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

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

Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...

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

UK property developer Godwin Developments has appointed leading industry figure Lesley Roberts, a highly experienced residential and Build to Rent (BTR)...

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, this week released its latest Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q4 2022 rental yields across England...

Where are the top locations for property investment in 2023? It's the question all existing or budding property investors will be...

Build to Rent (BTR) has a ‘broad and evolving customer base’ similar to the wider private rented sector and is a...

A UK-based co-living and PRS brand focused on personal and professional growth has announced its partnership with an Italian startup and...

Despite the increasing cost of borrowing currently hitting homebuyers across the property market, it evidently remains less expensive to buy when...

Native Group has announced the creation of Native Residential as a new business entity, as well as announcing a range of promotions and new...

The private rented sector (PRS) has been under the looking glass for the past few weeks, yet the PRS is not...

The UK private rented sector has become increasingly attractive to institutional, large-scale investors in recent years as returns on investment elsewhere...

The UK's Build to Rent (BTR) sector continues to grow and evolve, which arguably makes the role of the market's trade...

Over the last two years, the housing market has been less than predictable. Despite the doom and gloom foreseen at the...

With the Build to Rent (BTR) sector no longer a new phenomenon, and fast becoming a well-established part of the PRS,...

The build-to-rent market has long been characterised by providing expensive, urban flats for young adults; but 2021 was a landmark year...

The still nascent co-living sector is starting to gather momentum if the last week is anything to go by, with the...

Dave Butler recently stood down as the CEO of the UKAA (the UK Apartment Association), the main membership body for the...

Some of the more onerous restrictions which were imposed on landlords in Scotland in the first dark days of the pandemic were rescinded...

Developer Eden Living, backed by European special situations manager Warwick Capital Partners, has launched as a Private Rented Sector business. The business...

With energy bills due to increase by 54% next month, research from specialist property lending experts Octane Capital has revealed that...

Housemates, the instant book student accommodation marketplace operating across 40 cities in the UK and Ireland which we have closely followed...

The government’s Levelling Up Home Building Fund is unlikely to provide enough funding to supply loans to all of the nation’s...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Giles Atkinson and I’m one part of...

London-based PropTech firm Homeppl has developed two ‘revolutionary’ fraud detection tools to support agencies currently combating rising levels of rental fraud. The...

Research from Octane Capital has revealed which areas of the UK rental market are driving growth in rental stock availability, as...

UK-focused real estate fund manager Moorfield has agreed to forward fund an 81-bed co-living scheme near Ealing Broadway, West London, for £21...

Last week (Wednesday February 2), the government finally released its long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper, designed to help flesh out a...

Over two million properties in the sector lack basic energy efficiency measures and risk being banned from the market in the...

Despite the rollercoaster of 2021, the Scottish property market has had a stronger period of growth than many would have expected...

Proposals to ‘force’ landlords across the country to pay up to £10,000 to improve the energy efficiency of rental properties require...

London based co-living PRS operator, Gravity Co continues to see rapid growth and interest in its co-living properties as it fills...

One of the biggest criticisms of the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market has been its perceived exclusive nature and its...

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

In the fourth and final part of our series on the fast-growing commercial to resi trend, we check in on schemes...

Some believe co-living as a concept has only grown in significance as society has had a chance to reassess its priorities and...

Knight Frank has announced that the UK’s Build to Rent (BTR) market received record levels of investment in the first two...

Fresh data from one of London’s largest co-living operators has revealed the positive impact of lockdown restrictions lifting on tenant sentiment...

The government has talked plenty about improving the energy efficiency of private rented homes, but despite this rhetoric, only 5% of private...

Dover District Council has approved Etopia Homes’ plans to deliver 50 eco-friendly homes on a site in Eastry, Kent. Situated on Gore...

The Urban Splash Residential Fund (USR) has announced a £25.8 million deal acquiring sustainable new homes created using Modern Methods of...

Construction works on a new £19 million residential scheme in Nottinghamshire, led by property developer Taggart Homes, are set to begin...

Telford Homes has exchanged contracts with Sainsbury’s to deliver a new housing scheme in Ilford. According to the developer, the acquisition of...

With lockdown easing and the vaccine rollout continuing to go well, there is hope on the horizon again for a brighter...

A new report based on research conducted in 2020 has been launched by The Property Marketing Strategists, a new venture from...

In this guest piece, Jess Brookes - content & research executive at Home Made, a London lettings company specialising in Build to...

Build to Rent (BTR) has been a growing trend in the UK for a number of years, but what about in...

At first glance, Brexit’s Christmas climax appears to have had little effect on the appetite for UK property investment, which is...

Despite the introduction of Lockdown 3.0, the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market shows no signs of slowing down, with acquisitions,...

In September last year, Hungarian-based property developer Cordia International acquired Birmingham-based, PRS-specialist developer Blackswan Property Limited. The Blackswan acquisition marked Cordia’s first investment in the UK market and is...

Since the pandemic started, there has been a shift in the number of people seeking homes away from the city, or...

