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A new analysis of the top 30 holiday hotspots across England has tried to quantify the premium for homes on sale. Using...

Research by online agency Yopa has revealed that homes listed for sale within the last 30 days have been reducing in...

Buy to let investors keen to bag a bargain will be interested to know that over a third of homes now...

A property investor has launched a new platform to share information for investors and other players in the short-term rentals industry. Holiday...

Market analysis by debt advisory firm Sirius Property Finance reveals the North East is currently England’s mixed-use property hotspot, providing opportunities...

Houses on corner plots with possible potential for small-scale development are attracting a premium of around £25,000. An estate agency has searched...

New figures from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than...

A platform for property investors and landlords has launched a suite of features which it claims will “help property investors to...

Research from Idealista, Spain’s largest property portal, showed that in December 2022, 20% of properties listed sold within a week, 35%...

Visual elements can be extremely enticing and beneficial to your success in selling. Leading estate agent media provider, Giraffe360, has taken...

With the public still very much favouring staycations and avoiding the chaos of travelling abroad, Airbnb hosts in the UK are...

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

New research has revealed how much money landlords and investors can make in cities around the UK by furnishing their property...

With over 40 million Airbnb users across Europe and the US, and approximately 250,000 listings in the UK alone, the short-term...

Following the announcement that National Trading Standards and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are set to improve the standard of...

In this opinion piece, Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, outlines the key things for those with a stake in...

From knowing the best time to buy a home to understanding what’s needed before you can put in an offer, it...

New data released by overseas property portal Kyero.com has revealed record interest in Portuguese and Spanish property during 2021. Kyero, which is...

Land plots currently account for just 1.4% of for-sale stock listed on the market, yet demand is high, with 55% of...

Private treaty property sales are fraught with pitfalls and at SDL Property Auctions we believe change is long overdue. We believe...

This week’s auction roundup involves another bumper month for SDL Property Auctions as it partners with Rightmove to revolutionise auctions, as...

Seaside living is at the top of many tenants’ wishlists, that is according to Rightmove. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic,...

A disparity between property demand and supply has risen across the UK. This has created opportunities for buy-to-let landlords to invest in...

The pandemic has undoubtedly shaken the market for buying and selling, with national house prices on the rise with no signs...

As a landlord or investor, yield is one of the things you will be most interested in to ensure you generate a...

Southampton, Portsmouth and Nottingham are the cities with the highest density of student rental availability, research from UniHomes has revealed. The student...

Blockchain technology and cryptocurrency have been such buzzwords in the last decade. We hear these concepts often pertaining to a variety...

The coronavirus crisis has hit the UK's economic outlook, and many buy-to-let landlords are understandably worried about their post-lockdown rental property...

PropTech start-up MOGUL.sg and Singapore Land Authority (SLA)’s OneMap3D have announced the launch of Singapore’s inaugural 3D Virtual Property Expo. Running until...

Flatio, a Czech-Republic-based mid-term lettings platform, has announced that it has acquired digital nomad housing marketplace NomadX in a move worth £3.6 million. The...

Despite another national lockdown seemingly on the horizon, the property market remains resilient, with the stamp duty holiday and other initiatives...

The South West, and Cornwall in particular, should be capturing the attention of property investors despite the economic challenges posed by...

A new Manchester-based student accommodation start-up is using the latest tech to deliver five times faster booking. Housemates, founded by tech entrepreneur...

In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...

Until now, self-build has been something of a niche market – for the brave and risk-taking. It’s received national prominence through...

Since lockdown, we have witnessed an increased focus on overseas properties, with many UK buyers using the extra time at their...

Sellers re-entering the market are taking a bullish approach and pricing their properties higher, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says vendors...

Covid-19 is a generational event that will impact the way people live, work and behave long after the pandemic has been...

Scotland, alongside Wales and Northern Ireland, is using its devolved powers to take a different course from the UK government by...

The UK's largest auction firm, Auction House, has revealed that it has sold hundreds of properties via live-stream and online auctions...

A property investment expert and well-regarded podcaster has offered some top advice to investors on how they can cope with, and...

The lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has frozen the housing market, according to Home.co.uk’s Asking Price...

In this period of crisis, we have seen many examples of acts of kindness and companies seeking to help other companies...

James Turner, director at offshore company formation specialists Turner Little, explores why off-market sales are no longer just the domain of...

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

With recently released figures revealing Airbnb’s huge reach across the country and Build to Rent’s rapid growth, Property Investor Today analyses...

Last week tech giant Facebook announced that it would be hiring 1,000 more staff in London, bringing its total workforce in...

Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...

Many property pundits have been espousing the benefits of investing in the North West to take advantage of low buy-in costs...

On Monday, we looked at why landlords and investors were being warned off holidays lettings amid an Airbnb crackdown in Scotland...

