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Building homes on brownfield land will be turbocharged under a major shake-up to planning rules promised by the UK government. Every council...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

Glasgow City Region and North East of Scotland will be Scotland’s Investment Zones following an agreement between the UK and Scottish...

Airbnb is offering £100 to new Hosts welcoming their first Airbnb guest during the Wimbledon Championships, which begin on Monday. Last year...

In this Q&A, we speak to Adam MacLeod, partner at Castleforge Partners, for his thoughts on data-driven investment, the latest trends...

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

A recent survey carried out by strategic property advisers Cluttons and sustainability consultants AESG has found that the majority of 50...

In this guest article, Isabel James, head of residential at Connected Kerb, one of the UK’s leading on-street electric vehicle (EV)...

Market analysis from Octane Capital has revealed that the number of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in England has dropped in...

Innovative Finance ISAs have been the top performing ISA for property investors in recent times. Here, Derek Pratt, commercial director at Sourced Capital, looks...

In this guest piece, Charles Brown, content writer of LDN Properties, discusses the potential impact of the latest reform on leasehold,...

The vast majority of the UK public back the government's new Economic Crime Bill designed to crack down on dirty money...

In part two of her net-zero column, Frédérique Carrier, head of investment strategy at RBC Wealth Management, reviews some investment implications regarding net-zero and...

The government’s Levelling Up Home Building Fund is unlikely to provide enough funding to supply loans to all of the nation’s...

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

The UK's recent storm season could lead to a greater infestation of Japanese knotweed - the famously problematic and invasive plant...

The Chartered Institute of Housing’s (CIH) upcoming 2022 Housing Review shows the lack of clear government strategies and insufficient financial incentives...

Just over a year ago (December 31 2020), the transition period for Brits to retire to European Union countries without the...

On Tuesday, the government launched a six-week consultation on proposals to make it easier and cheaper for leaseholders to purchase the...

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

This week’s auction roundup involves another bumper month for SDL Property Auctions as it partners with Rightmove to revolutionise auctions, as...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s main financial regulator, has warned a number of times in the past about the...

In 2019, the UK government announced that it would be bringing in a ban on gas boilers. This was originally scheduled...

Build to Rent furnishing solutions firm Manor Interiors recently researched UK student accommodation standards during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some 1,032 UK...

According to a recent Deloitte report, the construction sector accounts for the highest number of insolvencies compared to any other sector,...

It’s one of the biggest issues facing countries and leaders across the world and has been brought into starker focus than...

Principle Estate Management has welcomed a major UK government intervention that means leaseholders “trapped” in flats due to the cladding crisis...

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

Despite still being on the amber list after the UK government’s most recent review of its controversial traffic light system, Portugal...

The UK government has implemented a legally binding commitment to achieve net-carbon zero by 2050, meaning that new-build homes must be...

Despite Portugal being taken off the UK’s green list from tomorrow, causing bafflement from the Portuguese government and a mad rush...

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

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

Findings from Rightmove suggest that pent-up demand from home-hunters wanting to buy a home in Portugal has finally started to be...

For landlords and property investors, maintenance is a key if not particularly glamorous part of the job. But how can landlords and...

In December 2015, the UK accepted the terms of the Paris Agreement. The accord recognised the growing threat of climate change...

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

Work on replacing dangerous cladding on high rise buildings across the UK could be accelerated and made cheaper if the government...

As a result of Brexit, which has changed the rules on buying Spanish property, more Brits are being hit by Spain’s...

Britain and Hong Kong have long had close relations, not least because it was a British colony until as recently as...

International investors are increasingly focusing on the buy-to-let (BTL) property market in the North West of England, according to property investment...

Grant Seaton, senior business lending manager at The Cumberland, discusses how the holiday let sector can prepare for a spring like no...

Fine & Country Portugal is currently running a series of webinars entitled ‘Your Second Home’, covering various topics related to the...

It goes without saying that 2020 was an incredibly eventful year for us all. The Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns meant...

It would be an understatement to say that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused upheaval to sectors, industries and businesses around the...

With some 20% of the UK’s carbon emissions coming from domestic buildings, the importance of sustainable construction has become undeniable. Over the...

You may have heard people say that as the coronavirus continues and a possible recession approaches, this spells the end of the...

It’s no secret that young people in the UK are struggling to get onto the property ladder, with the age of...

When you're disposing of a property, you’ll have to take certain things into consideration, from choosing an estate agent to sell...

Fast-growing modular housing company ilke Homes has secured a site for residential development in Rushden, Northamptonshire, that has the potential to...

Demand from Chinese investors for UK property soared in July after plummeting between April-June, during the height of the coronavirus lockdown. In...

Lockdown measures have left the UK’s residential rental sector struggling to deal with a period of unpaid rents, occupancy voids, and...

There are historic ties between the UK and Cyprus, the country has dealt impressively – like its near neighbour Greece –...

Property investors travelling to and from Spain and its islands will be forced to self-isolate for 14 days upon their return to...

Despite the current thawing of relations between Westminster and Beijing, caused by controversial new laws in Hong Kong (a former British colony)...

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

Knowing exactly where you can go without having to self-isolate for 14 days upon your return to the UK will be...

In a further sign of some sense of normality returning – albeit with many new restrictions and protocols remaining in place...

The short-term accommodation and holiday lettings sector, of which Airbnb is the major player, has supported the implementation of new UK-wide...

It’s not a country that receives much UK attention from a property investment, holiday or tourist point of view, overshadowed by...

While England slowly starts to emerge from lockdown under the UK government’s three-point plan (the devolved administrations are taking a slightly...

Scotland, alongside Wales and Northern Ireland, is using its devolved powers to take a different course from the UK government by...

It has been well over a month since the UK government first announced social distancing measures in response to Covid-19. At...

The whole world is currently dealing with the challenge of Covid-19. Huge government support is being promised on a scale even...

Buy a property below market value, renovate it and then make a tidy profit by selling it at a higher price, all within...

With the new restrictions on daily life imposed by the UK government, several buyers still want to make property purchases despite...

The promise of emerging technologies, championed by the most forward-thinking in the PropTech space, could have been inspired by nostalgic French...

More than half (59%) of people believe that staying in the EU would be ‘the most advantageous outcome’ to London development...

Some 97% of property investors do not think the government is doing enough to support the UK property market, new research...

Some 73% of buy-to-let investors considered property as the best, least volatile long-term investment when compared to all other asset classes,...

Brexit! Whether you’re a Brexiteer or a Remainer, no one can deny that this is probably the number one issue on...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on its first Build to Rent (BTR) scheme in Scotland. In a bid to meet the...

Investment yields from prime London buy-to-let properties don’t reflect the risks involved, Hadrian’s Wall Capital (HWC) has claimed. The London-based specialist debt...

The UK Government has recently announced their plans to introduce a new public register that will compel foreign companies who own...

England has encountered a rift between new build completions and new households being added to the population after a slow output...

Sterner affordability criteria, stress testing and more robust risk management for lenders seeking to underwrite mortgage contracts has left many property...

The UK government should delay the introduction of any changes to non-domicile reforms until at least 2018, giving it an opportunity...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, compounding the...

A growing number of investors are choosing to invest in property, despite the introduction of higher stamp duty purchasing costs and...

Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, has confirmed what many of us already knew – investing in property is...

The Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) is calling on the government to consider some radical measures to stimulate all aspects of...

The government remains committed to delivering one million new build homes in England by 2020, in an effort to tackle the...

The market is changing; the act of investing is based on risk versus reward. No investment is guaranteed, but how can...