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![Investor and landlord purchases rise, despite soaring taxes](/upload/images/240328%20%2004.jpg)
The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Resi Investment to Avoid? Areas where asking prices are routinely exceeded](/upload/images/24%2002%2022%20%2003.jpg)
New research has found the UK areas selling homes the most above list price. The study by experts at moving platform Getamover...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Increasing number of investment properties sell via online auction](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2011%2009%203.jpg/23%2011%2009%203__400x267.jpg)
There was a record number of properties sold by agents using online auctions in the third quarter of this year, according...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Market Snapshot - a sentiment index on what prospective UK investors think](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2028%202.jpg/23%2009%2028%202__400x267.jpg)
Every month Britain’s ‘third property portal’ - On The Market - publishes a sentiment index. This is not the usual snapshot on...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![What’s your buy-to-let worth?](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Open%20Property%20Group/OPG_SC_140923.png)
As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...
14 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![What’s Happening In The UK Property Market?](/upload/images/23%2008%2017%201%20What%E2%80%99s%20Happening%20In%20The%20UK%20Property%20Market.png)
Arguably the most comprehensive source of market snapshot data about the UK housing market comes from the TwentyCi consultancy. In addition to...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Does a Waterside Home flow into a Sound Investment?](/upload/images/__thumbs/2%20shutterstock_1468487837.jpg/2%20shutterstock_1468487837__400x267.jpg)
According to estate agent Jackson-Stops’ annual Waterside Review, the average price paid for homes in waterside postcodes have risen by 23...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![One last apartment from £225m Harlesden scheme remains](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Harlesden_400x310.png)
Since the regeneration scheme was completed in 2015, over 250 properties have sold. At present, only one two-bedroom apartment which forms...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – hot results to match the scorching weather](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week, PIT takes a look at the latest in the world of auctions. iamproperty reports a milestone result, while Auction...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – new auctioneer launches amidst a joyful June](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
In a week of blazing weather, PIT shines a light on the latest auction news, from a new property auctioneer coming...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – was May the most successful month for auctions yet?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
In this week's roundup, PIT takes a look at the month just gone. Auction House saw record figures in the first five...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – as we enter another year like no other…](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
In the first auction roundup of 2022, PIT takes a look at the latest auction news; from iamproperty’s successful year with...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Crossrail is coming – the Eastern section from Stratford to Shenfield](/upload/images/Site%20logos/CrossrailSpecial-400x310.jpg)
After years of speculation and alterations, the Elizabeth Line is now set to launch in the first half of 2022. Initially,...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Record high - properties continue to sell over asking price](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
NAEA Propertymark has released its June Housing Report, revealing that properties are selling over their asking price at an all-time high. The...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – auction market set to soar despite SDLT return](/img/default/pit.png)
This week, Property Investor Today looks at the exciting investment opportunities at the most anticipated auctions this month, and hears from...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – new ventures, league tables and the stamp duty race](/img/default/pit.png)
This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the ambitious auction houses that are making great strides as we ease...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cladding roundup – BTR re-cladding and the declining appeal of flats](/img/default/pit.png)
LaSalle Investment Management has become the first institutional investment landlord in the UK to complete re-cladding at a cost in excess...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – why Portugal should still be a go-to for property investors](/img/default/pit.png)
Since the Brexit transition period ended just over a month ago, and the UK ceased to be a part of the...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – record results and PropTech partnerships](/img/default/pit.png)
As we settle into 2021, Auction House and iamsold reflect on last year’s record sales, while Pugh announces new technology designed...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![2021 - how can British sellers sell their Spanish home post-Brexit?](/img/default/pit.png)
For those who are looking to sell their property in Spain and return to the UK, Simon Pelling, managing director of...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – ending 2020 on a high note!](/img/default/pit.png)
With tighter Covid restrictions throughout the UK, concerns surrounding the pandemic spike once again. However, property auctions continue to prevail during...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – The ‘tremendous success’ of online and MMoA](/img/default/pit.png)
This week’s results have proven, once again, that auctions – particularly, online auctions – continue to thrive in the face of...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing market resilience will continue in 2021 – analysis](/img/default/pit.png)
Although it’s been said quite a lot this year, 2020 has been an unprecedented year in history and one in which...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Auction Roundup – the guaranteed success of auctions](/img/default/pit.png)
October was a fruitful month for auctioneers, with iamsold, Auction House and Strettons seeing good results from their most recent sales....
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Auction Roundup – a month of firsts and record breaks](/img/default/pit.png)
The property auction world continues to boom, with multiple auctioneers claiming sales success through the Bamboo platform, SDL Auctions holding its...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – high success rates and PropTech startups](/img/default/pit.png)
From successful sales for Network Auctions and Sutton Kersh Auctions, to brand-new auction startup Aucspace aiming to streamline the bidding process,...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty cut sees number of houses sold reach 13-year high](/img/default/pit.png)
An average of 13 house sales were agreed per branch in July – the highest figure recorded since June 2007, according...
