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Average prices across 56 major global housing markets increased again last quarter, with average annual growth now at 3.9% across a...

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 latest index by London agency Benham and Reeves shows that buyer demand for both prime (£2m+) and super prime homes...

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

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

In Q4 2023 the overall commercial vacancy rate was stagnant at 14.0 per cent - but there is good news for prospective...

One of the country’s highest profile high-end property consultancies says confidence is returning to prime markets after a turbulent year, with...

A property search company - Recoco - has given a radical reassessment of some investment hotspots in its preview of 2024. Nigel...

House prices in England and Wales will fall by four per cent over the final quarter of 2023, thanks to inflation,...

Here Richard O’Neill - managing director of lettings at Romans Estate Agents - advises investors how to recognise and optimise yield for...

UK and international investors and developers have been presented with £20 billion worth of opportunities to invest in a diverse range...

Rental yields and tenant demand are holding firm for landlords’ property investments, however profitability of portfolios was slightly down on the...

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...

PIT looks at the latest trends in the UK rental market and investment strategies for buy-to-let landlords and investors. Revolution Brokers uncovers the...

Average house price values are set to rise by a total of 12.9% by the end of 2026, but affordability pressures...

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

For many years, Manchester has been the number one location for buy-to-let investors in the UK. A young, professional population, strong...

With tenants returning to the capital in 2022, research by rental portal Rentd has revealed that the London rental market has...

Following a record low for the hospitality industry in 2020 and a mixed 2021 amidst the yo-yoing regulations, demand is finally...

The capital needs almost 85,000 new private homes a year to meet government housing needs, a new report has cautioned. The report,...

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

Average UK rents have risen to almost £1,000 per month – £62 more than at the start of the pandemic, according...

A zero-tolerance policy response to Covid-19, declining property prices, and a flexible and accommodative central bank all set China apart from...

Despite the continued rise in energy costs, 55% of homeowners are making positive changes to the environmental sustainability of their property,...

Homebuyer demand in the UK remained robust for much of Q4 2021, sitting at an average of 65.6%, up by 0.9%...

Those investors looking to join the pandemic bounce-back may be asking where the best places in London are to consider for...

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

In this market update, PIT looks at how HMO licensing will potentially impact Westminster’s rental market, the rising demand for green...

The UK’s fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector recorded a total of £374 million of investment in Q3 2021, according to...

Last week, PIT spoke to some of the UK’s biggest and most successful auctioneers to find out if they planned to...

New research has found that the proportion of UK property transactions accounted for by the new-build sector hit its lowest level in...

PBSA specialist, Future Generation by Southern Grove, is offering pet-friendly student accommodation from September 2021 at its site in Guildford. The move...

The property market has suffered greatly as a result of the pandemic, and the rental market, even more so. Dwindling demand due...

A new residential development in Salford, Manchester is set to offer a ‘refreshing’ collection of apartments. The gritty suburb-turned-cultural-goldmine location is home...

This week – today (June 23), to be exact – marks five years since the EU referendum. It was a significant moment...

Research from a new-build snagging company has found that a number of new-build homes being delivered are unfit for purpose as housebuilders...

Sheffield has been revealed as the top regeneration hotspot of the Yorkshire region, with projects set to drive investment to the...

The pandemic continues to shape the UK property market, with a growing disparity between inner city and outer city residential rents,...

Following the recent vote in parliament to reject the latest amendment to the Fire Safety Bill, Mary-Anne Bowring of Ringley has...

In the first quarter of 2021, the escape to the country trend triggered by the pandemic drove annual price growth to its...

Research by a student accommodation platform has found that the majority of student tenants would like to see utility costs more widely included...

Last week, two of the UK’s biggest housebuilders – Barratt and Berkeley – held webinars aimed at investors. While new-build developments have traditionally...

In light of the controversy surrounding cladding as of late, DBRS Morningstar has released a commentary titled ‘UK Cladding: Much More...

Build to Rent (BTR) specialist Ascend Properties has forecast that completions in the sector will double by 2025, as the fast-growing...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a rise in city centre rental stock and dropping asking rents, according...

The latest Marketview report from CBRE has revealed that the UK Build to Rent (BTR) sector recorded a total of £955.7...

UK rent levels continued to rise faster for larger properties during the last quarter of 2020, according to The Deposit Protection...

The housing market in Scotland is showing no signs of slowing down, with marked increases throughout Q4 2020 despite Covid setbacks,...

A 53-storey tower at One Thames City in Nine Elms, one of the largest residential schemes to be built in the...

October was a fruitful month for auctioneers, with iamsold, Auction House and Strettons seeing good results from their most recent sales....

Investment in the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market bounced back significantly in Q3 2020, according to CBRE’s latest Marketview report. Following...

