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![Cheaper To Buy or Rent - Rightmove’s city breakdown](/upload/images/24%2004%2030%20%2004.jpg)
Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the Top 10 Property Locations to Watch](/upload/images/24%2001%2030%2001.png)
An estate agency has analysed the latest sold price data from the Land Registry looking at the best performing markets when...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Inflation Ravaging the Value of Investment Property - new data](/upload/images/23%2012%2007%2004.jpg)
New data appears to show that the average UK house price would need to increase by over £13,400 just to keep...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Birmingham shortage of homes set to keep prices and demand buoyant](/upload/images/23%2011%2028%2002.jpg)
Residential developers now have a unique opportunity to provide much needed high-quality accommodation in a city currently with limited stock, says...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Here are the Best Locations to Become a Student Landlord](/upload/images/23%2011%2028%2005.png)
Brunel University’s students are the most profitable to house, according to the latest study from Alan Boswell Landlord Insurance. The firm utilised...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rare Investment Opportunity as PBSA asset launched to market](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2011%2014%204.jpg/23%2011%2014%204__400x267.jpg)
Knight Frank has launched West Way Square to market. Located in Oxford, West Way Square is a fully operational purpose built student...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Data reveals quickest sales in UK’s sticky housing market](/upload/images/4%20Statistics-400x310.png)
A new report shows that average sales in the UK take a depressingly long time - some 220 days. This comprises of...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla’s deep dive into house price changes and investment potential](/upload/images/__thumbs/Zoopla%20deep%20dive%20into%20house%20price%20changes%20and%20investment%20potential.jpg/Zoopla%20deep%20dive%20into%20house%20price%20changes%20and%20investment%20potential__400x267.jpg)
The latest market update from the research team at property portal Zoopla gives a steer for investors on what’s hot and...
08 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: which graduates are first to own their own homes](/upload/images/Revealed%20-%20which%20graduates%20are%20the%20first%20to%20own%20their%20own%20homes.png)
Young people across the UK continue to face great difficulties getting onto the property ladder, but do students from some universities...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![On track for roaring success? Silverstone scheme well on its way to completion](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Escapade-400x310.jpg)
A couple of years ago we reported on a new flagship development at the trackside of Silverstone, the world-famous race track....
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Yoo Capital Fund II L.P secure a £30m investment from The London Fund](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Yoo400x310.jpg)
The London Fund “the Fund” has committed to a £30 million investment to the Yoo Fund, a real estate fund managed by...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Construction of 19-home development in Oxfordshire begins](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Oxfordshire400x300.jpg)
Work on a residential scheme in Oxfordshire is ready to begin this month. The scheme will be led by property developer...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction Roundup - Buyers take advantage of national opportunities in July sale](/upload/images/Auctions/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
With properties from Shepherd’s Bush to the Nottinghamshire suburbs selling in SDL Property’s Auctions July auction, there were some fantastic results...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Green property - the car-free communities of the future](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/ElectricCar-400x310.jpg)
We know that vehicle emissions are a major contributor to climate change, that carbon pollution is harmful to health, and that...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Major firms continue to invest in the PRS – what’s the latest?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
The UK private rented sector has become increasingly attractive to institutional, large-scale investors in recent years as returns on investment elsewhere...
