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18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning that Labour landslide won’t boost housing immediately](/upload/images/shutterstock_1100834378(1)(1).jpg)
The latest house price index for the UK - released as Sir Kier Starmer was still celebrating his move into 10...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election Jitters means growth forecast cut for Prime Central London](/upload/images/24%2005%2031%20%205.jpg)
The political uncertainty hanging over the UK property market has come into sharper focus since Rishi Sunak announced a general election,...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![National Landlord Investment Show returns at Olympia London, Wednesday 6th March 2024...](/upload/images/DSCF0332(1).jpeg)
Calling all landlords, Investors and property professionals: National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on 6th March for its first...
12 February 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![UK Property Investment gets boost from HNW Middle East punters](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2011%2009%204.jpg/23%2011%2009%204__400x267.jpg)
High net worth investors from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE see the UK property market as a strong investment opportunity as...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investors Avoid! Growing danger of Japanese Knotweed](/upload/images/shutterstock_325309259.jpg)
A new heat map is making available information to investors about the threat of Japanese Knotweed. Investors can enter their postcode directly...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fore! Is It A Good Investment To Buy Near A Golf Course?](/upload/images/shutterstock_1342626320.jpg)
With the Ryder Cup in the forefront of our minds, new research has revealed the premiums for property located near a...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Commercial property investment takes a beating](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2026%203.jpg/23%2009%2026%203__400x267.jpg)
Market analysis by Sirius Property Finance, a debt advisory firm, reveals that commercial property transactions are down 67 per cent while...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![What’s Happening In The UK Property Market?](/upload/images/23%2008%2017%201%20What%E2%80%99s%20Happening%20In%20The%20UK%20Property%20Market.png)
Arguably the most comprehensive source of market snapshot data about the UK housing market comes from the TwentyCi consultancy. In addition to...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Why investors should take advantage of the BTR boom](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The last few years have seen an eruption of geopolitical volatility. A pandemic, several global lockdowns, and the re-emergence of war...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Singapore nationals help to drive UK property market activity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
New research by Benham and Reeves, highlights that a supporting cast from Singapore is helping to drive UK market activity. The bonus of the...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Home buyers with mortgages face 28% hit to buying power in 2023](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MortgageApproved-1-400x310.jpg)
Despite the relative buoyancy of the housing market activity over the summer – the recent spike in mortgage rates for new...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - how big a problem is dodgy money in London?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-20-400x310.jpg)
The issue of money laundering and questionable money flowing through the UK property market, especially London, has had a light shone...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Could now be the time for your Place in the Sun?](/upload/images/Locations/SpanishVilla-400x310.jpg)
It’s my first column for Property Investor Today and I’m grateful to the team for allowing me to share my knowledge...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Investors – are you ready for the Property Investor Show?](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/HomeInHands-400x310.jpg)
The Property Investor Show returns on April 1-2 at London’s ExCeL Centre and is anticipated to be ‘bigger and better attended...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Marie-Julie Gheysens - talking family ties and gender barriers](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Interview-Speaker-400x310.jpg)
A few weeks ago we reported on Ghelamco's first UK scheme in Shoreditch, which is being spearheaded by 27-year-old Marie-Julie Gheysens, the firm's...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Open Banking - could it solve the UK’s money laundering problem?](/upload/images/Locations/russia%20ukraine%202.png)
With Russia yesterday launching a full-scale invasion into Ukraine, it’s likely that the UK and other Western countries will announce further...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Who built The Arc? Ghelamco did!](/upload/images/Locations/PIT-TheArc-400x310.jpg)
Ghelamco - which is well-known for the creation of sustainable, energy neutral concepts - has officially launched The Arc in Shoreditch,...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight - four things to watch for in the UK property market in 2022](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Begins-400x310.png)
In this opinion piece, Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, outlines the key things for those with a stake in...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Predictions for 2022 - what could happen to the property market?](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Begins-400x310.png)
It's been another busy year for those with a stake in the UK property market, with commercial to residential transformations, Build...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![A forecast on the UK real estate market in 2022](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
The holiday season is around the corner so that means looking back on an eventful year and preparing for the next....
