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18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![BTR boom! New analysis suggests sector could increase five-fold by 2032](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/ConstructionWorkers-400x310.png)
Every quarter the British Property Federation (BPF) and Savills work together, along with data specialists Molior, to plot a Build to...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight - is the government really serious about its ‘brownfield-first’ pledge?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Both Boris Johnson and Michael Gove made Tory conference speeches pushing housebuilding on brownfield sites up this government’s agenda. With funding...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Planning reform the biggest obstacle for resi development – claim](/upload/images/library/PlanningImage-400x310.jpg)
The existing planning system is the biggest obstacle to residential development, according to national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH). Its annual...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Opinion - leasehold reform should be top of Michael Gove’s 'to-do’ list](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove2-400x310.png)
Housebuilder Countryside Properties has become the latest big developer to pledge an end to ground rents on leasehold properties, meaning that...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Permission denied! A quarter of investors thwarted by planning roadblocks](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EmptyHomes-400x310.jpg)
A new survey of more than 500 UK property investors, carried out by SearchLand, has shed light on the key challenges...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Co-living scheme, housebuilding hiatus & construction milestone](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/York%20Way%20CGI%20400%20x%20310.png)
In this property investment roundup, PIT zones in on a new co-living scheme in Exeter, a potential halt in housebuliding and...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Opinion: The misconceptions of land banking](/upload/images/library/LandForSale-400x310.png)
Following the news of the departure of Robert Jenrick and the introduction of Michael Gove as Secretary of State for the newly renamed Department...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Do rushed planning reforms risk damaging the physical environment?](/img/default/pit.png)
In this opinion piece, Elizabeth Osborne - a legal director at Ashfords Solicitors - asks whether the government's proposed planning reforms will be dangerous...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Building update: SME developers want to build more; ecolodge opens in Italy](/img/default/pit.png)
Research by TrustedLand and LandTech has revealed that more than half of the UK’s small and mid-sized property developers expect to...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – should investors be building upwards?](/img/default/pit.png)
In his ‘Build, Build, Build’ speech in Dudley last month, Boris Johnson set out a number of radical planning reforms. This...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing shortage for older people: stamp duty cut is short-term fix](/img/default/pit.png)
It would be hard to deny that the UK housing market isn’t in desperate need of reform. The government has acknowledged...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Do regeneration projects need to consider their cultural responsibilities?](/img/default/pit.png)
In the last few months, Property Investor Today has run a series on London’s largest regeneration projects, many of which include...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Scottish government failing to address housing supply, says trade body](/img/default/pit.png)
The Scottish government is still failing to address the issue of housing supply, according to Homes for Scotland. In response to the...