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National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...

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

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...

New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy.  This is...

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...

Calling all landlords, Investors and property professionals: National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on 6th March for its first...

International real estate advisor Savills has started the year with what it calls “a strategic and large-scale expansion” of its regional...

New analysis from Rightmove looks at the most prominent trends expected in the rental market during 2024, with advertised rents predicted...

“2023 has proved a tricky year but it’s also provided opportunities that haven’t been available for the last few years. “On the...

Rent controls as currently in force in Scotland and under consideration in Wales will not be put into effect in England,...

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to reform the housing market withs plan to build 1.5m new homes funded partly...

Another legal firm is reporting a “significant rise” in landlords selling up ahead of the Renters Reform Bill becoming law. A blog...

The government has been making a flurry of announcements about new investment areas in recent weeks, the single biggest of which...

Buy to let investors con siding quitting the sector because of government red tape, higher taxes and the threat of the...

A Leeds property agent is making the case for investment in his city. Neil Dawkin, director of HOP, says his firm’s investment...

Landlord investors’ net profits fell below 4.0 per cent in Q1 2023, marking a dramatic shift in finances for mortgaged buy...

Fans of Kevin Costner* may recall Field of Dreams. The above quote went to the heart of the 1989 film. It...

When we read about financial headwinds, soaring inflation due to energy price rises and a looming recession on the horizon, it’s...

Every quarter the British Property Federation (BPF) and Savills work together, along with data specialists Molior, to plot a Build to...

The UK’s buy-to-let market has changed beyond recognition over the last few years and with a recession on the horizon, landlords...

As the idea of a new prime minister takes effect, how the government tackles the economic challenges facing the country remains...

Since 2016, City Hall services have closely worked with councils and charities to assist 12,000 homeless people into safe, long-term accommodation. The...

In this Q&A, we speak to Adam MacLeod, partner at Castleforge Partners, for his thoughts on data-driven investment, the latest trends...

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

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

This week’s auction roundup features a new addition, with Cheffins’ June auction dominated by land lots. Network Auctions anticipates plenty of...

The most recent Mayor's Question Time meeting revealed that there have been no Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) secured to stem the...

In this guest piece, Charles Brown, content writer of LDN Properties, discusses the potential impact of the latest reform on leasehold,...

The Property Investor Show returns on April 1-2 at London’s ExCeL Centre and is anticipated to be ‘bigger and better attended...

Here, Giles Sutcliffe, head of affordable housing at Cluttons, shares his insight on what is needed in order to achieve affordable...

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

In this guest piece, Hugh Wigzell, senior associate at Farrer & Co, lists three issues that property buyers and investors should watch out for...

The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act, once it comes into effect, will prevent ground rent being charged on most new leases. Anyone...

A leading South East law firm has won a breakthrough case by helping a group of holiday home leaseholders purchase the...

Independent Buying Agents Haringtons reflects on the long-requested need to transform leasehold agreements and what impact this will have on the...

The revolving door of housing ministers could swing open once again if Boris Johnson survives the current crisis affecting his leadership...

This week is nothing but positive, with the release of Clive Emson’s diverse catalogue, impressive lots set to go under the...

This week’s development roundup highlights the latest in development and investment, from Elevate Property Group’s decade-long run and Legal & General’s...

On Tuesday, the government launched a six-week consultation on proposals to make it easier and cheaper for leaseholders to purchase the...

Wealthy Chinese investors have long been reliable investors in the market, and have frequently looked to the UK, specifically London, as...

With the leasehold scandal ongoing, and long-promised reform still some way off or incomplete, leasehold enfranchisement is arguably more important than...

In this guest piece, Bidwells discusses the important role that planning plays in housing and social care, and what can be...

Both Boris Johnson and Michael Gove made Tory conference speeches pushing housebuilding on brownfield sites up this government’s agenda. With funding...

The existing planning system is the biggest obstacle to residential development, according to national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH). Its annual...

John Clay, a board member and past chairman of the Society of Licensed Conveyancers, has written an open letter to the...

Housebuilder Countryside Properties has become the latest big developer to pledge an end to ground rents on leasehold properties, meaning that...

A new survey of more than 500 UK property investors, carried out by SearchLand, has shed light on the key challenges...

This mini housebuilding roundup features Lovell’s pledge to combat the housing shortage with refurbishment, and two ambitious deals from Pocket Living...

In this property investment roundup, PIT zones in on a new co-living scheme in Exeter, a potential halt in housebuliding and...

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

Following the news of the departure of Robert Jenrick and the introduction of Michael Gove as Secretary of State for the newly renamed Department...

Fire door inspections and compartmentation will be the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga, a property consultancy expert has warned. New...

It is no secret that the UK is struggling to confront the scale of the housing crisis that looms over it....

As part of its unveiling of some of the detail in the Building Safety Bill currently making its way through Parliament,...

