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![Rare low-rise city centre homes portfolio comes to market](/upload/images/24%2006%2011%20%2002.jpg)
A new portfolio of 262 single-family houses located across city centres in the Midlands to market for offers in excess of...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Is Saudi Arabia a new global hotspot for property investment?](/upload/images/24%2005%2016%20%2005.jpg)
Diriyah Company has signed an exclusive partnership with Saudi Arabia Sotheby’s International Realty to broker sales for nine luxury branded residences. Baccarat...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Middle East investment potential boost by top agency’s new office](/upload/images/24%2001%2030%2004.jpg)
International real estate advisor Savills has started the year with what it calls “a strategic and large-scale expansion” of its regional...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Investors’ favourite - auctions enjoy dynamic activity despite muted market](/upload/images/23%2012%2007%2003.jpg)
Latest stats from the Essential Information Group suggest there’s still a dynamic and robust UK property auction market despite the challenges...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - How Residential Rental Market will perform in 2024 and beyond](/upload/images/23%2012%2005%2002.jpg)
The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investing For The Super-Rich - a snapshot of London’s poshest market](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2024%2004.jpg/23%2010%2024%2004__400x226.jpg)
Momentum within London’s £5m-plus residential market ramped up in the third quarter of 2023, according to new analysis from Savills. The high...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will Investors Be Safe Putting Money Into Areas with Bankrupt Councils?](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2019%202.jpg/23%2009%2019%202__400x266.jpg)
An estate agency says property investors should not be deterred by news that Birmingham council - Europe’s largest local authority -...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![High Returns in High End Global Luxury Markets](/upload/images/4%20High%20Returns%20in%20High%20End%20Global%20Luxury%20Markets%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.png)
Rents in global luxury residential markets are continuing to see strong growth. The Knight Frank Prime Global Rental Index rose by 8.5...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Savills expands European network with Italian acquisition](/upload/images/Savills%20expands%20European%20residential%20network%20with%20acquisition%20in%20Italy.png)
International real estate advisor Savills has strengthened its European residential network with the acquisition of Beliving in Italy, a real estate...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – new catalogues launch and a final goodbye…](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
In what is sadly my last ever auction roundup for PIT, SDL Property Auctions launches the catalogue for its July National...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTR Q&A - 'there's an opportunity to professionalise the wider PRS'](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/build-to-rent400x310.png)
With the Build to Rent (BTR) sector no longer a new phenomenon, and fast becoming a well-established part of the PRS,...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – springing into step for the end of March](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
As the market heats up for spring, this auction roundup features the latest lots on offer for the end of March....
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Predictions for 2022 – active auctions market, prices to rise, BTR one to watch](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Plans-400x310.png)
We’re already into the second month of 2022, but predictions on what the market could bring for the remainder of the...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Dev roundup – 10-year milestones, suburban BTR and new-build loans](/upload/images/library/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
This week’s development roundup highlights the latest in development and investment, from Elevate Property Group’s decade-long run and Legal & General’s...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight - what to consider when buying-to-let in 2022](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Plans-400x310.png)
The start of a new year is often a time for reflection, and for investors, it is a prime opportunity to...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Will 2022 be a better year for the Scottish property market?](/upload/images/library/Glasgow-400x310.jpg)
Despite the rollercoaster of 2021, the Scottish property market has had a stronger period of growth than many would have expected...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Looking to London – is it time to invest in the capital again?](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
In this opinion piece, Jourdan Prowting, Partner Residential Auction at Allsop, analyses London's residential property market and discusses whether now is...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Where to invest in London’s most exclusive resi neighbourhoods](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
London remains one of the most desirable locations to live in the world, despite its ranking as the sixth most expensive...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sandstone - company launches fund across ten UK cities](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
A UK-based private property investment and management company has launched the Sandstone Residential REIT, focused on traditional residential property across ten...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – is now the time to be investing in distressed assets?](/img/default/pit.png)
In this Q&A, Thomas Balashev – who has spoken previously of breaking into the old-money elite of prime London property despite...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![UK the top hotspot for overseas resi investment post-Brexit, says research](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK has ranked highest for future residential real estate investment, in a survey of 500 investors, developers and asset managers...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Automated lettings platform launches tenant-facing app](/img/default/pit.png)