Earlier this year, we ran a number of stories on Preston’s burgeoning reputation as a property investment hotbed, including one about...

Demand from Chinese investors for UK property soared in July after plummeting between April-June, during the height of the coronavirus lockdown. In...

Few would disagree that it has been a difficult year for the residential lettings sector. With the market effectively frozen for...

“It’s time to talk about Brexit,” according to Spanish property expert and author Sean Woolley. While the Covid-19 pandemic has, for obvious...

While average rental values in prime central London (PCL) have declined annually by 6.9%, average house prices in prime London property...

Greece’s property market had only just started to get back on its feet after the years of devastation and austerity wrought...

A leading Israeli residential developer has officially entered the construction phase for ‘its most exciting project to date’, known as Port...

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

The purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector is continuing to grow despite the huge impact on universities from the coronavirus pandemic, which...

It has largely been in the shadow of another major renovation of a heritage structure nearby – the transformation of Battersea...

Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic disrupting pretty much every aspect of daily life, the latest research from lettings management platform Howsy...

With lockdown measures in place until at least May 7, and possibly for much longer than that, the new normal is...

A headline story of 2020 so far that readers of Property Investor Today will no doubt be aware of is the...

Birmingham development partners Galliard Homes and Apsley House Capital have achieved £70 million worth of sales at their flagship apartment scheme,...

A start date has been announced for a ‘much-anticipated’ housing development in central Slough, as the town continues to transform itself...

Last week tech giant Facebook announced that it would be hiring 1,000 more staff in London, bringing its total workforce in...

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

The UK is witnessing an influx of American-style purpose-built, professionally managed rental homes, according to the latest research by Savills for...

With January being a popular month for a fresh start, SpareRoom explored the cheapest and most expensive places to rent in...

Despite the buy-to-let sector seeing a raft of changes in recent years, demand from private tenants continues to grow and the...

Rental prices in major European cities are continuing to level out, but Amsterdam and Munich are bucking this trend. That’s the major...

More than half (55%) of landlords plan to use limited companies for purchases compared to 24% of landlords who intend to...

Earlier this month Property Investor Today looked at how Smartlands became the first company to tokenize property in the UK. And...

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...

The UK Build to Rent sector (also known as multifamily housing in parts of Europe and North America) witnessed record levels...

The current uncertainty being caused by Brexit has had a clear impact on the number of Chinese residential acquisitions in the...

Properties across Scotland continue to sell above their asking price, according to the latest quarterly house price report by s1homes.com. During Q4...

Rental prices in major European cities are on the rise, according to research by housing platform HousingAnywhere. The HousingAnywhere European Rent Index...

An increasing number of landlords are choosing five-year fixed rate products, according to Mortgages for Business’ Buy-to-Let Index. In fact, 84% of...

Sentiment among UK property investors towards the US has risen dramatically over the past year as enthusiasm for their home market...

The UK has seen average rents decrease for the first time since 2017 during the first quarter of 2018, according to...

Landlords with portfolios comprising houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) and multi-unit freehold blocks (MUFB) are achieving the highest rental yields, new...

Lenders absorbed more costs to keep their rates competitive in the last quarter of 2017, according to the latest results of...

New-build developments in the capital’s most popular areas could remain on the market for longer and be sold with higher discounts...

Landlords are still reducing borrowing as levels of gearing – the ratio of long-term debt compared to its equity capital –...

The average price of a home across 150 cities worldwide increased by 6.9% in the 12 months to March 2017, the...

Demand for short-term loans continued to increase in the first quarter of the year, with more property investors turning to bridging...

Annual gross bridging lending dropped slightly in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest Bridging Trends data. The figures...

The number of new homes breaking ground in central London has plunged by 75% year-on-year as housebuilders put planned projects on...

The average price of a home in central London hit a new high of £1,818,262 in 2016, thanks largely to a rally...

Despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty, there has been a major improvement in sales volumes throughout prime central London as purchasers...

There was a surge in remortgage activity in 2016, which peaked in Q4, as more borrowers opted for longer term fixed...

There has been a significant fall in British demand for Spanish homes since the EU referendum, despite the overall Spanish housing...

The number of home buyers in London fell to the lowest level for four years, fresh figures from the Council of...

The Chinese city of Shanghai has become the number one destination for property investment in Asia Pacific, replacing Tokyo in top...

Overseas investors and British expats are finding it increasingly difficult to secure mortgages in the UK to fund property acquisitions, according...

Demand for short term loans continued to surge in the final quarter of last year, as an increasing number of property...

Investment volumes in London increased to £4.1bn in the final quarter of 2016, the latest Property Perspective report from CBRE shows.  The...