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There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...

The total return of the average buy-to-let property has reduced by 6% over the last two years, driven by a sharp...

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

The Chancellor has abolished multiple dwellings relief for stamp duty land tax. Relief from SDLT for multiple dwellings in England and Northern Ireland...

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

Pressure is ramping up on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut stamp duty at next month’s Budget on March 6. Former Housing Secretary...

Savills has revealed the residential element of its annual cross-sector forecasts for investments in 2024 to 2028. The agency says turbulence in...

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

It’s not often you can say the property market was stronger in November than in September, but it was this year....

The average sale price of completed home transactions using cash or mortgages in England and Wales in October 2023 fell by...

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to reform the housing market withs plan to build 1.5m new homes funded partly...

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

Smarter Rent co-founder Alex Sullivan says: “People often ask us if now is the right moment to invest in property. While...

The average UK house price fell only slightly in June, by around £300 compared to May with a typical property now...

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

Purplebricks de-lists from the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market on June 16 - the end of what many regard as...

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

A leading buying agent has claimed that, with the mortgage market still in turmoil post-the disastrous mini-Budget (and its near total...

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

Land agent Aston Mead argues housebuilding targets can only be met by the government if the planning system is privatised. Land &...

Despite the relative buoyancy of the housing market activity over the summer – the recent spike in mortgage rates for new...

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

Well-known Spanish agency Lucas Fox works with some of Spain's leading mortgage brokers who offer competitive mortgage packages to suit all requirements....

Over the last two years, the housing market has been less than predictable. Despite the doom and gloom foreseen at the...

New analysis from Knight Frank suggests that rent rises are tempting landlords back into the market. It found that, in some cases,...

Landlords have been making attractive profits from renting property to students for many years, with this traditionally being one of the...

The pandemic has had a major impact on our lives and the global economy. Our beloved property sector was by no...

In this insight piece, Warren McCann, area director at Douglas & Gordan, shares the latest findings for the London housing market. We...

While many months of soaring house prices - supercharged by the stamp duty holiday and certain conditions caused by the pandemic...

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

Russian residential property purchases contributed an estimated £190 million in market value and £13.2 million in stamp duty tax last year,...

Research by Rentd has revealed that, despite the government’s best efforts, the return on a buy-to-let (BTL) purchase currently sits at...

A trade body has claimed that new financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give...

Prime Central London (PCL) was hit harder by most than the pandemic, as international buyers stayed away (due to Covid travel...

Research from Octane Capital has revealed which areas of the UK rental market are driving growth in rental stock availability, as...

The property market has weathered the COVID storm better than many sectors over the last couple of years. The crisis has...

The theme of this week’s roundup is growth and success. Savills Auctions welcomes a new associate and MSP Capital’s reports a successful auction...

We’re already into the second month of 2022, but predictions on what the market could bring for the remainder of the...

In this guest piece, Sascha Badelt, managing director of Cloverhut, outlines what investors should (and shouldn't) be doing when it comes to...

The lifting of Covid restrictions this week could see the supply of property rebuild and normal house price economics return, according...

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has outlined the key areas it believes the government and the industry should focus on...

In this guest piece, Reece Mennie, chief executive of HJ Collection, outlines his predictions for the property market in 2022.  When looking...

In this opinion piece, Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, outlines the key things for those with a stake in...

Wealthy Chinese investors have long been reliable investors in the market, and have frequently looked to the UK, specifically London, as...

Despite recent warnings from the Bank of England that it could be worthless and investors being at a potentially greater risk...

The popular coastal town of Bournemouth has been the most in-demand coastal location for buyers this year, according to Rightmove data. Analysis...

From knowing the best time to buy a home to understanding what’s needed before you can put in an offer, it...

The holiday season is around the corner so that means looking back on an eventful year and preparing for the next....

PIT takes a closer look at the latest auction news, from MSP Capital’s brand-new bridging loan to support auction growth and...

The demise of the buy-to-let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a 3% stamp duty surcharge, and...

The number one buy-to-let (BTL) hotspot next year will be the North West, according to new findings from SevenCapital and Zoopla. The...

London homebuyers managed to save over £1 billion since the stamp duty holiday first launched in July 2020. The latest analysis by...

Who are you? Daniel James McGowran MNAEA, originally from London, now living in Shropshire. What does it say on your business card? “Love...

New analysis carried out by Knight Frank has highlighted the areas which have seen the biggest increase in the value of...

