaLuz...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Spain update – post-Brexit residency rules and high UK demand for second homes](/img/default/pit.png)
While Brexit may now be well and truly done, British citizens residing in Spain who have yet to complete the necessary...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Retail to resi – rising number of conversion applications are being rejected](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the biggest property investment trends of the year, driven by the pandemic and the devastation this has caused for...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![UK the top hotspot for overseas resi investment post-Brexit, says research](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK has ranked highest for future residential real estate investment, in a survey of 500 investors, developers and asset managers...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investors - is housing the future of the high street?](/img/default/pit.png)
On PIT, we’ve asked this question quite a lot in recent months, with John Lewis entering the Build to Rent market...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![What will the situation look like for British investors in Portugal post-Brexit?](/img/default/pit.png)
With UK-EU trade talks going down to the wire, there is still no clarity over exactly what will happen when the transition...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Senior living’s top providers start to boom, but faster growth is needed](/img/default/pit.png)
A law firm has said the value of the UK’s top 15 senior living providers has increased by 62% in the...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Analysis: will Covid-19 change how residential property is used and located?](/img/default/pit.png)
A new report from international law firm Withers claims that Covid-19 is accelerating rapid change in what people want from their...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Considerations for landlords and investors when purchasing a property](/img/default/pit.png)
When it comes to conveyancing for landlords and investors, the purchasing process itself doesn’t differ that much from residential conveyancing, there...
30 October 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy
![Building onwards and upwards - what do investors need to know?](/img/default/pit.png)
With changes to the use class system and permitted development rights now in force, Christina Daniels and Marisia Beard of leading law firm...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – time’s running out to claim thousands lost in Spain’s property crash](/img/default/pit.png)
Tens of thousands of people in the UK and Ireland who lost out in Spain’s catastrophic property crash are now able...
31 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Litigation funding: spreading risk, reducing cost and stopping uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
For any investor, one of the biggest concerns will be identifying issues after acquiring an asset which impairs value. In the context...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Manhattan-inspired Salford development a hit with overseas investors](/img/default/pit.png)
A recently-completed £85 million development in Salford has been a huge success with overseas property investors. Downtown, six interlinked apartment blocks inspired...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top tips for Spanish property buyers – experts offer their guidance](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent weeks we have extensively covered the impact of Covid-19 on British buyers in Spain, including how buying with a...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Explained: what does Covid-19 mean for those buying properties in Spain?](/img/default/pit.png)
Spanish property law firm Fuster & Associates has provided detailed guidance for Brits buying in Spain at the present time, taking...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Economic growth the top priority for UK real estate sector in 2020](/img/default/pit.png)
Achieving economic growth was revealed to be the most widely shared ambition for 2020 among residential and commercial property developers, investors...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![The later living sector - an opportunity for investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent weeks we have featured articles on the investment potential of retirement living and care homes. Here, Alex Pelopidas - partner at...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![More action is needed for empty homes in the UK, says organisation](/img/default/pit.png)
Monday 23 September marked the start of National Empty Homes Week, which aims to shine a light on the high number...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Shop conversions ‘stubbornly low’ despite growing retail vacancy rates](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of retail properties approved for conversions to residential property has fallen 17% in the last year, from 453 in...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![British deposits lost in Spanish property crash recovered by law firm](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading law firm in Dorset and Somerset has revealed its success in enabling British clients to recover deposits lost on...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Overseas property: Where to invest, what to buy and how to manage your assets](/img/default/pit.png)
UK investors have recently taken a greater interest in opportunities abroad which promise cheaper entry prices and higher rental returns on...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Top tips every landlord should consider when investing in student property](/img/default/pit.png)
A number of buy-to-let landlords are turning their attention to student housing, which is regarded by many property investors as a...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Novice property investors failing to spot 3% stamp duty surcharge](/img/default/pit.png)
A number of property investors, including buy-to-let landlords and property developers, are still unaware that they are liable to pay the...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Edinburgh is top city for commercial property investment outside London](/img/default/pit.png)
Edinburgh has been named as the most attractive location for commercial property investment in the UK outside London, according to a...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property investors demand Brexit clauses ahead of EU vote](/img/default/pit.png)
A growing number of property investors are adding clauses into contracts giving buyers the right to walk away from commercial property...
07 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Are property syndicates the next big thing?](/img/default/pit.png)
2015 was an incredible year for the property market but in a year in which Government buy to let policy, the...