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Buyer appetites for new-build properties have dipped by 0.1% while stock levels have fallen by 0.5%.  But the quarterly figures show a...

Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

The latest market analysis from Zoopla shows housing market activity improving by all key measures during Q1 2024. Sales activity and house...

The Home Builders Federation, the developers trade body, says planning permissions for new homes continues to fall sharply. Figures for 2023 -...

The prime London sales market recorded both price and transaction falls in February, while in lettings, rental growth increased slightly and...

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

Mallorca is booming.  Visitor numbers are at an all-time high and the property market has shown a stable 1.7 per cent annual...

House prices across the UK are down just 0.5 per cent in a year as the housing market recovery continues. New data...

Typically, rents rise in line with wages - which, in turn, tend to track inflation or increase at a slightly lower...

London-focussed property data firm LonRes says there are signs of green shoots in the capital’s prime housing market. January saw a rise...

Average house prices rose by 1.3 per cent in January, the fourth monthly rise in a row according to the Halifax. Property...

The West Midlands industrial market is poised for continued rental growth over the next five years, according to Savills latest Big...

Data from London property data consultancy LonRes suggests supply in prime areas of the capital is improving and so rental growth...

New analysis from Rightmove looks at the most prominent trends expected in the rental market during 2024, with advertised rents predicted...

This year will be an opportunity to buy at the very bottom of the cycle for commercial investors – with retail,...

By Sean Woolley, director of real estate agency Cloud Nine Spain   In 2022 we were predicting that the market would cool, but...

A new global league table for residential property investment has placed the Republic of Ireland as its top tip for 2024. This...

BNP Paribas Real Estate research shows that Middle Eastern investment into central London offices is the busiest it has been since...

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

The days of Cornish property selling unseen, over the asking price, overnight, are a long and distant memory. The prime Cornish market...

Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service shows that average UK monthly rents for Q3 2023 were £1,121.46: a rise of...

A new report from Zoopla shows that the average discount is at a five-year high, with property sales being agreed at 5.5...

The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...

Residential developers now have a unique opportunity to provide much needed high-quality accommodation in a city currently with limited stock, says...

Well located building plots and renovation projects near the Cornish coast have historically been in high demand and short supply -...

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

Over 70 locations in Britain have seen average house prices rise over the last year, bucking the national trend. An analysis of...

It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...

A property consultancy selling rental units says there’s been exponential growth in the short-lets AirBnb-style rental market over recent months. The yields...

The commercial property market has performed well in recent years, although trends differ from inner city and local markets, reports Dutton...

Shock news about house prices tend to mean one thing - a downward lurch. But the latest index from the Nationwide...

The level of rental properties remains drastically low, according to the latest Housing Insight report from letting agents trade body Propertymark. The...

Knight Frank says the seasonal autumn bounce has failed to materialise in the UK housing market this year. It was a...

Over £1 billion has been invested in the burgeoning Build To Rent Single Family Housing sector in the first three quarters...

England and Wales have seen rising rental yields for the third quarter in a row, with the total yield up 1.0...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipates stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

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

The current volatility in the UK housing market is leading to more British investment in the US, an expert claims.  Alistair Brown,...

The average discount to asking price has hit a four-year high according to Zoopla. The portal’s latest House Price Index  shows the...

Dubai has been a property investment favourite in the past - and it’s had some investment issues too with over supply. Those...

One of the many monthly house price market reports comes from Home - it’s arguably lower profile than most but is...

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

If you want the best chance of snagging a new home, the place to be is South Derbyshire, which has embraced...

Propertymark, the UK agents’ trade body, has given a snapshot of what’s happening with lettings and sales.  Chief executive Nathan Emerson says...

Another legal firm is reporting a “significant rise” in landlords selling up ahead of the Renters Reform Bill becoming law. A blog...

Conversions may present new opportunities for property investors if two groups of MPs have their way. That’s because two all-party groups of...

It’s not often front line data from estate agents are released to potential investors but Hamptons - part of Connells -...

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

Communities in Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley are the latest likely to benefit from thousands of new jobs and £1.2 billion...

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

Landlord investors’ net profits fell below 4.0 per cent in Q1 2023, marking a dramatic shift in finances for mortgaged buy...

Two cities have been identified as the UK’s highest-growth cities across multiple property sectors over the next 10 years, according to...

