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![Brownfield Land Development to be easier, pledges government](/upload/images/24%2002%2022%20%2002.jpg)
Building homes on brownfield land will be turbocharged under a major shake-up to planning rules promised by the UK government. Every council...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Investors face more red tape](/upload/images/24%2001%2016%2002.jpg)
A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Two new UK Investment Zones Revealed](/upload/images/5%20Property-Value_400x310.png)
Glasgow City Region and North East of Scotland will be Scotland’s Investment Zones following an agreement between the UK and Scottish...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb lobs incentive towards new landlords for Wimbledon fortnight](/upload/images/2%20shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb is offering £100 to new Hosts welcoming their first Airbnb guest during the Wimbledon Championships, which begin on Monday. Last year...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Castleforge - talking interest rates, BTR trends, data and rental reform](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Interview-Speaker-400x310.jpg)
In this Q&A, we speak to Adam MacLeod, partner at Castleforge Partners, for his thoughts on data-driven investment, the latest trends...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why private investors are crucial to the Government's levelling up ambitions](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UKHousebuilding-400x310.jpg)
The UK Government’s policy of improving the quality of life outside of London is central to its raison d'être. ‘Levelling up’...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Green homes – three-quarters of councils say they need more help to reach net zero](/upload/images/Site%20logos/GreenPropertyPITlogo.jpg)
A recent survey carried out by strategic property advisers Cluttons and sustainability consultants AESG has found that the majority of 50...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![How developers can navigate electric vehicle charging challenges](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/ElectricCarCharger-400x310.png)
In this guest article, Isabel James, head of residential at Connected Kerb, one of the UK’s leading on-street electric vehicle (EV)...
18 May 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
![Property investors are making 12 per cent returns with Innovative Finance ISAs](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Balance-400x310.jpg)
Innovative Finance ISAs have been the top performing ISA for property investors in recent times. Here, Derek Pratt, commercial director at Sourced Capital, looks...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Just the beginning: First new UK leasehold property reforms become official](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Charles Brown, content writer of LDN Properties, discusses the potential impact of the latest reform on leasehold,...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - UK public back Economic Crime Bill, but want it to be fairer](/upload/images/Locations/russia%20flag.png)
The vast majority of the UK public back the government's new Economic Crime Bill designed to crack down on dirty money...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Net-zero insight: Maintaining a pragmatic approach](/upload/images/Site%20logos/GreenPropertyPITlogo.jpg)
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...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government must increase Levelling Up fund – claim](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
The government’s Levelling Up Home Building Fund is unlikely to provide enough funding to supply loans to all of the nation’s...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Empty homes could ease housing shortage - how could investors help?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EmptyHomes-400x310.jpg)
A trade body has claimed that new financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Investors - could the UK's storm season worsen the Japanese knotweed crisis?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/JapaneseKnotweed-1-400x310.jpg)
The UK's recent storm season could lead to a greater infestation of Japanese knotweed - the famously problematic and invasive plant...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Faster progress is needed to decarbonise the property sector – claim](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCRating-400x310.png)
The Chartered Institute of Housing’s (CIH) upcoming 2022 Housing Review shows the lack of clear government strategies and insufficient financial incentives...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Bouncing back – Brit buyers return to Europe after Covid and Brexit](/upload/images/Locations/SpanishProperty400x310.png)
Just over a year ago (December 31 2020), the transition period for Brits to retire to European Union countries without the...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold consultation – what do investors need to know?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
On Tuesday, the government launched a six-week consultation on proposals to make it easier and cheaper for leaseholders to purchase the...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – new hires, enormous sales and a Rapunzel tower](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week’s auction roundup is a mixed bag, so to speak, with Savills announcing its new head of auctions and Propertymark...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – normalising auctions, MMoA and more valuers needed](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week’s auction roundup involves another bumper month for SDL Property Auctions as it partners with Rightmove to revolutionise auctions, as...
22 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
![Debunking the myths regarding the 2025 boiler ban](/upload/images/library/GasBoiler-400x310.png)
In 2019, the UK government announced that it would be bringing in a ban on gas boilers. This was originally scheduled...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Most students alarmed about Covid precautions](/upload/images/library/Studentsimage400x310.jpg)
Build to Rent furnishing solutions firm Manor Interiors recently researched UK student accommodation standards during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some 1,032 UK...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![The great UK construction contractor payment overhaul - what's it about?](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/build-to-rent400x310.png)
According to a recent Deloitte report, the construction sector accounts for the highest number of insolvencies compared to any other sector,...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Housing with care – how is Scotland aiming to tackle an age-old problem?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
It’s one of the biggest issues facing countries and leaders across the world and has been brought into starker focus than...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![New government guidance on cladding approved by property management firm](/upload/images/library/CladdingScandal400x310.jpg)
Principle Estate Management has welcomed a major UK government intervention that means leaseholders “trapped” in flats due to the cladding crisis...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Peter Grant, Sandstone Group](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/3x1/PeterGrant_360x280.png)
Who are you? Peter Grant, founder and CEO of Sandstone Group (formerly Grant Property). Out of hours, my passions include skiing and...
