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![Rental Demand climbing but still lagging behind 2023 highs](/upload/images/shutterstock_1141644755(4).jpg)
Tenant demand for mainstream rental homes climbed by 1.5% between Q1 and Q2 2024, although demand remains 2.3% lower than this...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock as latest UK index shows house prices still falling](/upload/images/24%2005%2021%20%2004.jpg)
The latest UK house price index from e.surv suggests house prices have fallen over the past year - this is in...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![New property investor service launched by high end estate agency](/upload/images/24%2003%2019%20%2001.jpg)
Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Capital Appreciation set to rise more than expected this year](/upload/images/24%2001%2023%2004.jpg)
Investors relying on capital appreciation are in for a pleasant surprise in 2024 according to Knight Frank. Tom Bill, head of the...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Did we get it wrong about investing in UK housing market?](/upload/images/24%2001%2016%2004.jpg)
It looks like investors in mainstream UK homes who anticipated losing capital values in the 2023 may have been mistaken -...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Savills’ Top Buy To Let and Resi Investment Tips for 2024](/upload/images/24%2001%2009%2001.jpg)
Savills has revealed the residential element of its annual cross-sector forecasts for investments in 2024 to 2028. The agency says turbulence in...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Confidence Returns To Prime Property Markets - Savills](/upload/images/24%2001%2004%20%2003.jpg)
One of the country’s highest profile high-end property consultancies says confidence is returning to prime markets after a turbulent year, with...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buying Experts predict housing market trends for 2024](/upload/images/23%2012%2028%203.jpg)
Agents working for one of the country’s highest profile and most respected buying services - Stacks Property Search - have been...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Changing Face of Property Investment Hotspots in 2024](/upload/images/23%2012%2014%201.jpg)
A property search company - Recoco - has given a radical reassessment of some investment hotspots in its preview of 2024. Nigel...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Cash investors snap up prime London flats as buy to let landlords exit](/upload/images/23%2010%2019%2004.jpg)
Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says high end agency Savills. Prices in...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks - property’s worst-ever stock market investment?](/upload/images/__thumbs/Purplebricks%20-%20property%E2%80%99s%20worst-ever%20stock%20market%20investment.jpg/Purplebricks%20-%20property%E2%80%99s%20worst-ever%20stock%20market%20investment__400x256.jpg)
Purplebricks de-lists from the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market on June 16 - the end of what many regard as...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![What does Liz Truss mean for the prime London property market?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
As the idea of a new prime minister takes effect, how the government tackles the economic challenges facing the country remains...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - 500,000 mortgage applicants could be shut out the market by 2030](/upload/images/library/Mortgage-image400x310.png)
A significant nationwide study by leading specialist lender, Together predicts the UK specialist residential mortgage market will treble to £16 billion...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Tzvete Doncheva - talking PropTech, equality and LinkedIn tips](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyTechnology-1-400x310.jpg)
A few years ago, we carried out an interview with Tzvete Doncheva, who has become one of the most prominent PropTech...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Innovative partnership delivers first ever homes with zero energy bills](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
Two pioneering tech firms have partnered to deliver the UK’s first homes to guarantee residents zero energy bills. Octopus Energy and ilke...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Market slowdown – UK house price growth expected to plummet](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/uk-housing400x310.png)
Average house price values are set to rise by a total of 12.9% by the end of 2026, but affordability pressures...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Where do you see BTR in five years? 'Bigger', says former UKAA CEO](/upload/images/Headshots%20and%20Property%20People/Dave%20Butler_400x310.jpeg)
Dave Butler recently stood down as the CEO of the UKAA (the UK Apartment Association), the main membership body for the...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Aspiring holiday let landlords – top tips from a lending expert](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EnglishHolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
With new research finding over 10 million UK adults are considering becoming a holiday let landlord and the volume and total...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Crypto property investment - is it worth the risk?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have become increasingly popular among young investors, despite being famously volatile. But, at present, buying...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Big investment in landmark Stockport BTR redevelopment project](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
A specialist alternative asset manager has committed £12 million, alongside several significant public sector bodies, as part of a public-private partnership to regenerate...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – tree-mendous results ahead of Christmas Day](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week’s auction roundup is filled with Christmas joy, from Sutton Kersh achieving over £80 million in auction sales, to iamsold...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why can't you use crypto to buy property in the UK?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
Despite recent warnings from the Bank of England that it could be worthless and investors being at a potentially greater risk...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
!['Explosive' growth of single-family housing shows maturity of UK BTR](/upload/images/library/FamilyatHome-mio-400x310.jpg)