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![How to achieve implementable planning permission](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyDevelopment-2-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Ufuk Bahar - founder of multi-disciplinary architecture practice, Urbanist Architecture, which specialises in maximising the ROI and viability of...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Are the Home Counties the next hotspot for Chinese and HK investors?](/upload/images/Locations/ChinaUKInvestment-400x310.jpg)
A new thought leadership paper has asked whether the Home Counties – the typically affluent counties surrounding London – will be...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Will 2022 be the time to invest in property?](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Plans-400x310.png)
Another new year is approaching, but unlike the last, 2022 should arrive with significantly less uncertainty, especially for the property market....
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![It’s back! National Landlord Investment Show goes live again in October](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPeople-400x310.jpg)
After a hiatus of nearly two years, where shows had to take place virtually instead, the National Landlord Investment Show says...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![International buyers and tenants are keen to live in the UK](/upload/images/library/UKHouses2-400x310.png)
Global travel is on the mend as the UK has opened its doors to international countries that meet the government’s criteria....
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Opinion - Is Generation Rent Here to Stay?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/ModernRenter-400x310.jpg)
The term ‘Generation Rent’ has long been used throughout both the rental and sales markets, developing many connotations over the years....
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![How has the UK property market fared in the five years since the Brexit vote?](/img/default/pit.png)
This week – today (June 23), to be exact – marks five years since the EU referendum. It was a significant moment...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - why the rise in W2 should keep PCL investors optimistic](/img/default/pit.png)
The prime end of the market has been one of the hardest hit by Covid-19, but Euroterra Capital – known as...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Market insight – homes for rent are letting 30% faster since Covid](/img/default/pit.png)
The pandemic continues to shape the UK property market, with a growing disparity between inner city and outer city residential rents,...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![More money spent on housing – are things looking up?](/img/default/pit.png)
More money was spent in the housing market in England and Wales in the year to March than any 12-month period...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Chinese investors - will there be a drop in buying after the stamp duty holiday?](/img/default/pit.png)
The stamp duty holiday – which began in July last year and will continue in its current format until the end...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cladding roundup – leaseholders still at risk, but developer leads the way…](/img/default/pit.png)
Following the recent vote in parliament to reject the latest amendment to the Fire Safety Bill, Mary-Anne Bowring of Ringley has...
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
![Insight – where are the most profitable locations for BTL landlords?](/img/default/pit.png)
Recent research from CIA Landlords revealed the top 10 locations where landlords can potentially make the most profits from buy-to-let. Brighton, Bangor,...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![The roaring 20s – will there be a return to the cities that never sleep?](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the strangest sights during the pandemic has been the image of some of the biggest, busiest cities in the...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Good news – overseas investors are still coming to the UK in droves](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the ongoing implications of Brexit and, more recently, the pandemic, the number of overseas landlords owning property in the UK...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Post-Brexit UK-China property investment outlook – what should you know?](/img/default/pit.png)
A new thought leadership paper has looked at where, what and why Chinese high-net-worth-individuals (HWNIs) and investors are buying and developing in...
22 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
![Q&A – is now the time to be investing in distressed assets?](/img/default/pit.png)
In this Q&A, Thomas Balashev – who has spoken previously of breaking into the old-money elite of prime London property despite...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why property investors should be looking to Sheffield](/img/default/pit.png)
Since the housing market reopened after lockdown, the release of pent-up demand has led to record levels of enquiries for homes...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: an expert guide to stamp duty in 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
Here, in this guide piece, the experts at Alexander & Co - a firm of chartered accountants in Manchester - run...
28 January 2021
From: Conveyancing, Mortgages, Tax & Finance
![Property investment in 2021 – adjusting to new circumstances](/img/default/pit.png)
Following one of the most disruptive and challenging years in living memory, I have no doubt that many of those in...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – which UK cities are experiencing a property boom?](/img/default/pit.png)
Almost two thirds of the UK’s largest cities are experiencing a property selling boom, according to Apropos. The letting firm analysed year-on-year...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – what will 2021 have in store for the UK property market?](/img/default/pit.png)
With 2020 wrapped up and many anticipating the year ahead, Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, provides commentary...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The UK property market is in a state of flux. Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic has had a marked effect on landlords,...