27 July 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Portugal – the key to good property management and a Golden Visa rush](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite still being on the amber list after the UK government’s most recent review of its controversial traffic light system, Portugal...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Hitting net-zero: how property investors can contribute to the 2025 carbon target](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK government has implemented a legally binding commitment to achieve net-carbon zero by 2050, meaning that new-build homes must be...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – will Portugal experience a post-Covid investment boom?](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite Portugal being taken off the UK’s green list from tomorrow, causing bafflement from the Portuguese government and a mad rush...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![The UK’s property bubble – what will happen next?](/img/default/pit.png)
When will the UK’s property bubble burst? This question has become increasingly prevalent over recent months. The fact it has is a...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – why should you invest in Lisbon?](/img/default/pit.png)
On Thursday May 6, a webinar was held – ‘Invest. Work. Live. In Lisbon’ – to highlight the best ways of...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Green list Portugal - enquiries surge as buyers make plans to travel overseas](/img/default/pit.png)
Findings from Rightmove suggest that pent-up demand from home-hunters wanting to buy a home in Portugal has finally started to be...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Rune Sovndahl – talking podcasts, Nordic influence and trends](/img/default/pit.png)
For landlords and property investors, maintenance is a key if not particularly glamorous part of the job. But how can landlords and...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Can new-build homes lead the renewable energy revolution?](/img/default/pit.png)
In December 2015, the UK accepted the terms of the Paris Agreement. The accord recognised the growing threat of climate change...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Will UK property remain a long-term investment choice for overseas investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
We know that UK property has long been a safe haven for international investors, with the market’s robust performance throughout the...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cladding update – quicker recladding works and digitising asset details](/img/default/pit.png)
Work on replacing dangerous cladding on high rise buildings across the UK could be accelerated and made cheaper if the government...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pain in Spain continues for British holiday homeowners, says tax firm](/img/default/pit.png)
As a result of Brexit, which has changed the rules on buying Spanish property, more Brits are being hit by Spain’s...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![UK investment - has there been a boom in buyers hailing from Hong Kong?](/img/default/pit.png)
Britain and Hong Kong have long had close relations, not least because it was a British colony until as recently as...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight - why are international investors piling into the North West’s BTL market?](/img/default/pit.png)
International investors are increasingly focusing on the buy-to-let (BTL) property market in the North West of England, according to property investment...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Holiday lets - how can owners prepare for a reimagined spring?](/img/default/pit.png)
Grant Seaton, senior business lending manager at The Cumberland, discusses how the holiday let sector can prepare for a spring like no...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Webinar – Portugal’s investment potential and more on Golden Visas](/img/default/pit.png)
Fine & Country Portugal is currently running a series of webinars entitled ‘Your Second Home’, covering various topics related to the...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![2021: is it the comeback year for PCL property?](/img/default/pit.png)
It goes without saying that 2020 was an incredibly eventful year for us all. The Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns meant...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: how the pandemic has shaped the global housing market](/img/default/pit.png)
It would be an understatement to say that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused upheaval to sectors, industries and businesses around the...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![How can investors meet the rising demand for sustainable homes?](/img/default/pit.png)
With some 20% of the UK’s carbon emissions coming from domestic buildings, the importance of sustainable construction has become undeniable. Over the...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Are we approaching the end of the road for HMOs?](/img/default/pit.png)
You may have heard people say that as the coronavirus continues and a possible recession approaches, this spells the end of the...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![‘Generation Rent Better’: improve renter experience and maximise returns](/img/default/pit.png)
It’s no secret that young people in the UK are struggling to get onto the property ladder, with the age of...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![How much Capital Gains Tax do you have to pay when disposing of a property?](/img/default/pit.png)
When you're disposing of a property, you’ll have to take certain things into consideration, from choosing an estate agent to sell...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![ilke Homes secures Rushden development to deliver 150 homes](/img/default/pit.png)
Fast-growing modular housing company ilke Homes has secured a site for residential development in Rushden, Northamptonshire, that has the potential to...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Overseas update – Chinese stamp duty surge and Q4 rush for Cypriot homes](/img/default/pit.png)
Demand from Chinese investors for UK property soared in July after plummeting between April-June, during the height of the coronavirus lockdown. In...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Covid-19 will force change in the PRS — let's make sure it’s positive](/img/default/pit.png)
Lockdown measures have left the UK’s residential rental sector struggling to deal with a period of unpaid rents, occupancy voids, and...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Overseas property - is now the right time to invest in Cyprus?](/img/default/pit.png)
There are historic ties between the UK and Cyprus, the country has dealt impressively – like its near neighbour Greece –...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Blow for investors – Spain removed from quarantine exemption list](/img/default/pit.png)