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

Research from Idealista, Spain’s largest property portal, showed that in December 2022, 20% of properties listed sold within a week, 35%...

Retirement Villages Group (RVG), owned by AXA IM Alts, has revealed the concept for its future collection of Integrated Retirement Communities,...

2022 was a year that presented an assortment of challenges for the commercial real estate (CRE) market; the aftermath of Covid-19,...

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, this week released its latest Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q4 2022 rental yields across England...

All overseas entities owning UK property must supply their details to the Register of Overseas Entities by January 31 2023. Despite this...

The current economic environment is still uncertain, and it is likely that the alarming rising cost of living, high inflation rates,...

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

Residential property developer and owner of Birmingham-based Cordia Blackswan, Cordia Group, is adding 500 new homes to the Budapest property market. Over...

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

New research conducted by members of The Housing Forum's Futures Network has revealed that the housing industry believes it is unlikely...

A new social impact investment scheme by PfP Capital has successfully delivered more than 450 new homes. As the rental property supply...

When we read about financial headwinds, soaring inflation due to energy price rises and a looming recession on the horizon, it’s...

Every quarter the British Property Federation (BPF) and Savills work together, along with data specialists Molior, to plot a Build to...

Native Group has announced the creation of Native Residential as a new business entity, as well as announcing a range of promotions and new...

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

Nobody wants to have to end a tenancy with deductions from a tenancy deposit! Here we share our expert tips for landlords to pass...

A global real estate investment management firm, Heitman LLC, has just announced that it has invested in the Hollis Building, Bath,...

New data from Knight Frank has been released to help understand what to expect from the property market this autumn. August saw...

Renters must be banging their heads against the wall by now as they are being pushed towards smaller properties and lower...

Practical completion has been reached by Landsec at their new affordable homes site, situated in Soho, which will provide much-needed intermediate...

Battersea Power Station announced yesterday that it will finally open its doors to the public for the first time in its...

Inflation is at a 30-year high, having increased to 9% and experts predict that it could rise to 11% by the...

Despite a drop in the average number of homes listed for sale per estate agency branch across Britain as a whole,...

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

The fast growth of the BTR sector has continued with Drum Property Group completing the construction of 324 Build to Rent (BTR) apartments on behalf...

At PIT, we have regularly focused on stories surrounding regeneration and the impact this has on investment. Very often, an area that...

In the first quarter of this year, the number of planning applications received by councils in England has fallen by almost...

One bad review is all it takes to ruin the reputation of a business, and the same is true for rental...

As the UK has set its sights on achieving net-zero by 2050, more and more measures will need to be put in...

As an investor, you may be interested in adding a new kitchen to add value to your new home before selling...

Over 5,500 people have applied for the dream job of becoming a holiday home tester in Spain – and there’s still a...

Since 2016, City Hall services have closely worked with councils and charities to assist 12,000 homeless people into safe, long-term accommodation. The...

A major UK-based operator of serviced apartments has announced the launch of its new Build to Rent brand, Mura Living, as...

The average UK house price hit a fresh high in May, rising for the 11th month in a row, according to...

Student accommodation brand Fusion is ready to launch Fusion at Brent Cross Town, its first development in London, to provide 662...

Global consultancy Knight Frank recently revised its UK residential house price forecast upwards, with the firm saying the supply of houses coming onto the...

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

Alliance Investments, the sales arm of Property Alliance Group, has revealed its latest development – The Residence in trendy Clapham – which it says...

It is no secret that the UK is currently facing a chronic shortage of affordable housing, at a time when incomes...

Average house price values are set to rise by a total of 12.9% by the end of 2026, but affordability pressures...

Harrison Street, one of the leading investment management firms exclusively focused on alternative estate assets, and Eagle Street Partners (Eagle Street),...

It is unsurprising that electric cars have seen an over 28% surge in demand in the last month alone. From rising...

House prices are now more than 130 times higher than they were when Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne in 1952...

This week, PIT delves into the latest in property development news – from the new partnership between ilke Homes and Man...

The UK Government’s policy of improving the quality of life outside of London is central to its raison d'être. ‘Levelling up’...

Dave Butler recently stood down as the CEO of the UKAA (the UK Apartment Association), the main membership body for the...

Property in many of the UK’s coastal towns and villages has often taken a pounding and not just from the elements...