16 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Property market predictions for 2021 – what can we expect?](/img/default/pit.png)
The property predictions for 2021 continue to roll in, as the sector looks ahead to the upcoming 12 months. Here, we get...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight: how will Brexit affect the UK property market?](/img/default/pit.png)
As the clock ticks ever closer to the end of the transition period, and the start of post-Brexit Britain from January,...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Will the 2020 housing market boom continue?](/img/default/pit.png)
As property investors, it is very important that we monitor house price trends when assessing new deals and during existing long-term...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![The only way is up – property boom in a third of UK’s largest cities](/img/default/pit.png)
A third of the UK’s largest cities are experiencing a property boom, according to research from leading letting firm Apropos. It looked...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong and Chinese investors still buying - how to engage with them](/img/default/pit.png)
Sally Maier-Yip, managing director of 11K Consulting, the UK's leading China PR and comms agency, outlines why buyers from Hong Kong and...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Window for global investors to purchase UK property is closing](/img/default/pit.png)
With global stock markets in turmoil, many investors are turning to property as a less volatile investment option. For practical purposes, the...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – where are homeowners desperate to sell by 2021?](/img/default/pit.png)
The coronavirus pandemic has altered the lives of many. Every industry has been affected one way or another, including the UK...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rise of corporate landlords – why do so few now invest as individuals?](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading UK property developer has claimed that the government’s plan to professionalise the buy-to-let sector, through tax changes, regulation and...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Cornwall and the SW should feature in every investor’s portfolio, expert argues](/img/default/pit.png)
The South West, and Cornwall in particular, should be capturing the attention of property investors despite the economic challenges posed by...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Demand for UK property from Chinese buyers on the rise](/img/default/pit.png)
Chinese buyers continue to show interest in the UK property market, making 213% more enquiries in July. This follows a double-digit decline...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong investors keen to 'safeguard money in reliable London market'](/img/default/pit.png)
Demand from Hong Kong buyers looking to 'safeguard' their money in London's 'reliable' property market is on the rise, according to...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Smaller institutional investors locked out of investing into UK residential](/img/default/pit.png)
A new report has found that the UK’s residential market is missing out on billions of pounds of potential investment from...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Should you wait to buy your first investment property?](/img/default/pit.png)
It’s a question many would-be investors will have been asking themselves, with so much remaining up-in-the-air and uncertain at present. But...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Professional property buying in a post-Covid-19 climate – how should you do it?](/img/default/pit.png)
With lockdown measures starting to be eased, and the possible move to step 2 of the three-step plan from June 1,...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: how can you be a strategic investor?](/img/default/pit.png)
It’s really important now, more than ever, that investors think strategically – with so much uncertainty and so many unknowns as...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight – have Asian investors in the UK property market increased?](/img/default/pit.png)
International investors make up a big chunk of Britain’s second home market, especially in London. Many of these investors hail from...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - could alternative property investment thrive post-Covid?](/img/default/pit.png)
As is always the case in times of crisis, people are asking what might follow, what industries might thrive as normal...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Prime property: lockdown buying and selling advice for investors](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK property market is currently on hold due to the government's lockdown restrictions. Although in-person property viewings and valuations can't take...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![UK property market is ‘paralysed’ by lockdown – analysis](/img/default/pit.png)
The lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has frozen the housing market, according to Home.co.uk’s Asking Price...
20 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
![PropElle Network launches webinar to assist members through lockdown](/img/default/pit.png)
The PropElle Network, a leading community that offers property education, advice and guidance to help women invest in property, has launched...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Budget announcement – stamp duty surcharge introduced for overseas buyers](/img/default/pit.png)
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed in his first Budget plans to introduce a 2% stamp duty surcharge on non-UK tax residents. While...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fearless investing: how property investment behaviour is changing](/img/default/pit.png)
2019 brought with it much uncertainty, with falling property prices leading many to fear the start of a property price crash....
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Where to look: the best current property investment locations in the UK](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite Brexit uncertainty impacting house price growth, changes to tax regulations and a hike in stamp duty thresholds for buy-to-let landlords,...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![It’s agents’ time to shine as buyers grow in confidence](/img/default/pit.png)
Sentiment is polarised among potential buyers and sellers in the UK property market, highlighting an opportunity for agents to bridge this...
