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![Optimistic outlook for commercial real estate](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propertycalculator-400x310.png)
2022 was a year that presented an assortment of challenges for the commercial real estate (CRE) market; the aftermath of Covid-19,...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![New build property values rise by 47% in the last decade](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/newbuild400x310.jpg)
Alliance Fund has revealed that over the last 10 years the price of purchasing a new home has increased by 47%. New-build...
28 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTR investments showing no sign of decline in the East Midlands](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
In this guest piece, Anna Reed, data director at EG, outlines the latest on the BTR market in the East Midlands...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![How landlord buying habits are changing to reach EPC targets](/upload/images/library/EPCRating-400x310.png)
Possible changes to energy performance certificate (EPC) targets are likely to have a dramatic effect on landlord property purchasing habits. This is...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: off plan buyers flock back to London as the WFH guidelines change](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HomeInHands-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Dennis Chan, head of international sales at Chestertons, gives his take on the off plan market and...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Empty homes could ease housing shortage - how could investors help?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EmptyHomes-400x310.jpg)
A trade body has claimed that new financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fully charged! Why developers and investors are considering electric vehicles](/upload/images/library/ElectricCarCharger-400x310.png)
In November, Boris Johnson spoke at the Confederation of British Industry’s conference and announced that Electric Vehicle charging points will become...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Predictions for 2022 - what could happen to the property market?](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Begins-400x310.png)
It's been another busy year for those with a stake in the UK property market, with commercial to residential transformations, Build...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Hunt is on for equity partner for £1.3 billion new Essex town centre](/upload/images/Locations/purfleet.png)
Purfleet Centre Regeneration Ltd has instructed Knight Frank Capital Advisory (KFCA) to seek a funding partner to deliver a major new mixed-use...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Construction – are housebuilders failing disabled buyers and investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
Research from a new-build snagging company has found that a number of new-build homes being delivered are unfit for purpose as housebuilders...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Can new-build homes lead the renewable energy revolution?](/img/default/pit.png)
In December 2015, the UK accepted the terms of the Paris Agreement. The accord recognised the growing threat of climate change...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Green homes - want to save the planet & improve your house using free money?](/img/default/pit.png)
I have been a developer and landlord for over 25 years and, for my sins, ended up owning an estates and...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Doing things differently – companies offer virtual viewings during the crisis](/img/default/pit.png)
The coronavirus crisis has shut down most aspects of normal life, but with us all being told to stay at home...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Looking for a new build? Here’s the nation’s housebuilder hotspots](/img/default/pit.png)
With the number of new homes registered to be built per annum in the UK rising by more than 80% over...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Simple Life develops more than 250 new build homes for rent in Rochdale](/img/default/pit.png)
Simple Life, the provider of new build homes for the private rented sector, has developed 264 family homes in Rochdale after...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Replacing leasehold with commonhold - government finally responds](/img/default/pit.png)
While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Overseas investors boosted by Brexit uncertainty and weak pound](/img/default/pit.png)
Brexit uncertainty is continuing to drive foreign investment in the UK, research by CashbackRemortgages.co.uk has claimed. A third of multi-million pound homes...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Brits remain top overseas buyers of Spanish property](/img/default/pit.png)
Property prices in Spain are rising faster than values in the UK, with Britons remaining the top foreign buyers of Spanish...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![England’s new homes shortfall will reach over 1m by 2022](/img/default/pit.png)
England has encountered a rift between new build completions and new households being added to the population after a slow output...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Leeds the best location for building new homes, research reveals](/img/default/pit.png)
New research has revealed that Leeds is the best city in England for building new homes. Analysis of official figures by...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housebuilding in England at highest level since 2008](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of new build homes being started across England is at its highest level since 2008, the government claims. Fresh figures...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![‘Exciting’ auction catalogue of over 330 lots ‘provide opportunity for investors’](/img/default/pit.png)
More than 330 residential properties will go under the hammer in central London next week, including several sites with permitted development...
