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This week’s development roundup highlights the latest in development and investment, from Elevate Property Group’s decade-long run and Legal & General’s...

In this guest piece, Spanish real estate agent and property expert Sean Woolley shares his experience of getting a mortgage in...

It’s been announced that property experts from international law company Gowling WLG are advising Lincoln MGT on the £750 million regeneration...

This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest development and investment news, featuring Avanton’s breakout into the BTR sector...

In this guest piece, Jamie Pritchard, head of sales at Glenhawk, asks whether macroeconomic challenges are going to halt the renewed momentum of...

PIT takes a closer look at the latest auction news, from MSP Capital’s brand-new bridging loan to support auction growth and...

Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Group and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, has revealed that it has...

In part three of our series on the booming commercial to residential sector, we look at some of the recent schemes...

New principal lender GRE Finance “GRE” has provided a £5 million facility, at 70% LTV on an 18-month term, to property...

Marden Homes Limited has secured a £17 million loan from Shawbrook Bank to help complete a ‘unique’, luxury lakeside scheme at...

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

Taggart Homes has revealed plans for a number of new schemes across the UK, the acquisition of a home building company...

Asset management platform for property finance LendInvest recently partnered with two British multinational universal banks Barclays and HSBC. LendInvest offers products and...

Why would a commercial lender give you money for a small-scale property development project? The answer is … profit. They’ll typically...

The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed personal lives and the economy. UK firms have suffered because of the outbreak.  Staying at...

Not for profit charity Emerging Futures has secured a loan from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), from its Social and Sustainable...

With Britain experiencing a staycation surge, it is unsurprising that beach huts have become increasingly hot property. Beach huts have become...

When it comes to investing in developments and resorts abroad, UK-based development firms might be concerned about finance and how to...

The Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector is an incredibly exciting industry to be in right now with a very promising future...

A specialist real estate development finance provider, Maslow Capital, has supplied a £13.7 million loan facility to Sheen Lane Developments for...

Despite having only around three million inhabitants, Lithuania is punching well above its weight, enjoying years of economic growth. Its architecture...

With Portugal on the UK’s green list and slowly reopening to British (and other) holidaymakers, the country is likely to be...

More than a third (34%) of landlords have recently purchased another buy-to-let (BTL) property or intend to buy one within the...

With lockdown easing and the vaccine rollout continuing to go well, there is hope on the horizon again for a brighter...

Real estate funding specialist ASK Partners and OakNorth Bank have completed a £22 million co-loan for the next phase of an...

As a once in a lifetime event, the response to the pandemic has taken precedence over other global issues, including our...

Early next month, Londoners will head to the polls to elect the capital’s next Mayor, in a vote that has been...

Over-55s used housing equity to clear more than £612 million of unsecured debt in 2020, new data from Key has revealed. Credit...

In light of the controversy surrounding cladding as of late, DBRS Morningstar has released a commentary titled ‘UK Cladding: Much More...

In theory, investing in the European property market is simple, but in reality it can be a little more challenging. The first...

A leading leasehold law expert has warned that leaseholders affected by the cladding scandal face 'years of misery'. Mark Chick, a specialist...

2020 was a tough pill to swallow for Europe’s real estate markets as some segments were forced into extremely disruptive lockdowns...

There has been an increasing trend in recent years for property investment courses which promise financial freedom and untold riches for...

A joint venture between Audley Group, Schroders Real Estate and Octopus Real Estate has secured a £47 million development loan for...

It would be an understatement to say that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused upheaval to sectors, industries and businesses around the...

2020 was a challenging year for many industries across the world, and especially those in the UK. Amongst national lockdowns, stringent...

A London-based property development company, founded by two young local entrepreneurs, managed to post record sales over the last two quarters...

With 2021 now just around the corner, thoughts naturally turn to what next year might bring. For existing investors, this could...

The UK property market is in a state of flux. Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic has had a marked effect on landlords,...

New data has revealed that thousands of affected property businesses across the UK qualify to join a major High Court fraud...

Sally Maier-Yip, managing director of 11K Consulting, the UK's leading China PR and comms agency, outlines why buyers from Hong Kong and...

If you are dreaming of buying a property in Spain, there is so much to think about and many things to...

It’s painfully apparent that the risk of landlords and investors not receiving rent during the Covid-19 pandemic is far higher than...

The former Master Brewer Hotel in Hillingdon, which has been left vacant since 2012, has taken a step closer to being...

There has never been a harder time to be a landlord in the UK. The pressures that the last six months...

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

Following the recent introduction of a stamp duty holiday, property investors can remortgage to raise funds for future purchases. According to Paragon...