Property investors travelling to and from Spain and its islands will be forced to self-isolate for 14 days upon their return to...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Inside the mind of a Chinese investor – what are they searching for?](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the current thawing of relations between Westminster and Beijing, caused by controversial new laws in Hong Kong (a former British colony)...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investment in UK Build to Rent set for a sharp rebound, report finds](/img/default/pit.png)
Multifamily (Build to Rent) housing is set to be the UK’s most resilient real estate sector, according to a report from...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Confusion abounds – where can and can’t investors go?](/img/default/pit.png)
Knowing exactly where you can go without having to self-isolate for 14 days upon your return to the UK will be...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Good news - second home owners and buyers allowed back to Spain!](/img/default/pit.png)
In a further sign of some sense of normality returning – albeit with many new restrictions and protocols remaining in place...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Will Airbnb be back next month? Short-term lets sector prepares to reopen](/img/default/pit.png)
The short-term accommodation and holiday lettings sector, of which Airbnb is the major player, has supported the implementation of new UK-wide...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![New developments - would you consider investing in Uruguay?](/img/default/pit.png)
It’s not a country that receives much UK attention from a property investment, holiday or tourist point of view, overshadowed by...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - how has the prime property market coped with lockdown?](/img/default/pit.png)
While England slowly starts to emerge from lockdown under the UK government’s three-point plan (the devolved administrations are taking a slightly...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![A timeline – how has coronavirus impacted the Scottish property market?](/img/default/pit.png)
Scotland, alongside Wales and Northern Ireland, is using its devolved powers to take a different course from the UK government by...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Now is not the time to shake-up real estate](/img/default/pit.png)
It has been well over a month since the UK government first announced social distancing measures in response to Covid-19. At...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the best performing PRS assets and how to find them](/img/default/pit.png)
The whole world is currently dealing with the challenge of Covid-19. Huge government support is being promised on a scale even...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Is house flipping still a profitable strategy in 2020?](/img/default/pit.png)
Buy a property below market value, renovate it and then make a tidy profit by selling it at a higher price, all within...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![How is Scotland’s property market adapting to social distancing measures?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the new restrictions on daily life imposed by the UK government, several buyers still want to make property purchases despite...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Emerging PropTech: work it harder, make it better, do it faster](/img/default/pit.png)
The promise of emerging technologies, championed by the most forward-thinking in the PropTech space, could have been inspired by nostalgic French...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Staying in the EU is best for real estate development activity - claim](/img/default/pit.png)
More than half (59%) of people believe that staying in the EU would be ‘the most advantageous outcome’ to London development...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property investors call for support from UK Government](/img/default/pit.png)
Some 97% of property investors do not think the government is doing enough to support the UK property market, new research...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![BTL investors stand by the sector despite ‘detrimental’ changes](/img/default/pit.png)
Some 73% of buy-to-let investors considered property as the best, least volatile long-term investment when compared to all other asset classes,...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![How can Brexit be a property investor’s opportunity?](/img/default/pit.png)
Brexit! Whether you’re a Brexiteer or a Remainer, no one can deny that this is probably the number one issue on...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Legal & General’s first BTR scheme in Glasgow to meet growing demand](/img/default/pit.png)
Legal & General has exchanged contracts on its first Build to Rent (BTR) scheme in Scotland. In a bid to meet the...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Returns from London BTL homes don’t outweigh risks, firm claims](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Foreign owners’ property register will bridge information gap](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK Government has recently announced their plans to introduce a new public register that will compel foreign companies who own...
07 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![England’s new homes shortfall will reach over 1m by 2022](/img/default/pit.png)
England has encountered a rift between new build completions and new households being added to the population after a slow output...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Many property investors are struggling to obtain mainstream funding](/img/default/pit.png)
Sterner affordability criteria, stress testing and more robust risk management for lenders seeking to underwrite mortgage contracts has left many property...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Non-dom reform should be put on hold until 2018](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK government should delay the introduction of any changes to non-domicile reforms until at least 2018, giving it an opportunity...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK government urged to encourage growth and more housebuilding](/img/default/pit.png)
With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, compounding the...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property remains the ‘highest yielding investment on offer’ in the UK](/img/default/pit.png)
A growing number of investors are choosing to invest in property, despite the introduction of higher stamp duty purchasing costs and...
13 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Investing in property is better bet than a pension, says BoE’s chief economist](/img/default/pit.png)
Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, has confirmed what many of us already knew – investing in property is...
31 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Surveyors call on UK government to take ‘radical action’ to stimulate growth](/img/default/pit.png)
The Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) is calling on the government to consider some radical measures to stimulate all aspects of...
10 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK government remains committed to building more new homes](/img/default/pit.png)
The government remains committed to delivering one million new build homes in England by 2020, in an effort to tackle the...