Compliance expert Bureau Veritas is encouraging landlords and duty holders to prepare for the Fire Safety Act 2021, and describes the...

In recent months, residential landlords have been under huge pressure to keep on top of a raft of new legislation and...

Whether you’d describe it as a housing shortage or crisis, it is clear that the UK’s unprecedented demand for new-build homes...

In this Q&A, Property Investor Today speaks to Vivi Cahyadi Himmel, co-founder and chief executive of PropTech platform AltoVita, on a...

Is property investment still a good long-term strategy, or has the taxation and regulatory reforms over the past five years made...

Research by London South Bank University (LSBU) has claimed that the high-profile collapse of construction giant Carillion in January 2018 highlights ‘a culture of financial...

Property developer and Reform UK leader Richard Tice has outlined a new warranty scheme to resolve the cladding crisis affecting thousands...

Being hailed as the first part of the biggest English property law reform in decades, the announcement of new ground rent...

Tech company The Future Fox has received funding from Innovate UK and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to...

Principle Estate Management has welcomed government plans for new legislation that takes fire safety even more seriously. The Home Office has announced...

The National Leasehold Campaign (NLC) – the UK's largest and most influential campaign group on leasehold reform - has welcomed the...

ilke Homes has partnered with emh group to deliver affordable homes in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. In light of the government’s reforms to increase...

The Budget could leave many property investors and landlords ‘between a rock and a hard place’, according to Apropos. The letting firm...

The government’s plan to reform leasehold laws has been met with much fanfare. Under the plans, ground rents would be removed,...

It goes without saying that 2020 was an incredibly eventful year for us all. The Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns meant...

The leasehold scandal has been one of the biggest topics of debate and controversy in the property industry in recent years,...

A guest piece we ran on Monday suggesting that the government’s plans for leasehold might not represent a victory for leaseholders...

While many have cautiously welcomed the prospect of leasehold reform, Mick Platt, chief executive of Wallace Partnership Group, offers a different...

In this opinion piece, Elizabeth Osborne - a legal director at Ashfords Solicitors - asks whether the government's proposed planning reforms will be dangerous...

It is no secret that the leasehold market has had its challenges in recent years. Abuses by a number of developers...

Research by TrustedLand and LandTech has revealed that more than half of the UK’s small and mid-sized property developers expect to...

On 21 July 2020, the Law Commission published its latest proposals to reform the law of leasehold. It was asked to make...

We have seen over the past few months a real government impetus to regain lost ground, since the economic effects of...

Affordable housing is very often a thorny bone of contention. Arbitrary government targets are regularly missed and this part of the...

In his ‘Build, Build, Build’ speech in Dudley last month, Boris Johnson set out a number of radical planning reforms. This...

It would be hard to deny that the UK housing market isn’t in desperate need of reform. The government has acknowledged...

It has been well over a month since the UK government first announced social distancing measures in response to Covid-19. At...

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed in his first Budget plans to introduce a 2% stamp duty surcharge on non-UK tax residents. While...

The latest Budget – Rishi Sunak’s first as Chancellor following his dramatic promotion – is set to take place on Wednesday...

There has been a huge surge of enquiries from buyers considering Shared Ownership, according to results from Property Booking. Property Booking, the...

On Monday, we looked at why landlords and investors were being warned off holidays lettings amid an Airbnb crackdown in Scotland...

Overseas buyers may be faced with a relative drop in value of up to 30% in the event of a Conservative...

Reducing stamp duty is the key to unlocking the housing crisis, according to new research from retirement living provider Audley Group. With...

When it comes to regulating and managing foreign investment in highly desirable UK bricks and mortar, understanding the subtleties of the...

In the last few months, Property Investor Today has run a series on London’s largest regeneration projects, many of which include...

Whether you’re a first-time landlord or an experienced one, there are frequent regulatory changes in the buy-to-let sector that you will...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

On April 1 2019, the rental sector shifted into a new era of even greater professionalisation with the introduction of mandatory...

A new guide designed to help London leaseholders has been released by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, with the Mayor also...

Plans for an extensive reform of the housing redress system have been welcomed by RentalStep, but it says landlords need to...

Property investment platform British Pearl has revealed that ‘ruthless’ developers are cashing in on ‘abusive’ leasehold homes, with prices surging 16...

Theresa May kicked off the Conservative Party conference – which is taking place in Birmingham this week – by outlining plans...

New data has revealed that the Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector, with rental property sales outdoing...

The government is awaiting responses from anyone with evidence on rent-a-room relief following its announcement to better target it towards longer-term...

British people will not be put off by the weaker pound and Brexit negotiations and will continue to buy French properties...

Q&A with Rachael Donnelly, associate solicitor in the property litigation team at Blacks Solicitors LLP, on the key things to look...