29 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
![Paddington – is it finally ready to be more than bears and marmalade?](/upload/images/Locations/PaddingtonStation-400x310.png)
There’s no doubt that, when people think of Paddington, they think first of the iconic character created by Michael Bond in...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fitzrovia – is Prime Central London’s hidden gem getting ready to shine?](/upload/images/Locations/Fitzrovia400x310.jpg)
When most people think of Prime Central London, they likely think first of Mayfair, Knightsbridge, Chelsea, Kensington, Belgravia, Holland Park and,...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![What is the top UK market trend from an Asian investment viewpoint?](/upload/images/Locations/China400x310.png)
Wealthy Chinese investors have long been reliable investors in the market, and have frequently looked to the UK, specifically London, as...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hats off to Luton – how this airport town is taking off](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPeople-400x310.jpg)
Santhosh Gowda, chairman of property developer Strawberry Star, outlines in this guest piece why Luton is really going places and should...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Best city for BTL? Bristol knocks Manchester off top spot, says study](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
Bristol, Oxford and Cambridge have been named as the best cities for landlords and investors to invest in for 2022, according...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Crossrail special: part 3 – what should investors know about the Central section?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/CrossrailSpecial-400x310.jpg)
Throughout this week, Property Investor Today has been exploring the investment potential of the locations that sit on the controversial and...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Reading – could it be the South East’s newest hotspot?](/upload/images/Locations/ReadingDrone-400x310.jpg)
Despite being home to centuries of history, a Championship football team, a major shopping centre, a thriving tech and business scene,...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Build to Rent – Notts scheme update, single-family homes and lets with pets](/upload/images/library/BuildtoRent-1-400x310.jpg)
Plans for the latest phase of The Island Quarter development were approved by Nottingham City Council. The approved plans are set to...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Britain’s houses are getting smaller but more expensive, study shows](/upload/images/library/HousingReview-400x310.jpg)
A new study has revealed just how much less house you now get for your money. The property market has certainly boomed,...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why Londoners are buying properties outside the city](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMapPins-400x310.jpg)
In this article, Reece Mennie, an award-winning entrepreneur and CEO of HJ Collection and Hunter Jones, explains why many people who...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development update – major UK expansion and £4m housing scheme](/upload/images/library/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
Taggart Homes has revealed plans for a number of new schemes across the UK, the acquisition of a home building company...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – the rural new-build property markets offering ‘the best of both worlds’](/upload/images/library/RuralCountryHomes-400x310.jpg)
With the Covid-19 pandemic and its subsequent lockdowns causing people to seek more spacious homes, coupled with the reduced need to...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – the golden rules for armchair investing](/img/default/pit.png)
In this guest piece, Stuart Williams, director of property investment firm Thirlmere Deacon, outlines the golden rules for armchair investing. Over the...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development – multi-generational living and stamp duty free homes](/img/default/pit.png)
Inspired Villages, operator of retirement villages established by Legal & General, has achieved planning permission to deliver a £100 million retirement...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - should a bottom-up approach be used to revive UK high streets?](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the biggest debates raging at the moment concerns the future of the high street, which has been hit harder...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – which UK commuter towns have grown the most during Covid?](/img/default/pit.png)
A new report by a card payment provider has revealed which commuter towns and cities in the UK have seen the biggest movement...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – affordable housing and ambitious tie-ups](/img/default/pit.png)
Gallions Place, a new mixed-use community of homes, shops and restaurants and play areas at London’s Royal Docks, has been launched...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let yields 2021: where are the best postcodes in London?](/img/default/pit.png)
As a landlord or investor, yield is one of the things you will be most interested in to ensure you generate a...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![BTR – thriving cities, new hires and BTR awareness week](/img/default/pit.png)
Newcastle, Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester have seen the largest year-on-year rental increase across the Build to Rent (BTR) sector, the latest...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Green property – from Marbella eco-builds to zero-carbon in Hertford](/img/default/pit.png)
Renowned architects, developers and one of the Costa del Sol’s leading real estate firms have launched an ‘exciting new collaboration’ to...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Dev roundup – major Liverpool and Wokingham schemes underway](/img/default/pit.png)
Multi-specialist banks Leumi UK and NatWest have teamed up on a 50/50 club facility to help deliver Galliard Homes’ Tottenham Court...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors – should these rural locations be on your radar?](/img/default/pit.png)
The ongoing implications of the coronavirus pandemic have seen an increasing number of people relocate from cities to the countryside for...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![How house prices & rents will affect your property portfolio in the 2020s](/img/default/pit.png)
For many years, residential property has been the default choice for investors looking to preserve and grow their wealth. In times...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![PBSA investors – these university hotspots are offering the most homes](/img/default/pit.png)
Southampton, Portsmouth and Nottingham are the cities with the highest density of student rental availability, research from UniHomes has revealed. The student...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: Prime property continues to bear the brunt of Covid](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK’s prime property market is evolving, rather than suffering, throughout the coronavirus pandemic, new data from wealth manager and private...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![The big question – is buy-to-let still worth investing in?](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent years, buy-to-let investors and landlords might feel as if they have been deliberately targeted, with changes to mortgage interest...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property news – issues with regeneration and a multi-million Indian development](/img/default/pit.png)