11 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Election day is here, but which party is capable of fixing the housing crisis?](/img/default/pit.png)
With successive governments failing to build enough housing - particularly social housing - the UK is in the grip of a...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Top ways to reduce stamp duty on prime property](/img/default/pit.png)
Sales of homes at the top end of the housing market have collapsed over the past 12 months or so, especially...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Next government urged to put ‘housing and homeownership first’](/img/default/pit.png)
As soon as the general election determines the next government, emphasis will need to be placed on making more pressing issues,...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housebuilder welcomes the introduction of the apprenticeship levy](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the UK’s largest housebuilders has welcomed the new apprenticeship levy, which comes into effect this week, as part of...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property expert calls for VAT reform to shore up UK housing market](/img/default/pit.png)
This week’s Budget statement will present the Chancellor Philip Hammond with a prime opportunity to address the inequality in VAT between new...
06 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Is it time to adopt an eco-friendly investment strategy?](/img/default/pit.png)
Investing in residential properties can be a great way to accumulate wealth. But before parting with your cash, an investment strategy...
01 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![It’s a buyer’s market in Hong Kong](/img/default/pit.png)
Filled with glitzy glass towers and a fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, Hong Kong proudly proclaims itself to be ‘Asia’s...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Garden villages to create thousands of new homes](/img/default/pit.png)
England's first garden villages have been proposed for 14 sites across the country along with three larger garden towns in Buckinghamshire,...
04 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to remain flat in 2017 amid Brexit uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
UK property prices are expected to remain largely unchanged in 2017, owed largely to uncertainty over Brexit negotiations, according to the...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Planning system continues to slow housing delivery](/img/default/pit.png)
With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...
21 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![New measures to boost housebuilding](/img/default/pit.png)
The chancellor Philip Hammond announced a range of housing measures in his first Autumn Statement, including £1.4bn of cash to help build...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in number of new homes built](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of new homes recorded in England has increased to its highest level since the financial crash, official figures have...
16 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK housing shortage means no letup in rising home prices](/img/default/pit.png)
A chronic shortage of housing in the UK is continuing to place upward pressure on residential property prices, according to the...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Change of strategy needed to tackle UK housing crisis](/img/default/pit.png)
Business leaders have called for a "step change" in housebuilding if the government is to meet its ambition of delivering one...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices to remain broadly unchanged until 2019](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK are expected to remain largely flat until the Brexit negotiations are concluded in 2019, according...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Housing market in Nine Elms ‘remains robust’](/img/default/pit.png)
The Nine Elms’ borough of Southwark has experienced a boom in residential property prices over the past 12 months, but with...
28 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![London’s top 10 new build investor hotspots](/img/default/pit.png)
Traditionally and historically, homebuyers would expect to pay a premium for a brand new home. But in recent years, the cost...
22 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Demand for building work remains ‘remarkably resilient’, says FMB](/img/default/pit.png)
Consumer demand for building work remained strong in the three months following the vote for Brexit, new figures from the Federation...
19 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Planning consents fall short](/img/default/pit.png)
The government has been accused of 'failing to put its money where its mouth is' when it comes to housing after...
19 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK government urged to encourage growth and more housebuilding](/img/default/pit.png)
With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, compounding the...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Effective teamwork key to increasing number of new homes](/img/default/pit.png)
Better collaboration between housebuilders and subcontractors holds the key to solving the major shortage of skills in the housebuilding sector which...
07 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Planning overhaul needed to speed up housebuilding](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest housebuilding data shows that there was an increase in the number of new build housing schemes started in England...
30 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK government remains committed to building more new homes](/img/default/pit.png)
The government remains committed to delivering one million new build homes in England by 2020, in an effort to tackle the...
08 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![BT to bring ultrafast broadband to millions of homes](/img/default/pit.png)
BT has announced a £6bn investment in broadband and 4G coverage to ensure that the ultrafast Openreach service is extended to...