PlanetRent, the automated lettings platform, is launching a tenant app to give renters greater transparency at the click of a button. The...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why international investors are looking at UK’s tier 2 cities for returns](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK's second tier cities are very often more appealing to international investors in terms of guranteed rental returns - as...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Where is best to invest? Top ten investment hotspots for 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
While 2020 has been a challenging year due to Covid, the property market has boomed, driven by changing priorities for homeowners...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech tie-up allows more virtual tour options for investors](/img/default/pit.png)
Automated lettings platform PlanetRent has partnered with virtual reality technology company The 360 View to provide virtual tours of rental properties. The...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Smaller institutional investors locked out of investing into UK residential](/img/default/pit.png)
A new report has found that the UK’s residential market is missing out on billions of pounds of potential investment from...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Webinar roundup – from the future of second homes to the future of PropTech](/img/default/pit.png)
In these social distancing times, where so many of us are working remotely and being encouraged to stay at home as...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investor outlook: residential property in a post-Covid-19 world](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been much speculation about how quickly the UK residential property market will recover from the economic fallout of the...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Development Q&A - coronavirus impact and why PBSA might be a safe haven](/img/default/pit.png)
With lockdown measures in place until at least May 7, and the coronavirus pandemic continuing to influence all aspects of everyday...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![2020 outlook – should investors expect a stronger market performance?](/img/default/pit.png)
A headline story of 2020 so far that readers of Property Investor Today will no doubt be aware of is the...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investor launches London property fund with £100m fundraising target](/img/default/pit.png)
Alpamint Capital and DN Property London Limited, the property investor and operator founded by David Nourani, are collaborating to launch the...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top investment locations in Birmingham revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
As the UK’s largest city outside London, and one of the youngest in Europe, Birmingham has received significant attention over recent...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Boris Boom to hit Mayfair property market, agent predicts](/img/default/pit.png)
The Mayfair property market is set for a ‘Boris Boom’, according to the latest report by estate agency Wetherell. The report –...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: what is going on in the Bristol property market?](/img/default/pit.png)
It’s the sixth biggest city in the UK, has become a home from home for Londoners looking to escape the capital...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Very superstitious! Friday 13th could cause market to stall](/img/default/pit.png)
Due to the superstitious nature of today's date, the property market could falter, according to Search Acumen. Research by the conveyancing firm...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Mallorca property market ‘richer’ than ever, says luxury estate agents](/img/default/pit.png)
Mallorca has become one of the most sought-after islands in the Mediterranean over recent years, with many famous visitors and residents making...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![I need a dollar! – London witnesses surge in number of US buyers](/img/default/pit.png)
The weakness of the pound following the Brexit vote has helped to propel the number of US buyers in London to...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Strong overseas interest generated for new rooftop development](/img/default/pit.png)
Significant levels of interest from overseas investors and young professionals have been generated by two luxury penthouse apartments in south London,...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![The top performing London boroughs in 2018 revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
The best performing boroughs in the London residential market in 2018 have been revealed by new research from CBRE Residential. Its annual report, the...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![German firm aims to become WeWork of co-living with €1 billion investment](/img/default/pit.png)
A Berlin-based co-living service provider has joined forces with one of Europe’s largest real estate investment managers to assemble a €1...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Cost of two, three and five-year mortgages back on the rise](/img/default/pit.png)
Mortgage costs are back on the rise after two successive quarters in which there were a number of cost and rate...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Overseas buyers driving growth in European residential markets](/img/default/pit.png)
Property investors now operate in a truly global environment. Just as UK-based investors can look at the great returns offered by...
19 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Allsop Residential Auctions defied all the odds in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop Residential Auctions has taken a look back on a successful 2017 for the firm, when it raised a total of...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Spain’s residential market continues to recover](/img/default/pit.png)
After a decade of uncertainty, the Spanish prime property market finds itself on its firmest footing, according to Knight Frank’s latest...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK property auction sale rates ‘remain consistently healthy’](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK property auction market saw very little change in terms of overall performance in June, despite the fact that only...
