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The number of prospective sellers contacting estate agents to arrange valuations ahead of sale hit an all-time high in January, says...

A chronic mismatch between supply and demand has been the defining feature of the private rental market for three years.  UK rents...

Rents in global luxury residential markets are continuing to see strong growth.  The Knight Frank Prime Global Rental Index rose by 8.5...

Some valuable research has been carried out by RIFT Tax Refunds which revealed that while income tax, national insurance contributions and...

Just last week, Savills published their World Cities Prime Residential Index, which highlights that despite economic and political gloom, the prime...

A thought leadership article jointly conducted by UK/China PR firm 11K Consulting and mixed-use property developer Regal London has revealed the...

Following the first round of the French presidential elections, which saw current president Emmanuel Macron and controversial Eurosceptic Marine Le Pen...

This mini auction roundup has a commercial twist, with SDL Property Auctions offering a range of nightclubs and other nightlife spaces,...

Choosing a new career path has always been tricky, even before a global pandemic was added to the mix. While other...

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 article, reproduced in full from an original post on LinkedIn, co-founder of AGO Hotels, Viv Watts, outlines why UK hotel investment is...

Research by real estate debt advisory specialists Sirius Property Finance has revealed how the pandemic halved the profits taken by the...

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

London remains one of the most desirable locations to live in the world, despite its ranking as the sixth most expensive...

Knight Frank’s annual Ski Property Report launched last week revealed that Swiss resort, St Moritz recorded the strongest price growth in...

Another new year is approaching, but unlike the last, 2022 should arrive with significantly less uncertainty, especially for the property market....

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

At various points throughout the pandemic, we have posed the question as to whether the UK’s major auction houses will return...

One of the biggest trends during the pandemic from a property development point of view has been a dramatic increase in...

The term ‘Generation Rent’ has long been used throughout both the rental and sales markets, developing many connotations over the years....

Staycations have become a common way for Brits to spend their free time. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, international travel...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association (STAA) is calling for the easing of restrictions to be extended to travellers from more...

A UK-based private property investment and management company has launched the Sandstone Residential REIT, focused on traditional residential property across ten...

The short-term rental sector has bounced back quicker than most accommodation sectors since the UK’s reopening, recent performance data from STR...

Quinta do Lago, one of the most famous resorts in the Algarve and a key part of the famed Golden Triangle,...

With Portugal on the UK’s green list and slowly reopening to British (and other) holidaymakers, the country is likely to be...

On Thursday May 6, a webinar was held – ‘Invest. Work. Live. In Lisbon’ – to highlight the best ways of...

The founder of Signature Living Group expects to set a recovery plan with his company’s administrators ‘within weeks’, as preparations for...

This May Day Bank Holiday, PIT is running a staycation special series on a range of topics associated with a market...

Real estate funding specialist ASK Partners and OakNorth Bank have completed a £22 million co-loan for the next phase of an...

This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the ambitious auction houses that are making great strides as we ease...

One of the strangest sights during the pandemic has been the image of some of the biggest, busiest cities in the...

Property investors are recognising the shifts in the way people work and eyeing up the ‘lucrative’ short-term rental market as a...

A specialist provider of purpose-built student accommodation has reported a trebling in the pace of bookings since Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

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

Grant Seaton, senior business lending manager at The Cumberland, discusses how the holiday let sector can prepare for a spring like no...

The UK’s prime property market is evolving, rather than suffering, throughout the coronavirus pandemic, new data from wealth manager and private...

Since the housing market reopened after lockdown, the release of pent-up demand has led to record levels of enquiries for homes...

The annual price decline in prime central London (PCL) was 4.3% for the third consecutive month in January, while average rents...

The prospect of investing your hard-earned money can be daunting, especially for those relatively new to it, but perhaps more-so after...

With Britain, and many other parts of the world, currently undergoing the worst months of the Covid-19 pandemic, some have called...

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

2020 has been the strangest of years, and not particularly pleasant either! Here on the Costa del Sol, our buyer market...

Before the lockdown announcement was made, the number of transactions completed was returning to pre-Covid levels. That is according to Nicky Stevenson,...