Purpose-built Build to Rent (BTR) housing is only a recent concept, with just over 51,000 dwellings completed across the UK as of Q3...

Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, interest in overseas property remains strong, even if international travel and tourism are currently very much...

The fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector continues to generate plenty of news, even as we live through Lockdown 2.0. The week-long...

Retirees and those in the upper-middle age category are the fastest growing tenant groups in the private rented sector (PRS), analysis...

With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...

Last week, Build to Rent (BTR) trade body UKAA and design and consultancy firm Arcadis hosted a Zoom webinar focused on...

Despite another national lockdown seemingly on the horizon, the property market remains resilient, with the stamp duty holiday and other initiatives...

A residential portfolio comprising 118 residential properties across the Central Belt of Scotland has been sold by Places for People to...

Lockdown measures have left the UK’s residential rental sector struggling to deal with a period of unpaid rents, occupancy voids, and...

European residential real estate giant Cordia International has acquired Birmingham-based, PRS-specialist developer Blackswan Property Limited. Cordia, a developer with interests across Hungary, Poland, Spain, Germany and Romania, is the...

With activity in the market continuing to rise and the number new tenancies back to pre-pandemic levels, landlords are enjoying strong...

Before the pandemic struck, Build to Rent (BTR) was undeniably the property market’s fastest-growing trend. Many expect it to recover quickly,...

The number of new prospective renters and supply of rental stock reached an all-time high in June, ARLA Propertymark’s June PRS...

One of the biggest city centre regeneration schemes in the UK moved a step closer last week (July 24) as a...

One of the UK’s leading Build to Rent providers for family housing has launched its private rental sector (PRS) market research...

A leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor has agreed to provide Heworth Green Developments, under the North Star banner,...

Multifamily (Build to Rent) housing is set to be the UK’s most resilient real estate sector, according to a report from...

A new report has found that the UK’s residential market is missing out on billions of pounds of potential investment from...

Well-known rental brand UNCLE recently opened its fifth property within its rapidly expanding chain of serviced rental apartments. Made up of two...

A niche, but much-discussed, sub-sector of the rental market, co-living has never really taken off in the UK in the way...

In parts one and two, we looked at the investors and developers with a large stake in the fast-emerging Build to...

In part one, we looked at the major institutional investors ploughing money into the rapidly growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector. Here,...

A closed-ended real estate investment trust has announced the completion of the 2,000th home for its portfolio. The PRS REIT was established...

In recent years, there's been a trend for alternative renting options such as Build to Rent and co-living, particularly among millennials...

The general consensus in the property market pre-pandemic was that retirement living was one of the next biggest things, with growing...

Build to Rent (BTR) was undoubtedly one of the property sector’s fastest-growing areas before Covid-19 took hold. But, like all other markets,...

The whole world is currently dealing with the challenge of Covid-19. Huge government support is being promised on a scale even...

In this period of crisis, we have seen many examples of acts of kindness and companies seeking to help other companies...

Developer Avanton has launched a new dance-inspired show home and first-time buyer apartments at Coda in Battersea. The £260 million (GDV) mixed-use...

Newly-appointed Chancellor Rishi Sunak should use the forthcoming Budget to ‘produce a level playing field for taxation’ with the short-term letting...

New research by global real estate firm CBRE has identified the UK towns and cities outside London where the future demand...

Two real estate firms have acquired a 294-apartment residential rental complex in east London from Kennedy Wilson for approximately £100 million...

With recently released figures revealing Airbnb’s huge reach across the country and Build to Rent’s rapid growth, Property Investor Today analyses...

UK landlords are planning to acquire houses in multiple occupation (HMO) more than any other property type over the next 12...

The past decade has seen many companies that converge property portfolios, hospitality and travel benefit from an unprecedented pace of growth. Landlords...

Proposals for regulatory and financial changes to the status of Airbnb in Scotland and Bristol, aimed at curbing the growth of...

With Build to Rent the private rented sector’s fastest-growing marketplace, and a major consideration for an increasing number of institutional investors...

While Bristol and Portsmouth might seem like two very disparate locations to focus on, NEXA Properties has offices in both –...

It’s impossible to know for sure what the major investment trends will be for the next decade, but if recent trends...

The number of agents who saw rent increases fell by 8% in October against a tumultuous political backdrop. That is according to...

With a whole new decade nearly upon us, now seems as good a time as any to look back on the...

Last week PIT attended a roundtable discussion at WeWork Monument where the future of Build to Rent, the role of PropTech/AI...

Two of the largest Build to Rent developments in the Manchester city region are generating significant rental returns, according to Manchester-based...

Another private rented sector scheme in Birmingham has sold all of its units prior to completion of construction works, with total...

A leading property management firm has warned UK landlords to be cautious about turning to Airbnb and other short-term online lettings...

The commitment of landlords and property investors to improving properties has contributed towards a drastically improved standard of rental accommodation in...

Rent prices rose to a new record high for the third consecutive month in July, according to ARLA Propertymark’s July Private...

The increasing amount of lettings regulations is making it difficult for letting agents and landlords to remain compliant and protect the safety of...