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A new study conducted by comparison site GetAgent has revealed the most in-demand locations to buy a second property in. Global searches...
26 March 2024
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The prime London sales market recorded both price and transaction falls in February, while in lettings, rental growth increased slightly and...
26 March 2024
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Home sellers’ optimism is vastly improved compared to March last year, according to the latest Asking Price Index from respected property...
21 March 2024
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The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the...
19 March 2024
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In the Spanish property podcast “La Piedra”, Sean Woolley from Cloud Nine Spain and Mark Stücklinfrom Spanish Property Insight reviewed the market to give...
29 February 2024
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Typically, rents rise in line with wages - which, in turn, tend to track inflation or increase at a slightly lower...
27 February 2024
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London-focussed property data firm LonRes says there are signs of green shoots in the capital’s prime housing market. January saw a rise...
27 February 2024
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Total value of UK housing fell marginally in 2023 by 0.3 per cent or £27 billion, but remains significantly higher than...
22 February 2024
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The number of prospective sellers contacting estate agents to arrange valuations ahead of sale hit an all-time high in January, says...
15 February 2024
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Pressure is ramping up on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut stamp duty at next month’s Budget on March 6. Former Housing Secretary...
08 February 2024
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Analysis of £1m-plus sales by property consultancy TwentyCi, analysed by estate agency Savills, suggests that London locations continue to dominate the...
01 February 2024
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Data from London property data consultancy LonRes suggests supply in prime areas of the capital is improving and so rental growth...
30 January 2024
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London’s restaurant scene is thriving in spite of the cost-of-living crisis, with 253 new openings in 2023, up from 243 in...
16 January 2024
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The Nationwide - the mortgage lender behind one of the UK’s leading house price indices - says there have been some...
09 January 2024
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BNP Paribas Real Estate research shows that Middle Eastern investment into central London offices is the busiest it has been since...
28 December 2023
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Investment returns and activity in London’s property market has been stronger than the rest of the country over the last 12...
28 December 2023
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A chronic mismatch between supply and demand has been the defining feature of the private rental market for three years. UK rents...
21 December 2023
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Black Brick has been advising professional property investors, buyers, sellers and developers since 2007. It says it’s advised, sourced and acquired almost...
21 December 2023
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House prices in the world’s major property investment centres remain robust in the face of higher debt costs, with average annual...
21 December 2023
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The days of Cornish property selling unseen, over the asking price, overnight, are a long and distant memory. The prime Cornish market...
19 December 2023
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A property search company - Recoco - has given a radical reassessment of some investment hotspots in its preview of 2024. Nigel...
14 December 2023
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Two leading house price indices have shown recent rises - both the Nationwide last month and now the Halifax. The latter says...
14 December 2023
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A prominent investment platform says the recent small house price rises recorded by both the Nationwide and the Halifax are merely...
12 December 2023
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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
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There’s been a circa 25 per cent increase in the average value of a home across England since the pandemic, notwithstanding...
28 November 2023
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It’s been a much better year than many analysts expected says Rightmove - despite this month’s dip in asking prices. New seller...
21 November 2023
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The average sale price of completed home transactions using cash or mortgages in England and Wales in October 2023 fell by...
21 November 2023
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Investors are buying second homes in the North East and North West at an increased rate compared to the rest of...
16 November 2023
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The commercial property market has performed well in recent years, although trends differ from inner city and local markets, reports Dutton...
09 November 2023
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Momentum within London’s £5m-plus residential market ramped up in the third quarter of 2023, according to new analysis from Savills. The high...
24 October 2023
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Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says high end agency Savills. Prices in...
19 October 2023
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The average new seller asking price has increased by just 0.5 per cent in the past month - the smallest increase...
17 October 2023
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House prices across the UK’s increasingly price sensitive prime markets nudged down for a fourth consecutive quarter in the three months...
12 October 2023
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The latest UK house price index, over the weekend, lifts the lid on exactly what’s happening in the UK housing market...
10 October 2023
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Residential sales above US$10m in the 12 cities covered by the Knight Frank Global Super-Prime Intelligence Report totalled 422 in Q2...
19 September 2023
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With the high cost of transactions making flipping less attractive than before, the Nationwide has quantified an alternative option - home...
14 September 2023
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Demand for projects fell like a stone during 2022 as the cost of building supplies were on the rise and tradespeople...
12 September 2023
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Here Richard O’Neill - managing director of lettings at Romans Estate Agents - advises investors how to recognise and optimise yield for...
07 September 2023
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Demand for office space has soared in Derbyshire’s largest town following the completion of several high-quality schemes. That’s the claim from Destination...
05 September 2023
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Research by a property consultancy shows that there is still some capital appreciation in most of the north of England -...
31 August 2023
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Latest figures from HMRC show that Capital Gains Tax receipts hit a record £16.7 billion in tax year 2021/22 - that’s...
10 August 2023
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New data from Rightmove and commercial property intelligence provider EG reveals that demand to lease office space is still higher than...
03 August 2023
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Smarter Rent co-founder Alex Sullivan says: “People often ask us if now is the right moment to invest in property. While...
20 July 2023
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Higher interest rates mean UK prime regional house values continued to soften over the three months to the end of June. This...
13 July 2023
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Rents in global luxury residential markets are continuing to see strong growth. The Knight Frank Prime Global Rental Index rose by 8.5...
22 June 2023
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Having bounced back from pandemic decline, the size of the commercial building construction sector is forecast to grow further this year. Sirius...
15 June 2023
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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
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The number of build-to-rent completions fell substantially in the past year, according to research by Stripe Property Group. Stripe analysed historic data...
11 May 2023
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Insurers and risk managers must pull out all the stops to support the beleaguered UK construction sector, which is facing extreme...