Multifamily (Build to Rent) housing is set to be the UK’s most resilient real estate sector, according to a report from...

There's no denying that Covid-19 has caused huge disruption to the global economy, and, unfortunately, it has hit UK entrepreneurs hard, too - including property investors.    With...

The Oaks – Student Roost’s 50th student accommodation, situated near Warwick University - is on course to open early, it has...

The nation's property investors are increasingly looking to grow their cash reserves and expand their portfolios, according to Mortgages for Business. The...

In part one, we looked at the major institutional investors ploughing money into the rapidly growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector. Here,...

Portugal, already a highly popular holiday, second home and retirement destination for Brits, has been widely praised for the way it...

Lots of people throughout the years have made considerable sums of money from property, but it seems unlikely that many started...

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

With lockdown measures starting to be eased, and the possible move to step 2 of the three-step plan from June 1,...

While England slowly starts to emerge from lockdown under the UK government’s three-point plan (the devolved administrations are taking a slightly...

Welcome to this special, VE Bank Holiday (and lockdown), edition of Property Investor Today. We hope all our readers are having...

Buy a property below market value, renovate it and then make a tidy profit by selling it at a higher price,...

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on real estate finance has thrown the sector into uncharted and worrying waters. So, what...

The coronavirus pandemic has put all aspects of normal life on hold for the time being, and has affected each and...

Merilee Karr, chair of the UK Short Term Accommodation Association and chief executive of UnderTheDoormat, has penned an open letter to...

We’re back with another instalment of Women in Property Investment, where we chat with inspiring women who are making their mark...

Across the country, new developments continue to pop up everywhere you look – from the south coast of England to the...

In this guest piece, Yaroslava Tkalich, chief marketing officer of Smartlands - a global investment platform for the tokenization of real economy assets by issuing...

A flourishing SME housebuilder has purchased 15 acres of residential development land in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire.  Storey Homes aims to go head-to-head...

On a rainy Thursday at the end of last year – the day of the general election, in fact – Property...

Octopus Real Estate, working alongside Cardiff-based brokerage Pure Commercial Finance, has completed the £28.3 million refinancing of UK Regeneration’s 970-acre development...

Terraced homeowners in London have seen the highest price growth of any property type across the whole of England and Wales...

Portsmouth-based agency NEXA Properties has released its latest report on the city which analyses how its property market is currently functioning. The...

Landlords need to be aware of the finance options available to them when it comes to refurbishments, according to InterBay Commercial. Its...

As a landlord, it helps to understand current trends in the private rented sector and how you can maintain your buy-to-let...

The Route – Finance has raised a further £30 million for the funding of eight developments across the UK. Funded by The...

Following on from our recent article about the average property scam costing victims more than £107,000, fresh research from fraud prevention...

Greece’s appeal as a property investment destination is increasing once again as the country continues to bounce back from severe economic...

Property is an appealing investment: it’s been proven (in a favourable market, of course) to increase in value and it’s a...

Property Investor Today recently spoke with Alex Cook, Litigation Solicitor and Partner at Helix Law to discuss the rise of property...

Property investment platform Propio.com is set to launch a property ISA ahead of its April deadline. Part of a new breed of...

Crowdfunded property development projects are great for home buyers and investors alike.  For investors, the pros are that you don’t need a...

Property Partner has announced the launch of an Innovative Finance ISA. The property investment platform, which recently created its first opportunistic...

Students appear to be generally happy with their living conditions and the services provided by their landlords, according to a new...

The winners of the 2018 Property Investors Awards were revealed at the ceremony on Saturday 1 December at The Royal National...

Bridging loan finance continues to grow amidst low interest rates, Brexit uncertainty and mortgage lender caution, Commercial Trust Limited research has...

The number of buy-to-let lenders lending to limited companies has increased by 47% over the past year, according to Mortgages for...

Some 18% of landlords said they intended to remain in the buy-to-let (BTL) market indefinitely, with the same number of portfolio...

Remortgage affordability decline & a £19,000 consolidation to make monthly savings Problem The client wanted to borrow £19,000 to consolidate her two...

Tell us about yourself? I’m currently the founder and director at online credit broker and comparison site Lending Expert which includes our second charge...

Figures from UK Finance have revealed that the number of interest-only mortgages has nearly halved in the last six years, down...

Lenders must say what they mean and mean what they say! And that includes not offering a silly low monthly rate...

Peer-to-peer secured lending platform Lendy has just signed up the 20,000th investor on its platform. Its investor base has expanded by more...

Securing a mortgage is a challenging feat for three quarters of portfolio landlords after the introduction of the Prudential Regulation Authority...