Proposals for regulatory and financial changes to the status of Airbnb in Scotland and Bristol, aimed at curbing the growth of...

The hottest UK cities for rental demand have been revealed by new research from rental management platform Howsy. The platform has examined...

With Build to Rent the private rented sector’s fastest-growing marketplace, and a major consideration for an increasing number of institutional investors...

Prices in Prime Central London (PCL) are predicted to rise by 18% over the next five years, while cumulative rental growth...

In recent weeks we’ve focused on the seemingly unstoppable growth of Airbnb and its competitors and how women are helping to...

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

The two biggest Scottish cities - Edinburgh and Glasgow - are currently the fastest places to sell a property, with homes...

Welcome back to our Women in Property Investment series, where we focus on women who are breaking down barriers in the...

GuestReady Group, a leading short-term let and Airbnb property manager, announced this week that it has passed the milestone of $1billion...

There was a marginal increase in the number of properties coming onto the market in September, but a decline in properties...

The cost of renting a room in the UK remains steady, up just 1% on last year to an average monthly...

A leading property management firm has warned UK landlords to be cautious about turning to Airbnb and other short-term online lettings...

The prime lettings market in the capital is showing signs of strength, according to agency Russell Simpson. The firm says it has...

The property sales market took a dip last month in line with a traditional summer lull, according to Agency Express. The boards...

Activity among property sellers dipped last month, according to the latest Property Supply Index from Housesimple. During August there were 51,809 new...

There was a rise in activity across the UK lettings market in July, according to the latest data from the Agency...

Retirees and families priced out of the UK’s holiday home hotspots can find much better value for money and potential for...

Technology is developing constantly, which is steadily changing the scope of property purchasing both domestically and abroad. Zillios.com is seeking to re-define the...

New global free-to-list property portal Residential People recently hit its first milestone in securing 800 consumer property enquiries for estate agents...

Ten cities in Europe have asked for more help from the EU in their battle against Airbnb and other short-let holiday rental websites....

Juwai.com, the Chinese portal for overseas real estate, and independent ski property portal SnowOnly have signed a partnership aiming to bring...

A startup housing app which aims to provide a safe haven for international students recently won the North West regional final...

A PropTech startup has launched a mobile app to make student house hunting easier. Polygon, which launched in August 2018 to help...

The latest data from Agency Express has revealed a slowdown across the UK property market in April. According to its Property Activity...

The UK lettings market experienced a slowdown in February after a buoyant start to the year, according to the latest findings...

An Artificial Intelligence-powered property investment website is claiming to offer investors and landlords an alternative to property portals Rightmove and Zoopla.  One &...

The UK’s property market experienced a promising first month of 2019, according to the latest data from the Agency Express Property...

Property management company Hostmaker has partnered with long term listings site Spotahome to diversify its offerings. Hostmaker, which largely deals in short-lets...

The property market was given an early autumn supply boost, according to the latest Property Supply Index put together by online...

The latest data from the Agency Express Property Activity Index revealed a healthy increase in housing activity during September following the...

New property listings across the UK fell for the third month running, according to the latest Property Supply Index from online...

Hundreds of landlords are moving from long to short-term lets on Airbnb and other online outlets to counter falling yields, according...

London was the region with the highest annual rent rises for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2014, according...

The UK lettings market performed steadily in June, according to the latest Agency Express Property Activity Index. The number of properties with...

There was a spike in property market activity in May after the usual seasonal slowdown in April, according to Agency Express’s...

BidX1, the pioneering online auction house, raised more than £2 million from its second UK auction, posting a 70% success rate...

Airbnb has seen a 43% jump in listings in the last 12 months, with the number of entire properties on the...

Online auction house, BidX1, has launched its second catalogue, with 40 lots consisting of residential and commercial listings throughout the UK. The...

December was a quiet month in the property market, with less than 35,000 new properties listed across the UK, according to...

A staggering 30% of Sunderland properties currently for sale have been on the market for six months or longer, according to...

September saw the highest number of new sellers listing their properties in any single month in the past two years, according...

The shock result of the recent UK general election which returned a hung parliament, coupled with ongoing concerns about the impact...

Ezylet, a property portal aimed at private landlords, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor, seeking fresh funds to grow...

Rental asking prices are increasing fast across many parts of Spain, particularly in hot markets like Barcelona and the Balearics; an...

Property investors who were starved of choice now have more homes to choice to from following a rise in the number...

The North West of England has been named the top buy-to-let hotspot for 2017, according to new figures from Rightmove. The property...

Clive Emson has released a new catalogue ahead of its five-day sale in June, which includes a wide selection of lots...

Asking prices increased across most of England and Wales between March and April, with the exception of London where values continued...

April is traditionally a busy time for the UK housing market, but fewer homeowners put their properties up for sale last...

Recently I caught up with the Alex Lubinsky CEO of Rentberry, the app that allows a tenant to place a bid...