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A Scottish property investment specialist is launching what he calls “an innovative new course, designed specifically to encourage property investment and...

Essential Information Group says the UK property auction market saw substantial growth in February - the latest data. Of the 36 metrics...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

New retail and leisure research has revealed a boom in commercial real estate activity over 2023.  The latest report by the Local...

Total value of UK housing fell marginally in 2023 by 0.3 per cent or £27 billion, but remains significantly higher than...

A property analyst has taken the long view and produced an optimistic snapshot of the current housing market for investors. Anthony Codling...

In the wake of a turbulent 2023 for the property industry, Essential Information Group, a leading provider of data and insights...

Black Brick has been advising professional property investors, buyers, sellers and developers since 2007.  It says it’s advised, sourced and acquired almost...

House prices in the world’s major property investment centres remain robust in the face of higher debt costs, with average annual...

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - but just as it has done this, it’s revealed asking prices have dropped...

Latest stats from the Essential Information Group suggest there’s still a dynamic and robust UK property auction market despite the challenges...

A bank says seasoned property investors are sizing up commercial opportunities given the hostile landscape for residential investment. Emma Cox, MD of...

The UK property auction market has marked another robust month according to the Essential Information Group, which is seen as arguably...

Momentum within London’s £5m-plus residential market ramped up in the third quarter of 2023, according to new analysis from Savills. The high...

Investment takes many forms and just because you are a tenant, for example, this does not mean you should give up...

Residential sales above US$10m in the 12 cities covered by the Knight Frank Global Super-Prime Intelligence Report totalled 422 in Q2...

Insurers and risk managers must pull out all the stops to support the beleaguered UK construction sector, which is facing extreme...

It’s reasonable to say that the 2022 property market was unpredictable and a whirlwind (although we did make some good predictions!)....

The value of the UK's fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector has risen to £56 billion, up 60% from £35 billion...

The last few years have seen an eruption of geopolitical volatility. A pandemic, several global lockdowns, and the re-emergence of war...

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

Portugal has long been a favourite destination for British holidaymakers and investors, but getting there, living there and investing there have no...

London is not the be-all and end-all! When talking about the UK, one of the first locations to be mentioned is...

This week’s mini roundup features another success story from Auction House, which says buyer demand has trumped the rising interest rates,...

Off the back of International Women's Day, which took place on March 8 2022, Property Investor Today hears from Chitra Stern, co-founder...

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...

Despite being a fleeting month, February has seen impressive auction results across the board. Acuitus saw an emphatic start to the...

It's been another busy year for those with a stake in the UK property market, with commercial to residential transformations, Build...

This week’s auction roundup is filled with Christmas joy, from Sutton Kersh achieving over £80 million in auction sales, to iamsold...

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

The built environment will play a key role at the upcoming UN climate change conference, COP26, which is being held across...

Climate change has brought increased rainfall across the country, especially in places that may not have had as much risk of...

Knight Frank has announced that the UK’s Build to Rent (BTR) market received record levels of investment in the first two...

Who are you? Peter Grant, founder and CEO of Sandstone Group (formerly Grant Property). Out of hours, my passions include skiing and...

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and the start of the first lockdown in March 2020, major auction houses up...

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

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

We know that UK property has long been a safe haven for international investors, with the market’s robust performance throughout the...

Real Estate Capital Holdings has agreed to sell a prime PBSA development opportunity in Leeds for £18.5 million to global living...

In this guest piece, property development and investment company SevenCapital outline three ways investors can diversify their portfolio.  After the turbulence of...

Liverpool-based global property developer Romal Capital has reinforced its commitment to Liverpool’s Central Docks by committing £100 million to transform the derelict brownfield...

Here at PIT, we’re always keen to champion green issues and sustainability, so it’s pleasing to see a new study by...

Having weathered the various challenges of 2020, showing its resilience and adaptability with companies surviving despite the difficult travel climate, the...

Southwark Council has appointed a team of architects who will design plans to transform the Currys PC World site on Old...

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

Since the start of the Build to Rent (BTR) boom, Tipi (the BTR brand of British property development and investment company...

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

Following one of the most disruptive and challenging years in living memory, I have no doubt that many of those in...

2020 was a challenging year for many industries across the world, and especially those in the UK. Amongst national lockdowns, stringent...

With mixed views of what 2021 could bring to the property market, Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine & Country UK...

With 2021 nearly upon us, it’s time to look forward to what the next 12 months could bring from a property...

In early December, senior researcher at AMA Research, Alex Blagden, talked about an expected surge in Build to Rent (BTR) applications...

Although it’s been said quite a lot this year, 2020 has been an unprecedented year in history and one in which...