04 May 2023
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One of the first things I read this year for international women’s day was a quote which really resonated with me....
30 March 2023
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Andy Jones, Group Director, Corporate & Build to Rent, Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Build to Rent (BTR) and more specifically, its regional...
09 February 2023
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Since the start of the pandemic, there has been a noticeable shift in the real estate market with 4,628 sales in...
02 February 2023
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The last few years have seen an eruption of geopolitical volatility. A pandemic, several global lockdowns, and the re-emergence of war...
18 November 2022
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Build to Rent (BTR) has a ‘broad and evolving customer base’ similar to the wider private rented sector and is a...
16 November 2022
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Every quarter the British Property Federation (BPF) and Savills work together, along with data specialists Molior, to plot a Build to...
21 October 2022
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As households reassessed where and how they were living during the pandemic, an increasing number of renters are now considering shared...
19 October 2022
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Some valuable research has been carried out by RIFT Tax Refunds which revealed that while income tax, national insurance contributions and...
07 October 2022
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The debate over whether private or public investment should be prioritised when it comes to building new homes continues to divide...
05 October 2022
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Despite the relative buoyancy of the housing market activity over the summer – the recent spike in mortgage rates for new...
30 September 2022
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The UK has seen a rapid uptick in its population over the last two decades. To put it into perspective, between...
21 September 2022
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The work to transform a Sheffield Grade 1-listed former fire station from student accommodation into all-purpose residential apartments has now been...
24 August 2022
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Despite a drop in the average number of homes listed for sale per estate agency branch across Britain as a whole,...
24 August 2022
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Just last week, Savills published their World Cities Prime Residential Index, which highlights that despite economic and political gloom, the prime...
19 August 2022
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At PIT, we have regularly focused on stories surrounding regeneration and the impact this has on investment. Very often, an area that...
17 August 2022
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In the first quarter of this year, the number of planning applications received by councils in England has fallen by almost...
17 August 2022
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Here at Property Investor Today, we have written regularly about regeneration projects and the need to revive Britain’s high streets, which...
10 August 2022
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The areas of the UK where there is the fastest house price growth have been changing in recent years. While London...
03 August 2022
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Portugal has long been a favourite destination for British holidaymakers and investors, but getting there, living there and investing there have no...
29 July 2022
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Over 5,500 people have applied for the dream job of becoming a holiday home tester in Spain – and there’s still a...
22 July 2022
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Air travel has reduced in demand since before the pandemic by as much as 76%, a sign that staycations are still...
22 July 2022
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Many people would dream of a luxury home on a beautiful Caribbean island. But what does the property market look like...
20 July 2022
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An initiative by award-winning housebuilder, The Hill Group, saw that keys were officially handed over for six SoloHaus to Southend-on-Sea City...
15 July 2022
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The incredible speed at which organisations were able to transition to remote working when the pandemic hit in 2020 was a...
15 July 2022
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A thought leadership article jointly conducted by UK/China PR firm 11K Consulting and mixed-use property developer Regal London has revealed the...
13 July 2022
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Earlier this summer, I attended the Skift Future of Lodging Forum in New York. The foundation for the summit was the...
13 July 2022
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In this week's roundup, PIT looks at the latest auction news, from a landmark auction up for sale with Strettons and Bond...
01 July 2022
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London is not the be-all and end-all! When talking about the UK, one of the first locations to be mentioned is...
01 July 2022
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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
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Global consultancy Knight Frank recently revised its UK residential house price forecast upwards, with the firm saying the supply of houses coming onto the...
29 June 2022
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The travel industry was hard hit by the pandemic, but the bounce back is well in progress. According to PhocusWire, Europe’s...
29 June 2022
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This week, Property Investor Today looks at research that suggests auctions aren’t as popular as they seem. However, the latest news from...
24 June 2022
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Hatch Interiors, a UK specialist in furniture collections, bespoke interior design and build-to-rent (BTR) schemes, has carried out a 1,000-strong UK-wide survey to provide...
24 June 2022
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A residential real estate investment manager has published a White Paper on the Build to Rent (BTR) sector and the pivotal...
17 June 2022
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In a week of blazing weather, PIT shines a light on the latest auction news, from a new property auctioneer coming...
17 June 2022
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Over the last two years, the housing market has been less than predictable. Despite the doom and gloom foreseen at the...
17 June 2022
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If you are investing in a home or holiday home that you are subsequently looking to rent out, interior design is...
15 June 2022
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With the Build to Rent (BTR) sector no longer a new phenomenon, and fast becoming a well-established part of the PRS,...
10 June 2022
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After a tough few years for the travel industry, foreign travel is forecast to return to pre-pandemic levels this summer due to the...
10 June 2022
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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
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The build-to-rent market has long been characterised by providing expensive, urban flats for young adults; but 2021 was a landmark year...
06 June 2022
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The teams behind the regeneration of Canada Water have hailed the 53-acre masterplan as a ‘once in a generation opportunity’ to...
27 May 2022
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This week’s auction roundup features a new addition, with Cheffins’ June auction dominated by land lots. Network Auctions anticipates plenty of...
27 May 2022
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This week, PIT delves into the latest in property development news – from the new partnership between ilke Homes and Man...
25 May 2022
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Schofields Insurance has claimed that there are pros and cons for and against second homes as the dispute about second home...
18 May 2022
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Market analysis from Octane Capital has revealed that the number of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in England has dropped in...
13 May 2022
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In this guest piece, Rob Lessmann, founder of luxury interior design studio Design'd Living, sets out how Airbnb has led international...
13 May 2022
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Dave Butler recently stood down as the CEO of the UKAA (the UK Apartment Association), the main membership body for the...
11 May 2022
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One of Europe’s biggest transport infrastructure projects is finally set to open later this month after many years of delay and...