Archive

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...

Maximising Returns: Use tech to make better decisions before acquiring your next property  As property investors, staying ahead in today's competitive market...

The government has been making a flurry of announcements about new investment areas in recent weeks, the single biggest of which...

Bond Wolfe’s December sale is rapidly approaching. Next month developers and investors will be competing for a former pub in Walsall. In...

Since 2016, City Hall services have closely worked with councils and charities to assist 12,000 homeless people into safe, long-term accommodation. The...

Peel L&P and Pension Insurance Corporation plc (‘PIC’) have announced that the construction of Miller’s Quay is underway. Miller’s Quay will be...

The crown of UK’s number one yield hotspot goes to Bradford, according to new research compiled by PropertyData and Sequre Property...

Pocket Living has been granted a £19.3 million debt facility with Pluto Finance for the recently completed Addiscombe Grove asset in Croydon. This deal with the provider...

The most recent Mayor's Question Time meeting revealed that there have been no Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) secured to stem the...

Labour’s London Assembly planning spokesperson has claimed that much-needed new homes will remain unbuilt and potential jobs unfilled without long-term investment...

A trade body has claimed that new financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give...

A leading South East law firm has won a breakthrough case by helping a group of holiday home leaseholders purchase the...

Plans to build hundreds of new rental homes next to Cockfosters tube station have been given the go-ahead by Enfield Council, subject...

The latest ‘landmark’ Build to Rent (BTR) development in London is set to be delivered after Telford Homes and Realstar announced...

The First Homes scheme, one of the flagship housing schemes announced by the government last year as Boris Johnson finally tried...

Both Boris Johnson and Michael Gove made Tory conference speeches pushing housebuilding on brownfield sites up this government’s agenda. With funding...

In this Q&A, Property Investor Today speaks to Sean Gavin, Operations Director at Berkeley South East London, for his thoughts on...

For quite a number of years, the sky has literally been the limit for new residential, commercial and tourism-based towers –...

Haringey has become the first council in London to provide specially designed modular homes to tackle homelessness and help those in...

One of London's leading property services groups has explored the most amenity-rich and walkable communities in Outer London in a report...

This mini housebuilding roundup features Lovell’s pledge to combat the housing shortage with refurbishment, and two ambitious deals from Pocket Living...

Property developer Mount Anvil and its partner ExCeL London have launched The Ellipse at their Royal Eden Docks scheme, located in Newham,...

A number of community-led campaign groups are calling for a landmark Women’s Building and social housing on the former Holloway Prison...

One of London’s most characterful areas celebrated its 100th birthday on July 8. The Royal Docks, one of the UK’s major...

One of the big questions that has become even more stark during the pandemic – which has devastated the already struggling...

One of Birmingham’s most distinctive areas, which is looking to escape from its manufacturing past and transform itself into one of...

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

Prime developer Harbright has unveiled its first development outside the centre of the capital with the launch of Whitelocke House in West London.  The...

It’s common knowledge that asbestos is a highly damaging group of microscopic fibres that can severely impact the health of our...

In this development update, PIT explores the fascinating history of a Victorian villa in Coventry – which is being developed into...

In a previous article for Property Investor Today, which you can read here, I highlighted the importance of utilising brownfield sites...

It’s strategically located for easy access to London Heathrow Terminals, is close to a number of the stations on the incoming...

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

Last week we ran a story on the latest part of the landmark Snow Hill Wharf scheme being launched to market...

The knock-on effects of the spread of coronavirus and the subsequent government lockdown will result in 56,000 fewer homes being delivered...

The sense of us all being in this together continues, with the property industry very much continuing to play its part in...

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a huge impact on all our lives, with all schools now closed (other than for...

While the coronavirus outbreak has led to the postponement of all local and mayoral elections in England for a year to...

The latest Budget – Rishi Sunak’s first as Chancellor following his dramatic promotion – is set to take place on Wednesday...

