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Build to Rent operator Atlas Residential has revealed that it will deploy $1 billion (£900 million) through its affiliate Atlas Residential...

Two housing-related charitable organisations have collaborated to fund a major UK-wide research programme in order to improve standards in the private...

Juwai.com, the Chinese portal for overseas real estate, and independent ski property portal SnowOnly have signed a partnership aiming to bring...

An AI-led room rental platform has identified Europe's 'coolest rental neighbourhoods', with London continuing to be one of the continent's largest...

A smart home developer has opened a new factory capable of producing 2,000 houses a year. Project Etopia’s facility – a 50,000...

Spain recently announced a royal decree to limit the impact of a no-deal Brexit on British expats that own property in...

Residential properties in London are being mis-sold on average by £33,800, according to PropTech firm Spec. A new report by Spec claims...

Housing Secretary James Brokenshire recently announced that nearly £250 million of housing deals facilitated by the government will deliver almost 25,000...

There has been a surge in the number of new properties appearing in the French Alps. Erna Low Property has over a...

Letting a home can be an intimidating task if you’re doing it for the first time. You may have deliberately entered...

More and more Brits are dreaming of a new life in the Spanish sun, according to new research by AnyVan.com. Results from...

Plymouth has been named as the top location for landlords investing in purpose-built student accommodation, data from online buy-to-let agency yieldit has...

Buying a new home is a risk even when it doesn’t need renovating. By taking the chance on an unrenovated property,...

A new £2 billion property investment portfolio was this week launched by the Department for International Trade. It’s hoped the £2 billion...

Property investment platform British Pearl has revealed that ‘ruthless’ developers are cashing in on ‘abusive’ leasehold homes, with prices surging 16...

The annual celebration of all things French, The France Show, returns to London Olympia on 25th-27th January 2019. Now in its twelfth...

Who are you? I’m Stephen Moss, the founder and managing director of the largest property investment platform in the UK, Sourced. I’ve worked...

Currency expert FairFx has revealed the best and worst destinations to purchase a second home overseas. With Brexit approaching, a second home...

Tell us about yourself? I’m currently the founder and director at online credit broker and comparison site Lending Expert which includes our second charge...

Building better-designed homes in suitable areas is at the centre of new planning rules published by Housing Secretary James Brokenshire. As well...

Average house prices in global cities grew at their slowest rate since 2015 during the first quarter of this year. Research by...

Property is still top choice when it comes to long-term investment, according to findings from a survey carried out by Perrys...

Measures to ensure new homes are built faster and for thousands more British bricklayers to be trained to help meet government...

The third Private Capital Survey from Cluttons, which details the results of a survey of 250 wealthy property investors in the...

Turkish property agency Spot Blue International Property has revealed that the country is emerging as an unlikely champion of cryptocurrencies, with...

The Sunday Times has named York as the best place to live in Great Britain overall, with Bermondsey crowned the top...

This month marks the 200th auction of Clive Emson Auctioneers, the independent regional land and property auctioneer which first launched in...

Research by peer-to-peer platform Lendy has revealed that the number of conversions of farm buildings into new homes fell by 20%...

The head of one of the UK’s leading auction networks has welcomed new housing secretary Sajid Javid’s pledge to deliver more...

With over €297 million worth of loans arranged by international mortgage broker, Enness, in 2017, France is becoming one of the...

The inaugural Homebuyer Urban Flood Risk Report has found that nearly one in seven UK homebuyers faced a potential flood risk...

One of the last remaining houses in the country completely unmodernised and without electricity is set to be auctioned on behalf...

UK homeowners fork out roughly £1,800 on average to control Japanese knotweed infestation, while 10% lose over £4,000 because of its...

Students from overseas made up approximately 75% of applicants in Prime Central London (PCL) over the past few months, according to...

The CLA has condemned the government for an ‘abdication of responsibility’ over new energy efficiency rules for listed buildings. In a damning...

Scotland's property market is at its strongest since 2008, despite the EU Referendum, this year’s general election, higher tax rates than the...

The promotional arm of British-managed property developer VenturePlus AG has introduced its latest development. Kristall Spaces AG has created All-Suite Resort...

New research carried out by TheMoveChannel.com has revealed that the popularity of Portuguese property has reached a nine-month high. The latest Top...

There has been record number of planning applications to build new homes in London this year, giving the city a genuine...

A number of buy-to-let landlords are turning their attention to student housing, which is regarded by many property investors as a...

Land broker Aston Mead has backed calls for a reduction to stamp duty across all property price brackets in order to...

Improvements to the existing stamp duty regime would significantly boost the number of housing transactions across England and Wales, according to...

No Agent’s innovative technology and in-house property experts offers landlords a simpler, flexible and low-fee way to manage everything from start...

More than three quarters of advisers recommend that homebuyers take out private surveys when purchasing or remortgaging a property, according to...

Chinese investors maintained their leading position regarding dollar sales for the fourth consecutive year by spending a record high $31.7bn (£24.1bn)...