With over €297 million worth of loans arranged by international mortgage broker, Enness, in 2017, France is becoming one of the...

A buy-to-let (BTL) loan product targeted at experienced, professional property investors and landlords operating in England, Wales and Scotland has been...

The cost of the Bank of Mum and Dad phenomenon to parents has been laid bare by new research carried out...

Mint Bridging has pitched itself as a third-generation lender after launching its new brand and identity focusing on handcrafted loans. Since forming...

Mortgage approvals for residential property purchases rose slightly in July to its highest level since March 2016, despite a general fall...

Demand from first-time buyers is driving the UK housing market as landlords and homeowners hold off making any big decisions, according...

The second charge mortgage market saw new business increase 33% by value and 22% by volume in June compared with the...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced its calendar of autumn events that focus on the specialist lending sector. The half day...

The bridging loans sector has markedly raised its profile in recent years. It is also becoming better understood by property investors,...

Residential property prices in the UK increased at the slowest rate in over four years in July, due to ongoing political...

LendInvest, the UK online platform for property lending and investing, has listed a £50m retail bond on the London Stock Exchange’s...

Who are you? Harvey Raybould What does it say on your business card? Building Dreams and Empowering Lives What is Creative Development Services (CDS)? We are...

Australia has added more measures to curb speculation on residential properties in an effort to curb rising home prices and help...

The Bank of England has warned households to expect interest rates to rise over the 12 months but also predicted living...

With more investors than ever before now buying property online, specialist lender Together has teamed up with Bamboo Auctions, one of...

With a growing number of property investors using short-term bridging finance to buy property, June was a landmark for many specialist...

The House Crowd has hit its £50m investment milestone after a record start to the year, having raised more than £15m...

The proportion of people acquiring property with a large deposit dropped in May, the latest mortgage monitor from e.surv shows. Those buying...

A growing number of property investors are turning to alternative finance options to overcome tougher mainstream mortgage lending criteria and stress...

AMP Bank is the latest lender in Australia to introduce more stringent loan application rules and higher interest rates for foreign...

Sterner affordability criteria, stress testing and more robust risk management for lenders seeking to underwrite mortgage contracts has left many property...

Cheap borrowing levels should boost demand for property across the UK in the coming months, despite a recent fall in the...

The recent rise in the level of both first-time buyer and remortgage lending is expected to ‘maintain momentum’ thanks to the...

Property transactions fell in April this year, down 3.2% on March’s total, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue &...

The number of property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market continued to fall last month as a result of...

A growing number of property investors unable to secure finance from banks to buy property are turning to alternative finance providers...

Demand for short-term loans continued to increase in the first quarter of the year, with more property investors turning to bridging...

There was a 9% decline in the number of residential property sales recorded last month, owed in part to a fall...

Pepper Homeloans has launched a new limited edition buy-to-let five-year fixed rate mortgage at 2.98% up to 75% loan-to-value (LTV). The product...

A man described as a ‘fraudster on a grand scale’ has been jailed for more than three and a half years...

Over the past two decades, investing in residential property in the UK has been a relatively secure way to make money,...

TSB has reduced mortgage lending to first-time buyers, especially in London, amid growing concerns that many homeowners without significant equity in...

House prices in Sydney dipped for the first time in 18 months in April, according to new data, as regulators continue...

Annual gross bridging lending dropped slightly in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest Bridging Trends data. The figures...

The Kuflink Group is offering investors an opportunity to earn up to 6% a year through its peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform,...

Despite new figures from the RICS Residential Market Survey showing a rather ‘gloomy’ outlook about the state of the residential property...

The size of the retirement lending market in the UK looks set to soar over the next 10 years as lending...

More than one in 10 homeowners in the UK have tried to move property but decided against it after encountering issues...

The time it takes to apply for a bridging loan with Together has been slashed from around 30 minutes to just...

More home loans were secured to buy property in the UK during the first two months of 2017 than any year...

The bridging sector in the UK has witnessed five-fold growth in lending since 2011, as property professionals have increasingly considered bridging...

West One Loans has reduced rates for unregulated residential bridging loans across a range of its products by up to 4%...

Residential property prices in Australia are increasing at their fastest pace in seven years, fuelling growing fears about a property bubble...

London Assembly members have expressed concern at the apparent lack of mortgages in the UK being issued to EU citizens. A French...

From the vantage point of the rostrum, in unprecedented economic times with historically low interest rates and persistently low inflation, the...

It has been confirmed that the probate fee structure is set to change in May 2017 to a tiered system whereby...

Mortgage lending to home buyers fell to a near two-year low in January amid a ‘stubbornly persistent’ lull in moving activity,...