For over two decades, The Cumberland has been offering specialist lending to the hospitality sector, and 10 years ago, it became...

This week, we provide a rundown of the latest auction news, from a one-of-a-kind hotel business site up for sale in...

For most homeowners, the thought of selling a house in 2020 is anxiety-inducing. To some, it feels like tempting fate. However,...

Covid-19 has furthered the decline of the high street and led to major city centres becoming virtual ghost towns as office...

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

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

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

The South West, and Cornwall in particular, should be capturing the attention of property investors despite the economic challenges posed by...

Most universities will be reopening in some shape or form from late September/early October, and an increasing number of students attending...

Property investors travelling to and from Spain and its islands will be forced to self-isolate for 14 days upon their return to...

Wales is the top holiday home location in the UK for 2020/21, according to research from holiday home insurance company Schofields...

There is barely a sector that has been more affected by the coronavirus pandemic than the travel industry. Globally, countries have...

Some four in 10 mortgage advisers expect to write more buy-to-let business in the next 12 months, according to Paragon Bank. The...

In his major ‘new deal’ speech last week, where he stood in front of a lectern with the slogan of ‘Build,...

Following the reopening of England’s housing market in May, the sector has seen a bounce back. Pent-up demand during lockdown has...

Landlords and property investors have taken a financial hit in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic as the number of letting...

Restrictions on house moves in Scotland were relaxed from Monday (June 29 2020) as part of the Scottish Government’s four-phase routemap...

Earlier this month, we ran a two-part series on Paul Hanafin - who successfully moved from busking to a £1 million...

The resurgence of the property market, which has seen a significant uptick in demand for homes, is expected to delay property...

In a further sign of some sense of normality returning – albeit with many new restrictions and protocols remaining in place...

Whitby in North Yorkshire has been named the UK's most in-demand coastal location, according to fresh research from property website Rightmove. The...

The coronavirus pandemic has affected all parts of the property investment market in recent months, but it has brought particular uncertainty...

As lockdown measures across Europe continue to ease, many investors will be thinking about their next move. With this in mind, we...

We recently explored whether Portugal – which has handled the Covid-19 pandemic better than most European nations – is, as a...

Sellers re-entering the market are taking a bullish approach and pricing their properties higher, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says vendors...

The short-term accommodation and holiday lettings sector, of which Airbnb is the major player, has supported the implementation of new UK-wide...

The property market in England is beginning to reopen, with the government green-lighting its restart on May 13, but are investors...

Activity in the lettings market has increased sharply in the four weeks since the property market reopened on May 13. Knight Frank...

On May 13, the property market in all parts of England was given the go-ahead to reopen. Since then, there has...

The latest industry research and market commentary shows that the buy-to-let sector is showing signs of recovery following the strain of...

The latest rental market data from HomeLet shows that average annual rents increased last month following the market officially reopening on...

Knight Frank’s latest PCL (Prime Central London) index reveals that average prices in this market declined by 2.1% in April, the...

Property investors and second home owners are welcoming the news that the Balearic Islands are set to reopen to international visitors...

The UK lettings market has experienced a 'remarkable bounce back' in activity since reopening on May 13, according to Goodlord. Its data...

Since being allowed to officially reopen on May 13, the property market has returned with a bang, according to Rightmove. The property...

On the back of the London housing market being restarted, Beauchamp Estates has successfully sold a £15.45 million mansion at 26...

The coronavirus pandemic has had huge impacts on all parts of the property industry, with the market effectively on pause mode...

While England slowly starts to emerge from lockdown under the UK government’s three-point plan (the devolved administrations are taking a slightly...

Following the reopening of the property market on May 13, a specialist buy-to-let mortgage broker is advising investors to expand their...

While mindful of the present circumstances, it is encouraging to see the housing and property market remaining high on the government’s...

In the final part of this series – which kicked off with an update on Battersea Power Station and has since explored everywhere...

The local people of Hereford will finally get to see what has been achieved by Birmingham-based property developer Elevate Property Group...

Investors may have been have been barred from cashing in their assets in several big commercial property funds in recent weeks...

Aberdeen Asset Management lifted the suspension of its UK property fund yesterday in an attempt to control withdrawals following Britain’s decision...