Goldman Sachs made the headlines after announcing a partnership with Urban & Civic to deliver hundreds of rental homes across the...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![How a new sales feature will help make auctions the first choice for everyone](/upload/images/library/OnlineAuction-400x310.jpg)
Private treaty property sales are fraught with pitfalls and at SDL Property Auctions we believe change is long overdue. We believe...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – normalising auctions, MMoA and more valuers needed](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week’s auction roundup involves another bumper month for SDL Property Auctions as it partners with Rightmove to revolutionise auctions, as...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – the all-stars of August auctions](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
Although summer is winding down, the world of property auctions is still very much active, with data from iamsold revealing that...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – mid-year milestones and bumper summer catalogues](/img/default/pit.png)
Now that we’re well into the summer, Property Investor Today takes a look at the mid-year results for Sutton Kersh Auctions...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![UK’s first mainstream zero carbon homes arrive – are they the future?](/img/default/pit.png)
A government-backed modular housing ‘pioneer’ has unveiled the UK’s first mainstream zero carbon home, which it claims can cut energy bills...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![How lockdown has changed the way we live: boosting the BTR trend](/img/default/pit.png)
The rental sector has doubled in size in the past 20 years, with an estimated 19% of households (11 million people)...
19 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – webinars, large catalogues and April results](/img/default/pit.png)
In the last auction roundup of April, Property Investor Today takes a look at iamsold’s free educational webinar on the Modern...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Top short-stay locations - which cities are best for serviced accommodation?](/img/default/pit.png)
In this guest piece, the team at One Touch Property Investment outline the cities that are best for serviced apartments. With accommodation...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Natasha Boulding – how can innovation improve sustainability?](/img/default/pit.png)
Developing and constructing homes in an eco-friendly way – to lower the property industry’s currently high carbon footprint – has become...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors – is Hull the property market's next hidden hotspot?](/img/default/pit.png)
Kingston upon Hull is the hidden hotspot for property investors in the north of England, a developer firm has claimed. Iguana Developments, which specialises...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Webinar roundup – what do new-builds offer to property investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
Last week, two of the UK’s biggest housebuilders – Barratt and Berkeley – held webinars aimed at investors. While new-build developments have traditionally...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – new BTR schemes in Birmingham and Hertfordshire](/img/default/pit.png)
Birmingham-based property developer Cordia Blackswan has officially handed over its Hockley Mills site to Legal & General (L&G) and Sir Robert...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property investment in 2021 – adjusting to new circumstances](/img/default/pit.png)
Following one of the most disruptive and challenging years in living memory, I have no doubt that many of those in...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![MMoA could thrive if homeowners understood it better – study](/img/default/pit.png)
The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA) could almost double and become a more mainstream way of buying and selling if people...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – The ‘tremendous success’ of online and MMoA](/img/default/pit.png)
This week’s results have proven, once again, that auctions – particularly, online auctions – continue to thrive in the face of...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing market resilience will continue in 2021 – analysis](/img/default/pit.png)
Although it’s been said quite a lot this year, 2020 has been an unprecedented year in history and one in which...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Event roundup – Green Home Awards launched and landlord event heads online](/img/default/pit.png)
Homebuilding & Renovating – which describes itself as the number one site for self-builders and home extenders – is launching its...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Positive demand for undergrad accommodation boosts PBSA sector](/img/default/pit.png)
The purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector is showing signs of recovery following market disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![The birth of Build to Rent – how did it become the PRS’s biggest trend?](/img/default/pit.png)
Before the pandemic struck, Build to Rent (BTR) was undeniably the property market’s fastest-growing trend. Many expect it to recover quickly,...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Modern methods of construction acceptance service launched by NHBC](/img/default/pit.png)
In one of the biggest signs yet that modern methods of construction (MMC) are going mainstream, NHBC, the leading warranty and...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight - is self-build a rising investment trend?](/img/default/pit.png)
Until now, self-build has been something of a niche market – for the brave and risk-taking. It’s received national prominence through...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Will Covid-19 lead to a redefinition of long-term residential tourism?](/img/default/pit.png)
Google searches for ‘moving abroad’ have once again returned to the peak search figures of last year. The current Covid climate,...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Manila and Budapest top of the list for global house price growth](/img/default/pit.png)
Knight Frank’s latest Global Residential Cities Index, which tracks the movement in mainstream residential prices across 150 cities worldwide using official...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing beyond lockdown: how can we create a positive legacy?](/img/default/pit.png)