The thorny issue of rent controls has reared its head again as the campaigns for the London mayoral election 2020 start...

Hostmaker, the London-based short-let property management company, has entered administration, just a week after speculation of its possible insolvency was revealed in the Sunday...

Under plans approved this week by Jules Pipe, the Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, the site of a former...

The short-let rental market is booming, despite controversy and opposition around the world. In recent months, we have covered both the...

It was revealed last week that nearly 25,000 homes in London are being left unoccupied, according to the most recent government...

Goodison Park, the home of Everton FC since 1892, is set to be converted into ‘high-quality, affordable housing’ and other uses...

The UK population is growing by more than 500,000 people each year, yet only about half the homes needed are built...

New research has claimed that rent controls hurt tenants by drying up the supply of rental homes and in some cases...

In the last few months, Property Investor Today has run a series on London’s largest regeneration projects, many of which include...

The global head of Lendlease has called for an end to what he has described as an often unhealthy and politically...

In the latest part of our series focusing on London’s regeneration hotspots, Property Investor Today zones in on the ongoing transformation...

Labour’s London Assembly spokesperson for housing has welcomed new advertising guidelines published by Transport for London (TfL) banning adverts on its...

In the fourth part of this series, Property Investor Today explores the regeneration works at Old Oak Common – a key...

An Airbnb management company has claimed that part-time property rentals are booming in London. Airsorted, which was founded in February 2015 by...

A new development on the Costa Del Sol is aiming to become the 'most desirable residential destination in Spain' and possibly...

Following the recent turning in for planning approval of Ealing’s first 100% affordable residential tower, the Mayor of London has been...

The Mayor of London has been urged to ban adverts on the Tube that encourage the breaking of short-term lettings law. Tom...

The capital of Lithuania is aiming to become the next major PropTech hub, with 2.5 million square metres of space dedicated...

A new guide designed to help London leaseholders has been released by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, with the Mayor also...

Mayor Sadiq Khan has recently set out a London Plan for the next twenty years, outlining several developments that will completely...

The property and development industry in London remains unimpressed with central and local government when it comes to enabling development activity. That’s...

As a reaction to (and by-product of) London’s housing crisis, there has been a rise in recent years in the number...

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called on the government to speed up plans for a new public register of the...

Specialist commercial property auction and investment house, Acuitus, has recruited Peter Mayo as an investment director. Richard Auterac, chairman of Acuitus, commented...

There has been record number of planning applications to build new homes in London this year, giving the city a genuine...

The mayor of London’s plan to build an additional 50,000 affordable homes across the capital’s 33 local authority districts over the...

Residential property prices in Ireland look set to increase as demand for property continues to pick up, while the number of...

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

Leading housebuilders and housing associations, including British Land and the Berkeley Group, are urging the government to back Crossrail 2 as...

The number of new homes breaking ground in central London has plunged by 75% year-on-year as housebuilders put planned projects on...

Beijing’s mayor has pledged to stop residential property prices in the Chinese capital from rising in 2017 in an attempt to...

The London mayor Sadiq Khan has paved the way for up to 10,000 new homes to be built in Barking after...

Barcelona City Council has stepped up efforts to stamp out illegal tourist rentals in the Spanish city by sending out letters...

Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) will be better equipped to increase much needed housing supply among other...

London mayor Sadiq Khan has vowed to make it significantly harder for property investors to convert small office spaces to residential...

The average London home will cost more than £1m by 2030, according to new analysis, as a growing population and severe...

With just hours to go until voting for the London mayoral election closes, housing remains a key issue with all the leading...

ONE of the fastest growing property companies in London has been voted the best letting agency in the UK after its...

There was a sharp rise in the number of new homes under construction in February, despite an overall fall in construction...

An agreement between the Mayor of London and Berkeley Homes will help to convert a disused Parcelforce depot in east London...

According to the Family Hotspots Report by OneFamily, the historic market town of Wokingham has been crowned the best place in...