19 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property in affluent parts of London viewed as a ‘safe bet’](/img/default/pit.png)
People borrowed more than £17bn in new mortgages last year in order to buy property in London, as homeowners, investors and...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Bridging sector returns to growth, thanks to high demand from investors](/img/default/pit.png)
A growing number of property investors are turning to alternative finance options to overcome tougher mainstream mortgage lending criteria and stress...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Political and economic uncertainty ‘takes its toll on the UK property market’](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a 9% decline in the number of residential property sales recorded last month, owed in part to a fall...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Strong demand for property in Scotland](/img/default/pit.png)
Fresh figures from a leading property consultancy in Scotland support the findings of last week’s rather strong quarterly housing price statistics...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing market activity ‘will pick up again’ despite ‘gloomy’ housing report](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite new figures from the RICS Residential Market Survey showing a rather ‘gloomy’ outlook about the state of the residential property...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Tim Morgan, owner of ERE](/img/default/pit.png)
AIPP CEO, Peter Robinson, talks to Tim Morgan (below right), owner of ERE Property, a UK based company selling UK investment...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investment demand in London's prime residential markets improves](/img/default/pit.png)
Competitive bidding, lower asking prices, a weak pound, the residential property market in the capital continues to appeal to many prospective...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Planning fee rise will not boost delivery of much needed new homes](/img/default/pit.png)
The housebuilding industry has opposed plans by the Scottish government to raise the maximum fee level for planning applications to £125,000...
03 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Supply shortage pushes Northern Irish house prices up](/img/default/pit.png)
The supply of residential properties in the Northern Ireland market continued to decline last month, prompting prices to rise, according to...
10 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Confidence in housing market ‘knocked’ by aggressive taxation and Brexit](/img/default/pit.png)
Confidence in the UK housing market has weakened in recent months amid economic uncertainty, together with pressure on householders’ finances from...
06 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK housing shortage means no letup in rising home prices](/img/default/pit.png)
A chronic shortage of housing in the UK is continuing to place upward pressure on residential property prices, according to the...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![House price inflation grinds to a halt](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK were unchanged in October compared with the previous month following 15 consecutive months of house...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Homebuyers return to the housing market as Brexit fears diminish](/img/default/pit.png)
Homebuyers are returning to the housing market as post EU referendum fears continue to calm, the latest RICS UK Residential Market...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Investor interest in commercial property is 'strong and growing'](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK commercial property market could see an exceptionally high amount of activity in the coming weeks as investors flood to...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction sales ‘surprisingly positive’ in August](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a ‘surprising’ increase in the number of properties offered and sold under the hammer in August, otherwise traditionally a...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Top global property investment hotspots unveiled](/img/default/pit.png)
Prime residential property prices across the world’s major cities increased on average by 4.4% in the 12 months to June 2016, with...
08 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Dubai property market set for slowdown following Brexit](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK’s decision to leave the European Union is expected to have an adverse impact on the Dubai property market in...
21 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Euro bargains for eurozone buyers](/img/default/pit.png)
A sharp fall in the value of the UK pound against the euro, after Britons voted to leave the EU, will...
27 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Currency rise means discounts on London homes for eurozone buyers](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a sharp rise in the number of people from the within the eurozone acquiring property in London in...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Prime London land prices continue to fall](/img/default/pit.png)
Prime central London development land prices fell for the second quarter in tandem with values for greenfield land in England which...
07 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![£12.3bn worth of Irish property sold in 2015](/img/default/pit.png)
Some €15.8bn (£12.3bn) worth of residential and commercial property in Ireland was transacted in 2015, up 6% on the previous year,...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property Partner to expand in the UK and 'beyond'](/img/default/pit.png)
Property crowdfunding website Property Partner has announced the completion of its own latest funding round, in which it secured investment of...
09 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK residential property delivers record 9% annual return over 20 years](/img/default/pit.png)
It has been revealed that residential property investment in England and Wales has massively outperformed other major asset classes over the...
08 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Findings from Knight Frank’s latest UK Residential Market Forecast revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
Cumulative growth in UK prices will total 20.3% in the five years to the end of 2020, according to Knight Frank’s...