Many vendors in London are now reducing the asking price of their homes by tens of thousands of pounds as the...

The Local Government Association (LGA) is calling on central government to launch an ‘urgent and immediate’ review of building regulations following...

Various major physical infrastructure projects will be supported by the new £2.3bn Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) launched by the communities secretary,...

Many young people are being left with little alternative but to live with their parents to save enough money for a...

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...

It has been exactly one year since Britain voted to leave the European Union by 52% to 48%, and while the...

Despite the introduction of higher property taxes, demand for residential property in Hong Kong shows no signs of slowing, especially from...

Residential property prices in Canada could fall by as much as 40% over the next five years, led by falls in...

BrickCoin, a blockchain financial platform backed entirely by Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) has unveiled its vision for a ‘real estate-backed’...

International buyers of residential property in the U.S. may not necessarily have a major impact on the overall housing market, but...

Increasing the supply of new homes north of the border would stimulate ‘economic growth’ in Scotland, not to mention provide more...

With housing high on the political agenda ahead of tomorrow’s general election, all the major parties have pledged to tackle the...

Plans for what would become one of the UK’s largest regeneration projects have been put forward by Haringey Council in north...

Despite the recovery in housing markets across some part of the U.S. in recent years, most notably in large metropolitan areas,...

The policy focus of the upcoming election will be on Brexit, but political parties will do well to remember that housing...

There was a sharp rise in the number of home buyers using cash to buy property last year, with mortgage lending...

Real estate markets across Germany’s main cities are starting to look increasingly attractive to international property investors, especially those in southern...

Auctions are a great way to acquire property competitively, with a wide range of bargains available under the hammer, but only...

Some 54% of Americans say they are likely to buy a home in the next five years, up 12% year-on-year, according...

Thousands of investors are expected to postpone or pull out of property deals as a result of Theresa May’s decision to...

The Kuflink Group is offering investors an opportunity to earn up to 6% a year through its peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform,...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL this week – 28...

Plans to build a Thameslink station in the north London area of Brent Cross may be brought forward by nine years...

Property investors in the US flocked to an Irish property show in Boston last week with a view to taking advantage...

Prime minister Theresa May this week signed off a deal that could trigger close to £1.3bn of investment in Swansea and...

Homeowners with a standard variable rate (SVR) mortgage could be spending almost £3,200 a year - or £266 a month -...

A growing number of Chinese investors are shunning the U.S. property market, deterred by President Donald Trump’s stance on protectionism, while...

Investing in residential properties can be a great way to accumulate wealth. But before parting with your cash, an investment strategy...

U.S. home resales rose to a 10-year high in January despite higher prices and mortgage rates, suggesting that confidence in the...

With London’s housing market continuing to slow, a growing number of property investors are reportedly now turning their attentions to England’s...

Plans for a £175m regeneration scheme in Sheffield city centre have been approved by councillors. Developer Urbo has now secured outline planning consent...

There is growing appetite for self-build homes north of the border, as the benefits, both in terms of lifestyle and costs,...

The core US property market has produced its lowest annualised return since 2009, fresh data from the National Council of Real...

Is it time to get your finances in order? Why not consider these five property financial resolutions? 1.    Consider increasing your mortgage payments With...

The scale of Michael and John Taggart’s financial liabilities have been disclosed, revealing that the former property tycoons and brothers from...

Fewer people are buying resale properties in the U.S., mainly because there is a shortage of housing on the market, new...

SME housebuilders could start building significantly more new homes in England and Wales if barriers to growth were cut, according to...

More than two thirds of small and medium-sized UK building firms have seen a rise in the cost of materials caused...

Filled with glitzy glass towers and a fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, Hong Kong proudly proclaims itself to be ‘Asia’s...

Residential property prices in 20 major cities monitored across the U.S. maintained steady growth in October as demand continued to outstrip...

England's first garden villages have been proposed for 14 sites across the country along with three larger garden towns in Buckinghamshire,...

Trevor Abrahmsohn, director at Glentree Estates offers his thoughts on what property market trends we can expect over the coming year.  2016 has...

Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...

World Cup legend Sir Geoff Hurst is among thousands of Britons offered fresh hope of retrieving money feared lost following the...

Ministers are expected to back the construction of thousands of much needed new homes on green belt land when it releases...

Hundreds of thousands of homes acquired each year are at risk of a life-threatening gas incident, such as a carbon monoxide...

Residential property prices in the US rose 1.5% in the third quarter of the year, fresh figures from the Federal Housing...

A one-bedroom flat in Liverpool is one of the cheapest homes available to buy in the UK and it even comes...

The number of new homes recorded in England has increased to its highest level since the financial crash, official figures have...

If you time your property investment right you could potentially save thousands of pounds on your acquisition, as reflected by historical...

A severe undersupply of residential development sites and office space created by strong economic growth in Leeds City Region, which includes...

London is to lead the UK house price recovery with 16.5% cumulative growth between now and the end of 2020, according...

World trade markets plunged after billionaire property developer Donald Trump won the US election and is now set to become the...