This week’s auction roundup is a mixed bag, so to speak, with Savills announcing its new head of auctions and Propertymark...

Property investment firm Advantage Investment explores the effects Covid-19 has had on property investment and lists the benefits of investing in holiday...

The last auction roundup of October sees superb results for iamsold, Bond Wolfe and Sutton Kersh Auctions, as well as Allsop’s...

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

Private treaty property sales are fraught with pitfalls and at SDL Property Auctions we believe change is long overdue. We believe...

In this latest Q&A interview, PIT speaks to Convivia Group's Roy Ledgister about creating parity between social and private housing, and...

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

The existing planning system is the biggest obstacle to residential development, according to national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH). Its annual...

A recent survey has revealed that only one in eight (13%) people in the UK admit that they seriously considered the...

The theme of this week’s roundup is reflection, as Allsop and SDL Auctions report successful auction results for September, while Auction...

In this guest piece, David Searle, co-founder and COO of HSPG, outlines why affordable housing provision is more important than ever. House prices...

In April 2020, right in the heart of the first lockdown, we ran a guest piece from Harvey Raybould about whether...

We’ve already reached October in what has been another tumultuous year for the housing market. The auction world continues to thrive,...

In this guest piece, the media team at HULT Private Capital outline what they see as the future of property investing...

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

Interest from China in the UK property is bouncing back, according to experts on the Chinese buying market in Britain. Domenica Di...

In light of the recent research on the Green Homes Grant scheme from the National Audit Office, Ross Counsell, chartered surveyor and...

This week, PIT takes a look at the continued success of SDL Property Auctions, and more great opportunities for buyers and investors...

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

In 2018, the total value of commercial property in the UK sat at over £880 billion, when the office market was at...

Although summer is winding down, the world of property auctions is still very much active, with data from iamsold revealing that...

This week, PIT takes a closer look at the success stories for Auction House London, iamsold, Auction House and Allsop, indicating...

This week’s auction roundup sees record toppers from Bond Wolfe Auctions and Strettons, a particularly unusual lot on sale via Pugh, and...

NAEA Propertymark has released its June Housing Report, revealing that properties are selling over their asking price at an all-time high. The...

Now that we’re well into the summer, Property Investor Today takes a look at the mid-year results for Sutton Kersh Auctions...

This week, Property Investor Today looks at the exciting investment opportunities at the most anticipated auctions this month, and hears from...

Property construction work is now underway in Middleton St George, Darlington. Maven Capital Partners (Maven), a leading UK property and private...

Inspired Villages, operator of retirement villages established by Legal & General, has achieved planning permission to deliver a £100 million retirement...

Buyers now have only 92 days to benefit from the second stage of the stamp duty holiday before the nil rate...

Introducing a stamp duty holiday at the height of the pandemic was commendable but it has overstayed its welcome, says Tom...

In this week’s auction roundup, Property Investor Today looks at the top auction results in the month just gone, with Allsop,...

Ross Counsell, chartered surveyor and director at property buyers, GoodMove, shares his thoughts on the stamp duty holiday, how it’s contributed to higher...

This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the ‘rare opportunity’ for buyers to purchase a former Edwardian school, the...

This week – today (June 23), to be exact – marks five years since the EU referendum. It was a significant moment...

When it comes to investing in property, strong rental yields are all-important if you want to make decent money out of...

With each passing month comes new stats on high house prices, and with average prices now standing at an average of...

The latest research by a nationwide buy-to-let (BTL) specialist has revealed which major cities across England and Wales have seen the...

When will the UK’s property bubble burst? This question has become increasingly prevalent over recent months. The fact it has is a...

This auction roundup takes a look at the month just gone, with record results at Sutton Kersh Auctions, Network Auctions and...

As a landlord or investor, yield is one of the things you will be most interested in to ensure you generate a...

Managing Director and auctioneer at SDL Property Auctions, Andrew Parker, takes a look back at how SDL Property Auctions has grown...

The prime end of the market has been one of the hardest hit by Covid-19, but Euroterra Capital – known as...

More money was spent in the housing market in England and Wales in the year to March than any 12-month period...

It’s one of the more niche forms of property investment, but is investing in a hotel room a worthwhile pursuit? Here, the...

This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest sales achieved at Clive Emson, Auction House London and Allsop,...

Two already popular parts of South London – Oval and Kennington – are set to be even more in-demand as a...