31 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Part 3 – what will property auctions look like in the future?](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent days we have been exploring the future of property auctions with a number of major auction houses across the...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Never mind lockdown, average selling prices at auction are soaring](/img/default/pit.png)
Auction House has seen the average price of its properties sold during lockdown soar by over a third. The figure has climbed...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Market snapshot: Sellers boosted as buyers bid above asking price](/img/default/pit.png)
The property market is defying the traditional summer lull in activity as buyers and sellers continue to flood the market post-lockdown. Last...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Will Covid-19 lead to a redefinition of long-term residential tourism?](/img/default/pit.png)
Google searches for ‘moving abroad’ have once again returned to the peak search figures of last year. The current Covid climate,...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hundreds of properties sold via online auction during lockdown](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK's largest auction firm, Auction House, has revealed that it has sold hundreds of properties via live-stream and online auctions...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![How is Scotland’s property market adapting to social distancing measures?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the new restrictions on daily life imposed by the UK government, several buyers still want to make property purchases despite...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Auction House breaks record in 2019 with over 3,800 lots sold](/img/default/pit.png)
Auction House recorded its most successful year to date in 2019, selling more than 3,800 lots across the UK from its...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top performing property types of the decade revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
Terraced homeowners in London have seen the highest price growth of any property type across the whole of England and Wales...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![August sales market ‘not so hot’ as property board numbers dip](/img/default/pit.png)
The property sales market took a dip last month in line with a traditional summer lull, according to Agency Express. The boards...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK million-pound home sales stalled in 2018](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of properties sold for a million pounds or more in the UK rose by just 1% in 2018, ending...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![John Pye reveals top five properties sold over its 50 auctions](/img/default/pit.png)
A hotel in Manchester has taken the crown as the most popular lot sold by John Pye Property as the auctioneer...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Replacing leasehold with commonhold - your questions for Heather Wheeler MP](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Townhouses dominate as demand for prime property remains strong](/img/default/pit.png)
Townhouses have recently outperformed all other property types in the prime country house market, according to Knight Frank's latest Index. The agency's...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Sellers in Scotland achieve 8.5% above average asking price](/img/default/pit.png)
Properties across Scotland continue to sell above their asking price, according to the latest quarterly house price report by s1homes.com. During Q4...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![October saw slowing housing market due to Brexit uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
Demand from prospective buyers and supply of available homes both fell by 13% in October amidst uncertainty surrounding Brexit. NAEA Propertymark’s October...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![West London maintains its desirability among buyers and investors](/img/default/pit.png)
Areas of West London had a higher than average percentage of properties selling within the first three months of being on...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Homes sold for less than asking price in March, says NAEA](/img/default/pit.png)
The professional body for estate agents, NAEA Propertymark, revealed it was a buyer’s market in March, with 86% of properties sold...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![New development opens in French ski resort](/img/default/pit.png)
A new development has opened in the St Martin De Belleville Village Ski resort in France. Nestled in the centre of the...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Sales still nowhere near pre-crash levels, research finds](/img/default/pit.png)
Property sales in the UK have still not recovered to anywhere close to their pre-2008 levels, a decade on from the...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Sales of flats collapse due to lack of demand from FTBs](/img/default/pit.png)
First-time buyers in London are taking a step back to wait for a reasonable deal, causing a lack of demand in...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing demand falls amid election uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a fall in demand for homes across much of the UK, enabling buyers to negotiate better prices, fresh...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Allsop’s May residential auction catalogue is ‘ripe with investment opportunities’](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s upcoming residential auction, which will take place next week at The Cumberland Hotel in central London, will feature 292 lots,...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investors target property in main German cities](/img/default/pit.png)
Real estate markets across Germany’s main cities are starting to look increasingly attractive to international property investors, especially those in southern...
05 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investors offered a ‘variety of exciting property opportunities’ in Scotland](/img/default/pit.png)
There is a real hunger among investors for properties north of the border at the moment and that is translating to...
26 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Spain sees a sharp rise in residential property sales](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of Spanish homes changing hands increased significantly in January, the latest figures show. Data from the Association of Spanish Notaries...
23 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK property market remains robust despite slight slowdown](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK property market remains strong despite a marginal slowdown in activity levels last month, new data shows. The latest analysis of...
06 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Barcelona property sales increase by 73%](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of property sales made in Barcelona by Lucas Fox International Properties increased by 73% last year when compared with...
24 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![November was a ‘surprisingly buoyant’ month for the UK housing market](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK housing market remained ‘surprisingly buoyant’ last month with only a marginal decline in the volume of homes changing hands,...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Aberdeen property sales plummet, but good prospects for a long-term recovery](/img/default/pit.png)
New research into Aberdeen’s housing market suggests the prospects for a long-term recovery are good, despite the fact that sellers’ price...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Fewer properties sold under the hammer as market continues to cool](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auction market activity continued to slow in October, with the number of lots offered and lots sold both falling by...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Kickboxer secures knock-out deal](/img/default/pit.png)
Kickboxer Paul Daley is celebrating a knock-out deal after acquiring a new property under the hammer for just £39,000. The 33-year-old bought...
27 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property investors snap up homes in Dublin](/img/default/pit.png)
First-time buyers are being squeezed out of the housing market in Ireland, especially in Dublin, because of a surge in cash-rich...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Housing supply hits six-month high, says NAEA](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of properties for sale on the UK housing market has hit a six month high, helping to alleviate the...
27 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brits remain the biggest buyers of Spanish property](/img/default/pit.png)
With Spanish property market conditions continuing to improve, there was a significant rise in foreign demand for property in the country...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK property sales fall amid summer slowdown](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a significant decline in the volume of homes for sale and residential properties sold in July, based on the...
03 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![More Scots buying property outright](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a notable rise in the volume of people acquiring their homes outright with numbers of sales registered with...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Investors get ‘great value’ at auction](/img/default/pit.png)
Whether investing in a standard or more unusual property, the auction house remains a good place to pick up ‘great value’...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Investors rush online to acquire property in Ireland](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop's largest ever online Irish property auction saw 54 out of the 85 residential and commercial properties sold at a total sales...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Prime country house prices record 3.1% rise in 2015](/img/default/pit.png)
The value of prime country houses increased by 3.1% during 2015 – a sign that the market is finally adjusting to...