In this news roundup, Property Investor Today explores how the government’s ‘build back better’ mantra is being thwarted by data issues,...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property market predictions for 2021 – what can we expect?](/img/default/pit.png)
The property predictions for 2021 continue to roll in, as the sector looks ahead to the upcoming 12 months. Here, we get...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investors – should you be looking north to the grand old city of York?](/img/default/pit.png)
York is one of the most atmospheric and beautiful cities in the UK, but is perhaps overlooked by investors and holiday...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![And the virtual winner is…Property Investors Awards 2020 revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
The Property Investors Awards – the annual event celebrating excellence in property investing, which is normally held at a swanky London...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Manchester the top BTL investment hub as hidden gems found UK-wide](/img/default/pit.png)
Manchester has topped the list of the best areas for landlords to invest in, according to Aldermore’s 'Buy to Let City Tracker'. The...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Development plans – waterside homes and accelerated funds](/img/default/pit.png)
Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest proposals for development projects across the UK, from a new waterside development...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Progress made on new £15m housing development in West Oxfordshire](/img/default/pit.png)
Building works on a new housing development in West Oxfordshire are on track, with the show home set to open to the...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Is the Build to Rent sector ready for the end of furlough?](/img/default/pit.png)
Few would disagree that it has been a difficult year for the residential lettings sector. With the market effectively frozen for...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Covid-19 will force change in the PRS — let's make sure it’s positive](/img/default/pit.png)
Lockdown measures have left the UK’s residential rental sector struggling to deal with a period of unpaid rents, occupancy voids, and...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – which university has the worst landlords?](/img/default/pit.png)
With students starting or returning to university in the next few weeks – and question marks over how things will play...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Capital regeneration - former London hotel and pub set to become 514 flats](/img/default/pit.png)
The former Master Brewer Hotel in Hillingdon, which has been left vacant since 2012, has taken a step closer to being...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Oxford Properties and Delancey raise £1.2bn for BTR platform](/img/default/pit.png)
Delancey and Oxford Properties’ co-investment platform, Delancey Oxford Residential (DOOR), has raised further commitments of £260 million and £150 million for...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Development – Slough proves popular and Mayfair deal in under 24 hours](/img/default/pit.png)
Slough is benefiting from the property market’s post-lockdown mini-boom, with a major developer in the area saying it is continuing to...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Staycations – where in the UK offers the best buy-to-let rental yields?](/img/default/pit.png)
With a rise in staycations as a result of Covid-19 and the restrictions it has placed on overseas travel, investors will...
17 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
![The future of the high street? LCP completes office-resi conversion in Oxford](/img/default/pit.png)
LCP, a national commercial property and investment company, has announced that the last apartment in a transformed office-residential conversion in Oxford...
08 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
![Revealed: how can you be a strategic investor?](/img/default/pit.png)
It’s really important now, more than ever, that investors think strategically – with so much uncertainty and so many unknowns as...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: where are the top five South East BTL locations for affordability?](/img/default/pit.png)
In an unprecedented global climate, and with the new tax year looming, investors everywhere will be thinking about the future and...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![What is the potential for real estate tokenisation in the future?](/img/default/pit.png)
Is blockchain technology about to transform real estate investment? It’s a question we’ve asked a number of times on Property Investor...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Is 2020 the year to buy a furnished holiday let?](/img/default/pit.png)
With a rising number of Brits choosing to turn their backs on airport queues and the current poor exchange rates, and...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![First-time buyers – do you know the best areas to buy new?](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite stretched affordability in most parts of the country, with the average income required for a first-time buyer (FTB) to purchase...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fancy living above Crossrail? Galliard Homes’ TCRW scheme launches](/img/default/pit.png)
Leading property developer Galliard Homes has now launched TCRW – a landmark residential-led regeneration project fronting onto Oxford Street – in...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: what is going on in the Bristol property market?](/img/default/pit.png)
It’s the sixth biggest city in the UK, has become a home from home for Londoners looking to escape the capital...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK’s most expensive cities become more affordable](/img/default/pit.png)
The average house price in London now stands at £483,100, which is 13 times more than typical earnings in the capital,...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Income to buy hits £54,000 despite weaker city house price growth, Zoopla says](/img/default/pit.png)
The average income required for a first-time buyer (FTB) to purchase a home has grown 9% since 2016 and stands at...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Where are the best UK university towns and cities for property investment?](/img/default/pit.png)
Newcastle is the best UK university town or city for property investment, new research by AI-powered property investment portal One and...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Top driveway income hotspots in the UK revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK towns and cities where homeowners are making the most money by renting out their driveways as parking spaces have...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![House price growth decelerates as London slowdown extends to southern cities](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices in UK cities increased by 1.7% over the 12 months to March 2019, the same levels of growth recorded...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![THE UK’S HIDDEN PROPERTY INVESTMENT HOTSPOTS](/img/default/pit.png)
Recent years have seen a shift in buyer activity across the UK’s property market, with London’s much publicised decline in popularity...