The last 12 or so weeks have been rather nerve-wracking for the property sector. The lockdown has raised many questions, from...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Overcoming Corona – how will the virus affect the UK housing market?](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house sales are predicted to decline by 38% on 2019 to 734,000 transactions for the full year (2020). That is according...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Eco property - do all options need to be on the table for green developments?](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the very few silver linings of the current coronavirus pandemic has been the seemingly positive impact lockdowns across the...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Budget announcement – stamp duty surcharge introduced for overseas buyers](/img/default/pit.png)
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed in his first Budget plans to introduce a 2% stamp duty surcharge on non-UK tax residents. While...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![It’s Christmassss! Seasonal greetings from Property Investor Today](/img/default/pit.png)
In the immortal words of Noddy Holder, it is nearly Christmas and, with the festivities almost upon us, Property Investor Today...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Sustainable homes in action – why housing is going green](/img/default/pit.png)
With sustainability and green issues becoming popular buzzwords in 2019, driven by an increasing awareness of the climate crisis, the school...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Why investors will be surprised by the benefits of tokenizing PBSA](/img/default/pit.png)
Property Investor Today has previously looked at how Smartlands became the first company to tokenize property in the UK and asked whether fractional ownership and...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Investing overseas: spotlight on Dubai and Limassol](/img/default/pit.png)
At Property Investor Today, whenever we shine a light on an overseas investment hotspot, British buyers typically feature towards the top...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Senior living – is it the next major property investment trend?](/img/default/pit.png)
Last month Property Investor Today attended AEW UK’S economic briefing on senior living to find out whether this could be the...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Are modular homes the solution to the worldwide housing crisis?](/img/default/pit.png)
With stories of housing crises crossing borders and seas, politicians, policymakers, architects, developers and housebuilders from across the world have been...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![The Cardiff student property market is in dire need of PBSA](/img/default/pit.png)
Cardiff may be small, but those who know the city would probably agree that it’s perfectly-formed and it’s certainly a great...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Eco-villages – will they soon be mainstream?](/img/default/pit.png)
Property Investor Today was recently invited along to the 150th anniversary celebrations of renowned constructor Sir Robert McAlpine, where we met...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Investors continue to benefit from falling buy-to-let mortgage rates](/img/default/pit.png)
Buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage costs have continued to fall since the second quarter of 2019, according to Mortgage Brain analysis. The cost of...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Improving Cyprus economy helps property market recovery](/img/default/pit.png)
The fact that so much of Europe’s attention has been focused on Brexit and also events in some of the larger...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![First opportunistic fund launched by Property Partner](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading property investment platform announced on Monday that it is launching an opportunistic fund. Property Partner, which was launched in January...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Are these PropTech disruptors game-changers for property investment?](/img/default/pit.png)
PropTech has been something of a buzzword in recent years – a rising trend which sees internet-savvy startups launch digital and...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Berlin property market shows strong price growth](/img/default/pit.png)
Berlin, which next year marks its 30th anniversary as a re-unified city, has witnessed strong price growth over the last five...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![A secured loan and declined mortgage enquiry [Case Study]](/img/default/pit.png)
Remortgage affordability decline & a £19,000 consolidation to make monthly savings Problem The client wanted to borrow £19,000 to consolidate her two...
16 August 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Peer-to-peer platform receives full FCA approval](/img/default/pit.png)
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fully authorised ‘Lendy – The Property Platform’, one of Europe’s largest peer-to-peer platforms. Following a detailed...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let mortgage costs are on the rise](/img/default/pit.png)
The cost of most mainstream buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages is starting to climb following political uncertainty and last November’s interest rate rises,...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Auctions power ahead while estate agent sales dwindle](/img/default/pit.png)
The auction market continues to prosper while estate agent sales are still struggling, according to research conducted by Auction House. The auctioneer...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let mortgage costs remain stable despite changes and uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
The cost of buy-to-let mortgages has remained mostly unaffected by the second phase of Prudential Regulation Authority changes, coupled with months...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Research reveals mortgage costs falling again despite possible rate rise](/img/default/pit.png)
The cost of mortgages has continued to fall despite the regular warnings of interest and mortgage rate rises. After the UK’s economy...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![21 years of BTL generates £1.2m portfolios for landlords](/img/default/pit.png)
Investors could have seen their buy-to-let (BTL) returns increase by as much as 1,131% over the past two decades, according to...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Bridging lender offers free valuations on all new loan enquiries](/img/default/pit.png)
The bridging loans sector has markedly raised its profile in recent years. It is also becoming better understood by property investors,...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Analysis of mainstream mortgages shows ‘strong mix of rate and cost reductions’](/img/default/pit.png)
Mortgage costs and rates fell during the second quarter of the year, according to the latest figures. Mortgage Brain’s quarterly product data...