05 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![2020: The drive towards more tenant-friendly regulation](/img/default/pit.png)
The past decade has seen many companies that converge property portfolios, hospitality and travel benefit from an unprecedented pace of growth. Landlords...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![What does 2020 have in store for the UK property market?](/img/default/pit.png)
As we enter a new year (and decade), the opening weeks of 2020 are an appropriate time to reflect on the...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Striking a policy balance is crucial for foreign property investment](/img/default/pit.png)
When it comes to regulating and managing foreign investment in highly desirable UK bricks and mortar, understanding the subtleties of the...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit blight refuted by UK property market](/img/default/pit.png)
A majority of active home sellers in the UK are unfazed by political uncertainty in 2019, and only 14% think a...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK market sees seasonal slowdown in September](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a marginal increase in the number of properties coming onto the market in September, but a decline in properties...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit will deter overseas buyers, UK property investors fear](/img/default/pit.png)
An independent survey of more than 1,000 UK-based property investors has found that 55% are concerned Brexit will push away international...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property developer blames the South for 2019 house sales slump](/img/default/pit.png)
The South was mostly to blame for the slump in UK property market sales following the aborted March Brexit deadline, new...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK property market is headed for a post-Brexit boom - claim](/img/default/pit.png)
Research by SevenCapital has revealed that more than one third of property investors who invested prior to Article 50 being triggered...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Parts of the UK see new-build price premiums hit 108%, research finds](/img/default/pit.png)
Springbok Properties, a Manchester-based fast sale estate agent, has revealed that new-build homes experience a huge premium in certain areas of...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![New AI assistant to ‘automate the lettings process’ for agents](/img/default/pit.png)
Roby.ai, an Articificial Intelligence (AI) assistant, has been launched in the UK property market. Thought to be an industry first, Roby.ai works...
17 July 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
![Property growth on the rise in Coventry and Warwickshire, says Loveitts](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite some recent reports suggesting that the UK property market is plummeting, a recent auction hosted by Loveitss, an estate and...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![New property marketplace launches on the App Store](/img/default/pit.png)
UcaDO – the UK’s first ever free-to-list, peer-to-peer property app – has been launched on the App Store. It was founded by Will...
22 May 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
![New listings ‘sold’ in the UK fell during April, figures show](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest data from Agency Express has revealed a slowdown across the UK property market in April. According to its Property Activity...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Old rectories offer best value for those seeking classic English home](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest research by Jackson-Stops has revealed that, at £245 per square foot, properties once home to clergymen offer the best...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Partner sees improved confidence for investment](/img/default/pit.png)
Crowdfunding platform Property Partner has reported that investment sentiment appears to be improving amongst investors. According to its latest surveys, 81% of...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![JLL says Build to Rent will bring over 2,000 homes to Bristol by 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
More than 2,000 new Build to Rent apartments are set to be created in Bristol in the next three years, according...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit not a major concern for property investors, claims study](/img/default/pit.png)
Brexit isn’t a major concern when it comes to property investment, according to new research from SevenCapital. The survey of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs)...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK property market enjoys strong start to 2019](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK’s property market experienced a promising first month of 2019, according to the latest data from the Agency Express Property...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK property investors remain upbeat in spite of ongoing uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
A recent poll suggests that the majority of UK property investors are set to grow their portfolios in 2019, despite a...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![First opportunistic fund launched by Property Partner](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading property investment platform announced on Monday that it is launching an opportunistic fund. Property Partner, which was launched in January...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Where are the cheapest and most expensive places to sell a property in London?](/img/default/pit.png)
London has the highest traditional estate agent fees in the country at 1.70%, according to price comparison site NetAnAgent.com. Fees in the...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![AI-powered website aims to help investors find deal of a lifetime](/img/default/pit.png)
A property investment company, One & Only Pro, has launched its online offering after spending two years developing its complex algorithms...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Report analyses transformation of the property market in the last five years](/img/default/pit.png)
A new report from estate agents Strutt & Parker has examined how policy and political events have transformed the property market...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![UK’s ‘ultimate property domain’ officially up for sale](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK’s ‘ultimate property domain’ property.co.uk is available to purchase and is expected to attract strong interest from online estate agents...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![More house sales fall through amidst slowing property market](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been an increase in the number of house sales falling through before completion, according to Quick Move Now. Figures released...