05 April 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![INVEST IN LUXURY FOR LESS IN BICESTER](/img/default/pit.png)
Renowned internationally for its designer shopping outlet, Bicester has long been the jewel in Oxfordshire’s crown, attracting millions of visitors annually...
27 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Legal & General acquires prime student blocks at University of Oxford](/img/default/pit.png)
Legal & General has purchased the long leasehold of a modern student accommodation residence at the University of Oxford for approximately...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![House price growth increases but rate continues to slow](/img/default/pit.png)
UK national house price growth is on an upward curve, according to Carter Jonas. But it continues to slow with rates...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Winchester has the most vulnerable rental market, research finds](/img/default/pit.png)
New research by Gatehouse Bank has revealed that Winchester is home to the most vulnerable rental market as tax changes amplify...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Digital auction house launches next catalogue following European event](/img/default/pit.png)
Digital auction house BidX1 has launched the catalogue for its latest sale, following the success of what it has described as...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Nottingham’s first large Build to Rent project gets underway](/img/default/pit.png)
Nottingham’s first major Build to Rent scheme, the 350-apartment Saffron Court project, has started development. The scheme, designed by architects maber and...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Barking revealed as the top London location for rental yields](/img/default/pit.png)
Barking has been revealed as the best place to invest in by London estate agents Portico. The agency, which can trace its...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![London now has two commuter belts, agency research claims](/img/default/pit.png)
New research by London estate agent James Pendelton has revealed that the capital now has two distinct commuter belts, with prices...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Large regional cities set for house price surge](/img/default/pit.png)
Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester are among the top regional cities set for an increase in house prices over the next four...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Nation’s most expensive street revealed by survey](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest research from Lloyds Bank has crowned Grosvenor Crescent in Belgravia as the most expensive residential street in England and...
05 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Home price to earnings ratio in London reaches all-time high](/img/default/pit.png)
The gap between house prices and average earnings has reached a record high in London, according to a new study conducted...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Christie’s auctioneer receives NAVA Propertymark award](/img/default/pit.png)
With just four sales under her belt, Georgina Hilton, a novice auctioneer at Christie’s in London, was awarded the NAVA Propertymark...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK new property supply up by over a fifth in September](/img/default/pit.png)
September saw the highest number of new sellers listing their properties in any single month in the past two years, according...
06 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to soar](/img/default/pit.png)
The price of the average UK home will rise by more than 50% in the next 10 years, say online estate...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Prices in key UK cities up 5.1% in H1 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in key UK cities have proved resilient in the first half of the year, with growth of 5.1%,...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Plans approved for £60m shopping centre scheme in Oxford](/img/default/pit.png)
Planning permission has been awarded for the £60m redevelopment of a tired shopping centre in Oxford, which will not just see...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![How much have home prices increased by since end of The Great Recession in 2009?](/img/default/pit.png)
Eight years of quantitative easing (QE) and record low interest rates is estimated to have cost savers more than £160bn, but...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices in Manchester continue to rise faster than anywhere in the country](/img/default/pit.png)
Manchester remains the number one UK property hotspot, after it was revealed today that property values in the city increased faster...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Lack of property for sale in the UK intensifies as new listings drop by 4%](/img/default/pit.png)
April is traditionally a busy time for the UK housing market, but fewer homeowners put their properties up for sale last...
11 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![House price inflation at 12-year high in large regional cities](/img/default/pit.png)
City level residential property price growth gained momentum in the first quarter of the year, rising by 3.5%, led by large...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Landlords, developers and planners must ‘accommodate London’s future growth’](/img/default/pit.png)
London’s outer boroughs look set to benefit if they capitalise on an increasing trend towards shorter commutes and flexible working by...
14 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Oxford scheme awarded planning approval](/img/default/pit.png)
Oxford City Council has given Catalyst the go-ahead to build 48 homes on the site of the former Temple Cowley pools. Some...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![House price growth shifting from London to regional cities](/img/default/pit.png)
Property prices across the largest UK cities rose by an average of 7.2% in 2016, taking the 20 city average to...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Glasgow sees strong take-up](/img/default/pit.png)
Glasgow saw strong levels of office take-up last year, surpassing the 10-year annual average of 500,000 sq ft within the first...
18 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices set to rise across major UK cities in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices across many of the UK’s largest 20 cities appear to offer plenty of room for growth in 2017,...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Office and industrial property markets set to takeoff in west London](/img/default/pit.png)
The government’s approval of a third runway at Heathrow may have a negative impact on demand for homes in the local...