20 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Bridging sector returns to growth, thanks to high demand from investors](/img/default/pit.png)
A growing number of property investors are turning to alternative finance options to overcome tougher mainstream mortgage lending criteria and stress...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Top 10 global investment property hotspots](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a 6.5% increase in global house prices in the year to March 2017, the highest annual rate of growth...
13 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Many property investors are struggling to obtain mainstream funding](/img/default/pit.png)
Sterner affordability criteria, stress testing and more robust risk management for lenders seeking to underwrite mortgage contracts has left many property...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing market activity ‘will pick up again’ despite ‘gloomy’ housing report](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite new figures from the RICS Residential Market Survey showing a rather ‘gloomy’ outlook about the state of the residential property...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Retirement lending market set to double in size over the next decade](/img/default/pit.png)
The size of the retirement lending market in the UK looks set to soar over the next 10 years as lending...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Bridging loans open up opportunities for budding investors](/img/default/pit.png)
The bridging sector in the UK has witnessed five-fold growth in lending since 2011, as property professionals have increasingly considered bridging...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investors in Australia eye less conventional finance options](/img/default/pit.png)
With banks in Australia continuing to tighten their investor lending criteria, a growing number of investors looking to invest in property...
14 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![International buyers routinely rejected for UK mortgages](/img/default/pit.png)
Overseas investors and British expats are finding it increasingly difficult to secure mortgages in the UK to fund property acquisitions, according...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Demand from property investors sees bridging loans surge](/img/default/pit.png)
Demand for short term loans continued to surge in the final quarter of last year, as an increasing number of property...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![LendInvest completes first auction finance loan](/img/default/pit.png)
Borrowers that require a very quick turnaround to secure their next property investment will be pleased to learn that LendInvest has...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Specialist finance provider reviews products to suit investor needs](/img/default/pit.png)
Specialist lender Together has increased its maximum mortgage loan amount to £1m to enable more investors to invest in property in light of...
02 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property investors continue to eye less conventional finance options](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
30 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to rise sharply over next five years](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices across parts of the UK could rise by more than £50,000 over the next five years, although much...
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Bridging lending soars in Q3 following initial Brexit fears](/img/default/pit.png)
Bridging lending increased sharply during the third quarter of the year peaking at £140.49m, brushing off volatility that had plagued the...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in sentiment among bridging lenders post-Brexit](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![The young prioritise property over pensions](/img/default/pit.png)
There was more bad news for the pensions industry after a new study found that young people feel saving for property is...
22 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage product numbers soar](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of mortgage products on the market has increased sharply over the past two years, led by gains in the...
22 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![New deal to provide property investors with auction and bridging finance](/img/default/pit.png)
Specialist lender Together has joined forces with buy-to-let and commercial mortgage broker TBMC to provide property investors with auction and bridging...
20 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![German property prices continue to boom as investors rush to buy homes](/img/default/pit.png)
A growing number of property investors are attracted by rising residential property prices in Germany’s main cities, supported largely by high...
15 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Investing in property is better bet than a pension, says BoE’s chief economist](/img/default/pit.png)
Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, has confirmed what many of us already knew – investing in property is...
31 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![LendInvest to provide investors with finance to buy property online](/img/default/pit.png)
Short-term property finance lender LendInvest has joined forces with LOT11 to become the funding partner for those seeking to buy property...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auctions to become the norm](/img/default/pit.png)
A growing number of vendors are opting to sell homes under the hammer in order to avoid the conventional drawn out...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![LendInvest unveils new 'visual identity'](/img/default/pit.png)
Leading peer-to-peer lending platform LendInvest has unveiled a new look. The rebranding, which includes a new logo and website, aims to...
11 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![How higher rate taxpayers can avoid the 'George Osborne Penalty'](/img/default/pit.png)
At the last budget the Chancellor announced that from 2017 he was phasing out higher rate tax relief on the interest...