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20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Invest near Crossrail? It’s not always a fast track to returns](/upload/images/3%20Property-Value_400x310.png)
It didn’t take long, but the gloss has already begun to come off the hugely expensive new Crossrail service in London. The...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hotels and phone boxes go under the hammer in Strettons first live streamed auction of the year](/upload/images/__thumbs/Hotels%20and%20phone%20bozes%20go%20under%20the%20hammer.png/Hotels%20and%20phone%20bozes%20go%20under%20the%20hammer__400x228.png)
Strettons has published its latest auction catalogue for its upcoming national property auction on 9th February 2023. The full catalogue is...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Vetro shines as Tower Hamlets leads the capital](/upload/images/__thumbs/Vetro.png/Vetro__399x269.png)
New Rightmove data revealed Tower Hamlets as the only London borough to see house price growth in the first month of...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investors – where are the UK’s best locations for regeneration?](/upload/images/Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
At PIT, we have regularly focused on stories surrounding regeneration and the impact this has on investment. Very often, an area that...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Foreign homeowners sitting on £90.7bn worth of property](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Housing-1-400x310.jpg)
The total market value of foreign-owned homes in England and Wales currently stands at £90.7 billion, research from Benham and Reeves...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Which city is driving HMO decline? The answer may (not) surprise you…](/upload/images/Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
Market analysis from Octane Capital has revealed that the number of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in England has dropped in...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![London exodus reverses as rental demand climbs in Q1](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
With tenants returning to the capital in 2022, research by rental portal Rentd has revealed that the London rental market has...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong buyers dominate 17 London boroughs, study shows](/upload/images/Locations/Central-London400x310.png)
Hong Kong buyers currently have the biggest property footprint within the London market, new research from Benham and Reeves shows. The agent’s...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – auctioneer awards, charity work and expert tips](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
We’ve entered a new month, which means new beginnings and refreshed confidence as we navigate a post-Covid world. Quite aptly, this...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Demand/supply debate continues – where do we need more new homes?](/upload/images/library/HousingReview-400x310.jpg)
Research by Unlatch has revealed where across the UK we’re most in need of new homes based on the size of...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![New-build boom – 6.5% of Brits bought new-builds during pandemic](/upload/images/library/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
New-build homes account for 6.5% of pandemic property purchases, new research from Unlatch finds. The new-build sales optimisation platform looked at the...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental update – new HMO licensing rules, green spaces and low supply](/upload/images/library/MillennialTenants-1-400x310.jpg)
In this market update, PIT looks at how HMO licensing will potentially impact Westminster’s rental market, the rising demand for green...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – which UK areas are running the race in construction?](/img/default/pit.png)
New research from a trade tools supplier has revealed the UK’s fastest-growing housing development locations. Protrade Tools and Fixings analysed domestic housing...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction Roundup – remember, remember, the sales in November](/img/default/pit.png)
As we reach the end of October, Property Investor Today looks at how auction houses have been preparing for November auctions -...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Premier Modular wins contract to house homeless in High Wycombe](/img/default/pit.png)
Offsite construction specialist Premier Modular has won a £7.5 million contract for a development of apartments that will provide facilities for...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing minister caught up in ‘bias’ development row](/img/default/pit.png)
In a potential scandal that has rather gone under the radar thanks to the ongoing fallout from the Dominic Cummings affair,...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Construction begins on new £151m, 30-storey Canary Wharf scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Property developer Rockwell started work earlier this week on the construction of its scheme at 82 West India Dock Road, which...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![First-time buyers – do you know the best areas to buy new?](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite stretched affordability in most parts of the country, with the average income required for a first-time buyer (FTB) to purchase...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Where are London’s Airbnb hotspots? Google Search Trends reveal all](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent weeks we’ve focused on the seemingly unstoppable growth of Airbnb and its competitors and how women are helping to...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Still on track - house prices aren’t derailed by Crossrail delays](/img/default/pit.png)
With Londoners facing further delays with Crossrail, London letting and sales agent Benham and Reeves analysed house prices along the route...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Insight: what are Chinese tenants looking for from a London rental property?](/img/default/pit.png)
With approximately 120,250 Chinese people living in London, accounting for 1.5% of the capital's population, and many young Chinese people coming...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![What is the average cost and size of London homes by borough?](/img/default/pit.png)
New research has revealed the average size of homes by London borough, as well as how much space costs per square...
11 September 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
![Seaside town revealed as the UK’s top buy-to-let destination](/img/default/pit.png)
Southend-on-Sea is the UK’s number one buy-to-let hotspot, according to research carried out by independent mortgage broker Private Finance. The seaside town,...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tower Hamlets tops list of London’s quietest boroughs](/img/default/pit.png)
The quietest boroughs in London have been revealed in new research carried out by homebuilder Barratt London. With recent concerns raised over...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Falling rents in London ‘distorts’ picture for the rest of England, Index shows](/img/default/pit.png)
The average rent for a property in London fell 0.27% in the year to April, weighing down the resilient rental growth...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb listings in the capital soar](/img/default/pit.png)
Airbnb has seen a 43% jump in listings in the last 12 months, with the number of entire properties on the...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Softening housing market in London offers inventors ‘better value for money’](/img/default/pit.png)
London’s housing market continues to slow, with the latest figures revealing that prices increased at their slowest rate for nearly five...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Clinton Vs Trump: We can reveal the winner is...](/img/default/pit.png)
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump may still be fighting it out for the White House, but with just a few hours...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property prices in London’s Olympic boroughs race ahead](/img/default/pit.png)
Major investment in London’s six Olympic boroughs has helped drive up residential property prices by an average of 64% in the...