With banks in Australia continuing to tighten their investor lending criteria, a growing number of investors looking to invest in property...

The average value of a home in Portugal increased to €1,106sqm (£971sqm) in January, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE). Based...

There was a surge in remortgage activity in 2016, which peaked in Q4, as more borrowers opted for longer term fixed...

The number of home buyers in London fell to the lowest level for four years, fresh figures from the Council of...

The UK housing market remains remarkably solid, as reflected by the 4.9% increase in the volume of residential property transactions between...

Overseas investors and British expats are finding it increasingly difficult to secure mortgages in the UK to fund property acquisitions, according...

Demand for short term loans continued to surge in the final quarter of last year, as an increasing number of property...

Borrowers that require a very quick turnaround to secure their next property investment will be pleased to learn that LendInvest has...

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), the nation's biggest property lender, will stop accepting refinancing applications for investment home loans from...

Specialist lender Together has increased its maximum mortgage loan amount to £1m to enable more investors to invest in property in light of...

Demand for bridging loans surged last year, as a growing number of property investors turned to short-term finance solutions, which typically...

While buy-to-let lenders come to terms with fresh interventions imposed by the Prudential Regulation Authority, designed to subject buy-to-let landlords to stricter...

Home sales in the UK increased in December compared with the previous month, but were significantly lower than 12 months earlier,...

The number of commercial property loans being written off has dropped to its lowest level since the credit crunch, fresh figures...

Name Tarlochan Garcha What does it say on your business card? CEO, Kuflink What does the business do and what are you offering? The Kuflink Group...

Specialist lender InterBay has reduced rates across its commercial and semi-commercial mortgage range. Pricing has also been simplified through the introduction of...

Residential property prices in 20 major cities monitored across the U.S. maintained steady growth in October as demand continued to outstrip...

With a growing number of investors turning to auctions to buy property, online mortgage lender LendInvest has decided to launch its...

The number of mortgages approved for residential property purchases rose for the second consecutive month in October as the housing market...

Auction rooms across the UK are often filled with property investors looking to buy property, ensuring that hundreds of residential and...

LandInvest has reduced the minimum loan size applicable across its suite of bridging finance products in a bid to open up...

The number of residential property transactions increased by 1% in October compared with the previous month, according to the last HMRC...

Bridging lending increased sharply during the third quarter of the year peaking at £140.49m, brushing off volatility that had plagued the...

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

More than a quarter of interest-only mortgage borrowers in the UK may struggle to repay their home loans, new research shows.  Interest-only...

Ireland is at risk of another economic disaster because the country has failed to learn from the mistakes of the last...

The government’s plan to tackle the housing shortage by building 25,000 new homes using a £3bn Home Building Fund has been broadly...

The volume of mortgage approvals fell for the third month in a row in August, the latest Bank of England figures...

The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme, which has attracted strong demand from borrowers looking for higher loan-to-value (LTV) home loans,...

While buy-to-let lenders brace themselves for further interventions, confidence in one often-overlooked corner of the market is currently booming. Sentiment among bridging...

Specialist lender Together has joined forces with buy-to-let and commercial mortgage broker TBMC to provide property investors with auction and bridging...

Short-term property finance lender LendInvest has joined forces with LOT11 to become the funding partner for those seeking to buy property...

The banking regulator in Australia may step in to curb lending in the investment sector of the country’s housing market if...

With the outlook for savers looking grim, almost half of over 45 year-old homeowners - equivalent to just over 6m UK...

In future only investors with hefty deposits will qualify for mortgages to acquire property in New Zealand under tough new restrictions...

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

One in 10 over-55s UK homeowners are still paying interest-only mortgages and while the majority are confident of clearing the debt...

Residential property sales in the UK increased by 1.5% in May compared with April but the month’s seasonally adjusted figure is...

A marina is not the sort of lot that you would usually see featured in a property auction but investors turned...

Population growth and a strong underlying economy will support property investment in the UK, a new report from Moody’s Investor Service has...

The number of mortgages approved by British banks in September dropped to its lowest levels since May, according to findings by...

Crowdfunding platform PropertyPartner has announced it has purchased property in growth hotspot Hastings from a local developer. In an attempt to get...

New research conducted by retirement lending specialist more 2 life has revealed that older borrowers want to see age limits on...

Q: Who Are Go Commercial Finance & why did you set up Go Commercial Finance? Go Commercial Finance is a true, whole...

According to the latest Bank of England figures, the huge hike in buy-to-let landlords in the UK has led to a...

The number of buy-to-let mortgages over three months in arrears fell to 11,900 cases by the end of 2014, according to...