Work is set to get underway in the coming weeks on the construction of a new Build to Rent (BTR) development...

Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, interest in overseas property remains strong, even if international travel and tourism are currently very much...

The fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector continues to generate plenty of news, even as we live through Lockdown 2.0. The week-long...

The high street was already struggling before the pandemic, but Covid-19 has perhaps sent it into terminal decline. High streets in major...

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

We recently reported on the resilience of the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector, which has seen a net increase of 2.6%...

In this guest piece, Max Shenkman, head of investment at Triple Point Social Housing REIT, outlines why social housing REITs are continuing...

DTZ Investors has forward-funded a 310-room co-living project in Earlsfield, in a deal requiring £70 million of total investment. The Collective, which...

The UK purpose-built student accommodation sector (PBSA) has grown by a net increase of 2.6% in 2020, with more than 25,000...

A leading UK property developer has claimed that the government’s plan to professionalise the buy-to-let sector, through tax changes, regulation and...

Funds advised by Hilltop Credit Partners, a specialist funding partner for SME residential developers, have completed a £3 million loan to build...

Delancey and Oxford Properties’ co-investment platform, Delancey Oxford Residential (DOOR), has raised further commitments of £260 million and £150 million for...

Last week we ran a story on the latest part of the landmark Snow Hill Wharf scheme being launched to market...

A leading super-prime real estate specialist, which describes itself as the agency of choice for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, has announced the opening of...

The capital’s overall appeal as a top investment destination remains undimmed, according to the first major poll of global investors since...

Next week (Monday 3 August 2020) developer St Joseph will launch its 21-storey The Regent building to market as it pushes forward with its...

Multifamily (Build to Rent) housing is set to be the UK’s most resilient real estate sector, according to a report from...

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

Despite the uncertainties posed by coronavirus for the higher education sector, new student accommodation developments are showing no signs of slowing...

A thought leadership article from UK-China PR agency 11K Consulting has revealed that a country’s healthcare system, air quality and food...

One of the biggest players in the burgeoning Build to Rent market has announced that it has taken a 36% stake...

A leading Cypriot developer says it is still receiving daily enquires from Britain despite the Covid-19 crisis putting a temporary freeze...

This week, Property Investor Today profiles Seel & Co’s first online auction, SDL Auctions’ upcoming national property auctions, iamsold’s resilience in...

The coronavirus crisis has affected the property investment market in many ways, from cancelled short-lets bookings and people worried about the future...

Investment in European multifamily (Build to Rent) markets throughout 2019 reached a near all-time high, according to JLL’s latest market insight. In...

While Bristol and Portsmouth might seem like two very disparate locations to focus on, NEXA Properties has offices in both –...

Average house prices in England and Wales are set to see an average 0.9% monthly drop over the next three months,...

In some parts of the country the typically busy spring market is on hold, weighed down by Brexit uncertainty, according to...

Despite the resilience in the buy-to-let (BTL) market, landlords are taking a ‘wait and see’ approach to assess how the market...

Landlords showed extreme resilience in 2017, new data has revealed, with 57% of the mortgage applications received by Accord Buy To...

Over £23 million of land and property was sold by Clive Emson Auctioneers at its autumn auction. Achieving a sale rate of...

The annual rise in UK house prices picked up again in May, the latest figures show, with prices continuing to rise...

Britain’s housing market is once again proving resilient despite political turmoil caused by Theresa May’s decision to call a snap general...

The recent slowdown in UK house prices suggests that the market is cooling, but very few experts are surprised. The latest house...

The UK will remain a property safe haven despite the upcoming general election and Brexit, new research shows. The study of 1,100...

Prime commercial property rental values in the UK increased by 0.8% in the first quarter of the year, the latest prime...

More than nine months on from the historic Brexit vote, and home buyers are now paying 1.3% on average more for...

There are currently 10 buyers chasing every property on the market across England and Wales, according to a leading estate agency firm. haart,...

Asking prices in the housing market in England and Wales continued to rise in March, led by gains in the Midlands,...

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

Home sales in the UK increased in December compared with the previous month, but were significantly lower than 12 months earlier,...

Overseas investors were increasingly active in the UK property market during 2016, accounting for a significant share of all transactions, according...

Some 30% of all Middle Eastern capital targeting the UK post EU referendum has been deployed outside of central London with...

Residential property prices in Scotland rose 0.6% month-on-month in September, taking the average price above £170,000 for the first time since...

Residential property prices in the UK increased by an average of 7.7% in the year to September, according to the latest...

The housing market in Fife continues to go from strength to strength on the back of strong buyer confidence, particularly in...