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![Rental snapshot – rents climb, BTR market share rises, hotspots revealed](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Housing-1-400x310.jpg)
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...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why Manchester is the destination for savvy property investors](/upload/images/Locations/ManchesterMap-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Over half of available land plots snapped up by developers](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UKHousebuilding-400x310.jpg)
Approximately 54% of all available land plots listed for sale across England have already been snapped up by developers, research from...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight: Why investors should set their sights on Liverpool](/upload/images/Locations/LiverpoolSkyline-400x310.png)
Liverpool has become the hotspot for property investors and homebuyers alike, with property price growth over the last year higher in...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight: Which locations top the list of holiday-let hotspots?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
In a ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, Blaenau Gwent in South East...
15 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![The North–South property divide explained](/upload/images/Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
Historically, there was a very clear gap between the North and South of England in terms of the house price growth....
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong buyers dominate 17 London boroughs, study shows](/upload/images/Locations/Central-London400x310.png)
Hong Kong buyers currently have the biggest property footprint within the London market, new research from Benham and Reeves shows. The agent’s...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Permission granted – planning approvals for new homes bounce back](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PlanningImage-400x310.jpg)
While the level of new homes being granted planning permission dipped during the first year of the pandemic, this negative trend...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTR boom continues – new builds command 23% rental premium](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/Birmingham-BTR-400x310.jpg)
New-build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41% in the current market as the Build to Rent (BTR) boom...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![What lies ahead of the PBSA market in a post-pandemic world?](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/Student-Accommodation400x310.png)
It’s been a tumultuous year for the student accommodation market, with distance learning and travel restrictions taking their toll on occupancy...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![UK falls behind other European countries for new-build performance](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
The UK is currently trailing a number of other major European nations when it comes to the delivery of new homes...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![PBSA update – supply growth in London, breaking into the US sector](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/StudentResearch-400x310.jpeg)
In this mini update, Property Investor Today looks at the latest in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), from the locations with the...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Levelling up could boost UK housing market by £58.7bn – claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EmptyHomes-400x310.jpg)
The government’s ambitious plans to ‘level up’ in the UK could boost the value of the nation’s property market by a...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Construction crisis – building output decline persists in 2022](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UKHousebuilding-400x310.jpg)
A construction output report has revealed that the value of underlying work commencing on-site has fallen 15% in the three months...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – which cities will be the investment hotspots of 2022?](/upload/images/library/Birmingham-Bullring-400x310px-min.png)
Staying at the forefront of the property investment industry takes a great deal of work, experience and expert knowledge, which is...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ending on a high note – homebuyer demand stood strong during Q4](/upload/images/library/CoupleMovingHome-400x310.jpg)
Homebuyer demand in the UK remained robust for much of Q4 2021, sitting at an average of 65.6%, up by 0.9%...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Demand/supply debate continues – where do we need more new homes?](/upload/images/library/HousingReview-400x310.jpg)
Research by Unlatch has revealed where across the UK we’re most in need of new homes based on the size of...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![New-build boom – 6.5% of Brits bought new-builds during pandemic](/upload/images/library/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
New-build homes account for 6.5% of pandemic property purchases, new research from Unlatch finds. The new-build sales optimisation platform looked at the...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Planning permission can propel property prices by 21% – study](/upload/images/library/CoinsHouses-2020-400x310.jpg)
Research by Barrows and Forrester has uncovered how much more a home could make in the current market when selling with...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight: What the average house prices can get buyers across the UK](/upload/images/library/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
ConservatoryLand, a UK supplier of self-build conservatories, has analysed what the UK’s average house price of £270,000 can get buyers across...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight: Which areas promise the biggest property value increases?](/upload/images/library/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
Research by Share to Buy has revealed the top locations to buy houses, with the biggest increase in property value over...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Bigger than London – buy-to-let goes regional](/upload/images/library/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
Are you a buy-to-let investor considering selling up? You’re not alone. Research by the Nottingham Building Society revealed that a fifth...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Staycation 2021 – these are the top UK seaside locations to buy a holiday home](/upload/images/library/StaycationSeriesLogo-400x310.jpg)
A brand-new report by Parkdean Resorts reveals the top 10 UK destinations to buy a seaside holiday home, analysing a range of...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – is Manchester the top UK investment city?](/upload/images/library/Manchester400x310.png)
Manchester, once an integral part of Britain’s Industrial Revolution, remains one of the UK’s most important and fastest-growing cities, having performed...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight: Is the tide turning for London’s rental market?](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
The pandemic has undoubtedly shaken the market for buying and selling, with national house prices on the rise with no signs...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Housing sector is a ‘low performer’ across the UK, study shows](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the bounce-back of the property market, Housing and Jobs & Economic prosperity are recorded as the worst-performing measure for the second...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – is the pandemic driving property investors North?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the property market undergoing tumultuous changes since the onset of the pandemic, recent figures from A-Plan Insurance has highlighted the...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – which UK commuter towns have grown the most during Covid?](/img/default/pit.png)
A new report by a card payment provider has revealed which commuter towns and cities in the UK have seen the biggest movement...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – which UK areas are running the race in construction?](/img/default/pit.png)
New research from a trade tools supplier has revealed the UK’s fastest-growing housing development locations. Protrade Tools and Fixings analysed domestic housing...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors – should these rural locations be on your radar?](/img/default/pit.png)
The ongoing implications of the coronavirus pandemic have seen an increasing number of people relocate from cities to the countryside for...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![On the move – 2021’s UK home moving hotspots revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
Nearly 800,000 home moves (2.6%) have taken place in the last year, despite numerous periods of lockdown restrictions and the wider...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Record number of city-dwellers are relocating - but where to?](/img/default/pit.png)
Looking for an investment property outside of London? Now might be the perfect time to do so as the demand for...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Can you afford enough ‘space to swing a cat’ in the UK?](/img/default/pit.png)
Westminster and the City of London take all top ten most expensive postcodes by square foot in the UK, according to...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Top ten buy-to-let locations for 2020 revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the buy-to-let sector seeing a raft of changes in recent years, demand from private tenants continues to grow and the...