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![Revealed - what not to do when viewing a home overseas](/upload/images/Locations/SpanishProperty400x310.png)
With around 35,000 Brits buying property abroad each year, it is vital that investors seek advice and do their research before travelling overseas to...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Crypto property investment - is it worth the risk?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have become increasingly popular among young investors, despite being famously volatile. But, at present, buying...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Season's greetings - after (another) year like no other](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2021MagnifyingGlass-400x310-min.jpeg)
While 2020 was an utterly unique year, 2021 has in some ways been even more extraordinary. The first few months of...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Predictions for 2022 - what could happen to the property market?](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Begins-400x310.png)
It's been another busy year for those with a stake in the UK property market, with commercial to residential transformations, Build...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why can't you use crypto to buy property in the UK?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
Despite recent warnings from the Bank of England that it could be worthless and investors being at a potentially greater risk...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Build to Rent the top target for tenant fraud, study shows](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/scam%20alert.png)
According to data from due diligence and guarantee firm, Homeppl, the Build to Rent (BTR) sector is being targeted by fraudsters with...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors – where are building scams most common and how can you avoid them?](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/build-to-rent400x310.png)
As a property investor, you are more than likely to require building work at some point – whether you are flipping...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Outer London - why it could be a boom town for 20 minute neighbourhoods](/upload/images/Locations/GreaterLondon-400x310.jpg)
One of London's leading property services groups has explored the most amenity-rich and walkable communities in Outer London in a report...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Kim Kardashian and crypto risks – how much of a gamble is crypto investment?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s main financial regulator, has warned a number of times in the past about the...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Five finance scams that target expats...and how to avoid them](/img/default/pit.png)
Expatriates are a prime target for scammers. And no wonder, usually being wealthier than locals, out of their comfort zone and...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Over £130,000 of BTR fraud is stopped by PropTech](/img/default/pit.png)
A rising problem in the Build to Rent (BTR) sector is tenant fraud. The busiest time of year for renters is...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors – why you need to be wary of cryptocurrency investment fraud](/img/default/pit.png)
Here at PIT, we have covered a number of stories in recent times about the potential dangers of get-rich-quick schemes, often...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![How making timeshare claims outside the UK is costing Brits thousands](/img/default/pit.png)
Earlier this year, we explored the often-underreported scandal of timeshare mis-selling and asked how easy it is for people to escape...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight – how to solve a problem like a timeshare](/img/default/pit.png)
For a time, not so long ago, timeshares were the in-thing – something many invested in or considered investing in. It...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage fraud rises as people underestimate its consequences](/img/default/pit.png)
Following on from our recent article about the average property scam costing victims more than £107,000, fresh research from fraud prevention...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Average property scam costs victims £107,669, research finds](/img/default/pit.png)
With all property titles in England and Wales published online, and scammers potentially able to access this information to commit property...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Investment advice - How to buy a property in France](/img/default/pit.png)
Sextant Properties, a one-stop-shop for people looking to buy a home in France, provides some advice on how to unearth the...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Former England football star jailed over land scam](/img/default/pit.png)
Former Premier League football star and presenter of Gladiators TV show John Fashanu was locked up in a Nigerian cell with...
02 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Here's how to stay safe and beat the fraudsters](/img/default/pit.png)
Most landlords are unable to identify a fake passport when presented with one leaving them vulnerable to fraudsters with fake ID’s, according...