A growing number of landlords in the U.S. are open to negotiating on asking prices, reflecting the fact that it is...

Residential property prices in the U.S. rose by 0.4% in August, and were up 5.1% compared with the corresponding month last...

A high number of investors up and down the country are continuing to turn to auctions to invest in property despite heightened political...

The government’s decision to approve a third runway at Heathrow yesterday may have paved the way for hundreds of thousands more flights...

Shelter is calling for greater protection for tenants after new research by the housing charity found that 43% of homes in...

Homebuyer deposits rose by an average of £5,000 in the first six months of 2016 compared with the same period last...

The best time to invest in the real estate market of any city is when the prices are at their lowest,...

There has been a significant increase in the number of property investors acquiring student housing assets in mainland Europe, new research...

More than a quarter of interest-only mortgage borrowers in the UK may struggle to repay their home loans, new research shows.  Interest-only...

Ireland is at risk of another economic disaster because the country has failed to learn from the mistakes of the last...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, gets underway tomorrow at London ExCeL and is free to enter. However, all...

Banks in Spain may be left with no alternative but to cut the price of repossessed Spanish homes on their books...

The U.S. housing market remains strong, despite a slowdown in the economic recovery. The S&P/Case-Shiller seasonally-adjusted national home price index rose...

Investors, landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on London's ExCel on October 7 and 8 for the annual Property Investor &...

Residential property prices continued to boom in some parts of the world, with the five strongest housing markets in Global Property...

British investors who lost big deposits in the Spanish property crash have been given fresh hope of getting back their money. As...

The U.S. housing sector is gradually returning to pre-crisis levels, with the latest data revealing that the average price of a home in...

The London mayor Sadiq Khan has paved the way for up to 10,000 new homes to be built in Barking after...

Residential property prices in the US rose by 1.2% in the second quarter of the year as the number of homes...

While many private and commercial landlords have ensured they are protected against the risk of void periods, rent arrears and property...

The former chancellor George Osborne may have predicted pre-Brexit that UK house prices could take an 18% hit over the next...

Council tenants in Wales will no longer be offered the right to purchase their council homes as the country seeks to...

Following Lewis Hamilton’s comfortable victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, we delve into the fast lane to take you...

Floods of foreign property purchasers, including many investors, are currently looking to take advantage of the rapidly improving real estate recovery...

The Brexit fallout is testing the faith of property investors in the UK which could lead to greater interest in US...

Crossrail 2 is coming to London! The £27bn project is now well underway, which will link Surrey to Hertfordshire via London...

With Britain in turmoil following the vote to leave the EU and uncertainty mounting in the USA ahead of the presidential elections,...

With thousands of Britons who own property in Spain still trapped in negative equity with their house prices stuck below 2007...

Located around 600 miles from mainland Portugal lies the popular year-round sub-tropical holiday destination of Madeira - an island rich in...

Developers in the UK are actively looking to address the major shortage of skills in the housebuilding sector as part of...

The European Commission (EC) has not yet taken any decision regarding the capitalisation of Portuguese state-owned bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos. Portugal’s...

Up to 10,000 new homes will be built as part of a £3.5bn residential property development, Enfield Council has confirmed. The council hopes...

The extent to which Portugal’s improving housing market is being propped up by foreign buyers was laid bare by figures showing...

Investors should keep their eye on the property market in the United States which continues to go from strength to strength. Residential...

Residential property sales in the United States rose further in April despite rising prices and a decline in housing supply, the...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their property search online, it is crucial that your property has a good website...

A £2.5bn regeneration scheme around Wembley Stadium has been given the go-ahead by Brent Council and will see up to 4,850 new...

Values in both the residential and commercial property sectors look set to soar as demand continues to outstrip supply, new research...

With just hours to go until voting for the London mayoral election closes, housing remains a key issue with all the leading...

A chronic shortage of properties continues to drive house prices upwards across Britain. But a significant increase in the number of...

Residential property prices in the USA rose in January as demand from buyers continued to outpace housing supply, the Federal Housing...

Student utilities service provider Glide has launched a Risk Free Bills Inclusive Package, the first of its kind in the industry. Inclusive...

In 2013, the United Nations (UN) revealed that over five million Brits are now living outside of the UK. However it...

Thousands of people will be rushing to purchase a buy-to-let property in the New Year. This is because, as of April...

The government will be extending mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in order to raise the standards in the...

Tenants across Britain could be losing thousands of pounds due to incomplete inventories, the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) has...

One of the more out-there broadband stories came to light last week, namely the battle for satellite internet. Elon Musk, the...

Buy2Let.com, which gives first-time investors looking to acquire a buy-to-let property the opportunity to search online for their ideal purchase, has...

You’ve probably heard about it many times, but what actually is fibre optic broadband and why is such a fuss being...

With the number of people working from home at its highest levels since records began, the importance of good, reliable internet...

An historical lack of regulation in the residential leasehold management sector has meant that anybody can set up a leasehold business...