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A data study has revealed that there are still plenty of profitable holiday destination areas across the UK for investors. According to...

Would-be home-buyers are enjoying the highest level of spring-time choice of homes in five years says Zoopla. And the greater the supply,...

Southall in West London is set to be one of the capital’s hottest property investment spots in 2024, according to a...

There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...

Buyer appetites for new-build properties have dipped by 0.1% while stock levels have fallen by 0.5%.  But the quarterly figures show a...

The number of sales instructions in London was 17% above the five-year average in the first quarter of 2024, according to...

Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

Homes England and Network Rail Property have signed a development agreement with McLaren Property and Arlington Real Estate to be strategic...

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

Citygate, a UK-based social housing investment firm, and UCEA, a third-generation Single Family Office, say they’re going to help solve the...

New data from Rightmove reveals that Carluke in Scotland is Great Britain’s fastest selling market, with sellers in the area finding...

Slowly reducing mortgage rates this year have led to first-time buyers accounting for a record 33% of all buyers across Britain...

The total return of the average buy-to-let property has reduced by 6% over the last two years, driven by a sharp...

Scottish new build house average prices have soared ahead of existing homes according to analysis of the latest statistics by a...

The Home Builders Federation, the developers trade body, says planning permissions for new homes continues to fall sharply. Figures for 2023 -...

Essential Information Group says the UK property auction market saw substantial growth in February - the latest data. Of the 36 metrics...

The average landlord looking to offload their portfolio from April 6 stands to save 4% on the rate of Capital Gains...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

Investors looking for the next hot location will keep an eye on a new residential neighbourhood promised by a real estate...

Home sellers’ optimism is vastly improved compared to March last year, according to the latest Asking Price Index from respected property...

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

UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms,...

If interest rate rises weren’t enough to drive landlords out the market, mounting maintenance costs could be. Various studies and surveys have...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

New research suggests investment buyers with cash can secure chunky discounts on residential properties. Octane Capital analysed house price data for both...

Knight Frank says private investors remain the most active buyers in global commercial property. In 2023 private capital invested US$338 billion globally,...

La Manga - a 3,000 acre resort at Murcia in south east Spain - is offering apartments for sale with the...

Four key ‘megatrends’ are set to dominate investment decisions in 2024 despite the year potentially bringing uncertainty and volatility, a property...

Average house prices rose £7,599 in Scotland last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by DJ Alexander Ltd, the...

Typically, rents rise in line with wages - which, in turn, tend to track inflation or increase at a slightly lower...

International entrepreneur David von Rosen has launched 25 Degrees – a new top-end Dubai-based property development company co-founded with a Dubai-based...

Hamptons head of research Aneisha Beveridge says the early signs in 2024 suggest that the market has firmly turned the page.   She...

London-focussed property data firm LonRes says there are signs of green shoots in the capital’s prime housing market. January saw a rise...

Building homes on brownfield land will be turbocharged under a major shake-up to planning rules promised by the UK government. Every council...

New research has found the UK areas selling homes the most above list price. The study by experts at moving platform Getamover...

Total value of UK housing fell marginally in 2023 by 0.3 per cent or £27 billion, but remains significantly higher than...

Property investment specialist lender Shawbrook has completed its first limited company remortgage in just 28 business days. The professional property investor, an existing...

UK housing costs hit £200 billion for the first time in 2023, according to the latest research by the property firm...

The most popular regions in Europe for prospective expats and holiday home owners have been revealed by sales website Your Overseas...

New government figures show a net loss of 16,000 social homes in England last year, as sales and demolitions continue to...

The West Midlands industrial market is poised for continued rental growth over the next five years, according to Savills latest Big...

A property analyst has taken the long view and produced an optimistic snapshot of the current housing market for investors. Anthony Codling...

Landlords are spoilt for choice, having seen the number of buy to let mortgage products increase by 8.8 per cent in...

Edinburgh-based property portal ESPC has revealed the city’s top-performing postcodes for rental yields in the last quarter of 2023. The latest rental...

Analysis of £1m-plus sales by property consultancy TwentyCi, analysed by estate agency Savills, suggests that London locations continue to dominate the...

Data from London property data consultancy LonRes suggests supply in prime areas of the capital is improving and so rental growth...

An investment consultancy has produced new data analysing the complex regional differences between rental returns. Analysts at Invezz examined data provided by...

Commercial property prices have shown strong year on year growth of as high as 21 per cent across some regions of...

In the wake of a turbulent 2023 for the property industry, Essential Information Group, a leading provider of data and insights...

New research shows that the West Midlands has been the best performing housing market since the Bank of England started to...

An expert has shared his eight steps to help boost chances of securing capital growth when investing in property this year.  Jonathan...

Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

Investors relying on capital appreciation are in for a pleasant surprise in 2024 according to Knight Frank. Tom Bill, head of the...

A house price index has indicated a gentle rise in capital appreciation coming through at the end of 2023, and says...

London’s restaurant scene is thriving in spite of the cost-of-living crisis, with 253 new openings in 2023, up from 243 in...

It looks like investors in mainstream UK homes who anticipated losing capital values in the 2023 may have been mistaken -...

Savills has strengthened its European residential network with the acquisition of Verbier Hospitality SA, better known as Verbier Location. Founded by Jürgen Taudien in...

This year will be an opportunity to buy at the very bottom of the cycle for commercial investors – with retail,...

Savills has revealed the residential element of its annual cross-sector forecasts for investments in 2024 to 2028. The agency says turbulence in...

BNP Paribas Real Estate research shows that Middle Eastern investment into central London offices is the busiest it has been since...

Agents working for one of the country’s highest profile and most respected buying services - Stacks Property Search - have been...

Investment returns and activity in London’s property market has been stronger than the rest of the country over the last 12...

House prices in the world’s major property investment centres remain robust in the face of higher debt costs, with average annual...

An online property auction expert says investors and all others selling by auction in 2024 must be realistic on pricing. Stuart Collar...

A prominent investment platform says the recent small house price rises recorded by both the Nationwide and the Halifax are merely...

A leading estate agent in London has revealed a glut of properties awaiting modernisation and shrewd investment in a sought after...

Real estate finance and investment house TAB has launched a new fractional ownership model called TAB Property - and it’s purchased...

A property consultancy says there’s a new office market emerging - and it’s beginning to rival office-favourite Reading.  Vail Williams says the...

Latest stats from the Essential Information Group suggest there’s still a dynamic and robust UK property auction market despite the challenges...

New data appears to show that the average UK house price would need to increase by over £13,400 just to keep...

Organisers say the seventh Ghana Property and Lifestyle Expo 2023, which took place recently in Chelsea, saw a record number of...

The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...

Pub company Three Thistles has instructed Shepherd Chartered Surveyors to sell a long-established portfolio of seven licensed premises stretching across Scotland’s...

Landlord confidence has rebounded strongly in recent months according to a survey by a leading buy to let-focussed bank. All aspects of...

There’s been a circa 25 per cent increase in the average value of a home across England since the pandemic, notwithstanding...

A property and legal consultancy has identified what it calls Scotland’s buy to let capital - and it’s neither of the...

It’s been a much better year than many analysts expected says Rightmove - despite this month’s dip in asking prices. New seller...

The average sale price of completed home transactions using cash or mortgages in England and Wales in October 2023 fell by...

Over 70 locations in Britain have seen average house prices rise over the last year, bucking the national trend. An analysis of...

A number of daily-traded open-ended property funds have announced a temporary suspension of trading or an intention to close altogether.  In a...

It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...

Investors are buying second homes in the North East and North West at an increased rate compared to the rest of...

Average annual price growth in prime global city markets ticked up in Q3 2023 to 2.1 per cent, well above the...

There was a record number of properties sold by agents using online auctions in the third quarter of this year, according...

What do the property markets in North Norfolk, Kensington and Chelsea and East Devon have in common?  They are the only areas...

Shock news about house prices tend to mean one thing - a downward lurch. But the latest index from the Nationwide...

Research by a specialist lender has lifted the lid on potential property investment with HMO conversions. Octane Capital says that while the...

The Confused. com service has analysed rental yields, educational achievements and local amenities to come up with what it claims are...

A wealth management company suggests that the HS2 debacle may have a silver lining for Birmingham. With news that the high speed...

The UK property auction market has marked another robust month according to the Essential Information Group, which is seen as arguably...

Momentum within London’s £5m-plus residential market ramped up in the third quarter of 2023, according to new analysis from Savills. The high...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipates stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

A prominent new build expert has given his verdict on that sector’s investment potential for the rest of 2023. Mobeen Akram -...

The tough economic climate has seen the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad increase its stake in the UK’s mortgage market to...

A new study of over 600,000 available properties on Rightmove reveals that homes in need of renovation are the most in...

Property investors should not look to closely at current market mayhem and instead rely on long-term trends for capital appreciation. That’s the...

Every month Britain’s ‘third property portal’ - On The Market - publishes a sentiment index. This is not the usual snapshot on...

For Britons contemplating a European move or affluent expats already relocating, Portugal bucks the property market as an increasingly attractive proposition. Two...

New research by lending service Octane Capital reveals that the average buy to let investor has seen the money they owe...

As the trend for working from home slowly diminishes, so there has been a return of the premiums for homes near...