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A study into crime rates, potential rental yield and nearby tourist attractions has listed a selection of the top holiday cottage...

A 450-room purpose built student accommodation block has come to the market in one of the country’s most popular university towns. Knight...

Brunel University’s students are the most profitable to house, according to the latest study from Alan Boswell Landlord Insurance.  The firm utilised...

An ethical property investment is claiming impressive rental yields on student accommodation in the north of England. The Integritas Property Group says...

Knight Frank has launched West Way Square to market.  Located in Oxford, West Way Square is a fully operational purpose built student...

A new analysis shows increasing returns on buy-to-let investments serving students, with the strongest yields seen in the UK’s smaller university...

Residential sales above US$10m in the 12 cities covered by the Knight Frank Global Super-Prime Intelligence Report totalled 422 in Q2...

The government is pushing ahead with controversial plans which, if they come to fruition, will make Cambridge the so-called Silicon Valley...

Communities in Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley are the latest likely to benefit from thousands of new jobs and £1.2 billion...

 Young people across the UK continue to face great difficulties getting onto the property ladder, but do students from some universities...

An ambitious intern with career ambitions in property or finance has praised Poole-based MSP Capital for extending his summer work experience...

A developer has secured permission to create a £75 million mixed-use student accommodation scheme that aims to complete the transformation of Hackney...

Mainstay, a residential property management company that is part of the FirstPort group, has strengthened its property portfolio by taking on...

Universities – the institutions where the brightest of the batch go to not only enhance themselves but will one day, also...

In its still relatively short lifespan, Build to Rent has been at its most prominent in London, where the majority of...

Accommodation provider, Student Roost, has opened its first property in Brighton. Home to universities including Sussex and the University of Brighton,...

At PIT, we have regularly focused on stories surrounding regeneration and the impact this has on investment. Very often, an area that...

Residential and commercial estate and letting agents in Sussex, Michael Jones Commercial, have been given the title as as sole agents on...

Here at Property Investor Today, we have written regularly about regeneration projects and the need to revive Britain’s high streets, which...

The areas of the UK where there is the fastest house price growth have been changing in recent years. While London...

There has been a significant influx in the number of Chinese and Hong Kong buyers purchasing homes in Liverpool between 2017-2021,...

Student accommodation brand Fusion is ready to launch Fusion at Brent Cross Town, its first development in London, to provide 662...

We know that vehicle emissions are a major contributor to climate change, that carbon pollution is harmful to health, and that...

With summer in the UK finally here and the summer holidays swiftly approaching, investing in coastal locations should be at the...

There has been significant development of premium land next to the famous Cadbury World chocolate factory. Plans for 52 apartments have...

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

Haringtons, an independent buying agents based in London, has seen a rise in enquiries from the City of New York as...

Landlords have been making attractive profits from renting property to students for many years, with this traditionally being one of the...

Interest in buying property in Europe remains high despite Brexit, Covid-19 recovery, and a challenging economic climate. We’re expecting this year...

The online platform of a student rentals company has raised £700,000 in its first funding round as it continues to disrupt...

Jide Taiwo & Co., the estate surveyors and valuers’ firm for both individual and corporate clients from Nigeria, are beginning their...

Off the back of International Women's Day, which took place on March 8 2022, Property Investor Today hears from Chitra Stern, co-founder...

In this mini update, PIT takes a look at the latest in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) news, with Dominvs’ plans for...

In this guest piece, Reece Mennie, chief executive officer of HJ Collection, sets out the environmental and social benefits of residential conversions. We need...

The capital needs almost 85,000 new private homes a year to meet government housing needs, a new report has cautioned. The report,...

Here at Property Investor Today, we've regularly championed the work of young entrepreneurs involved within the property industry, from Lydia Jones...

In this mini update, Property Investor Today looks at the latest in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), from the locations with the...

The ‘potent’ mix of the Covid-19 pandemic and the slow demise of the Evergrande Group, one of China’s largest development companies, is...

In this guest piece, Neil Smith, managing director UK and Ireland at Scape, sets out how providers of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA)...

A pioneering research and development partnership launched this month is to lead to a world-first in the move towards carbon zero, plastic-free...

In this guest piece, Marcus Blake, managing director of Berkeley St George City & St Joseph, sets out why the UK's...

This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest development and investment news, featuring Avanton’s breakout into the BTR sector...

It's a mini-roundup this week, with a multi-million-pound Leeds development nearing completion, and the first batch of homes at a waterside scheme...

Bristol, Oxford and Cambridge have been named as the best cities for landlords and investors to invest in for 2022, according...

Leeds is witnessing a ‘frenzied’ rental market, with students reserving homes for next summer on the back of virtual viewings and...

Already nearly three years late and vastly over-budget, Crossrail 1 – which will officially be known as the Elizabeth Line when...

This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest development news, from an architect's pledge to design a hotel-style student...

Despite being home to centuries of history, a Championship football team, a major shopping centre, a thriving tech and business scene,...

The Student Property team of global property consultancy Knight Frank has launched Capital House in Southampton on behalf of joint venture partners Kier Property...

StuRents, one of the UK’s largest student accommodation search platforms, is to provide users with all-inclusive utility packages directly through its...

New research by Select Property Group has named the top 20 UK locations property investors should look to next. According to Select’s...

Lender and savings bank Paragon Bank recently conducted research highlighting the top student property investment locations in the UK. The findings...

Plans for the latest phase of The Island Quarter development were approved by Nottingham City Council. The approved plans are set to...

Are you a buy-to-let investor considering selling up? You’re not alone. Research by the Nottingham Building Society revealed that a fifth...

Interest from China in the UK property is bouncing back, according to experts on the Chinese buying market in Britain. Domenica Di...

PBSA specialist, Future Generation by Southern Grove, is offering pet-friendly student accommodation from September 2021 at its site in Guildford. The move...

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

After graduating from university, priorities in life tend to shift. Studying and living near the university is no longer important, but...

It’s famous for oil, football, the North Sea chill and granite, but Scotland’s third biggest city – and the UK’s 39th...

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

Unite Students, a student accommodation provider, has announced its new property in Bristol will be named after Princess Campbell, the city’s...

Real estate company, Amro Partners is developing two new student accommodation projects in Iberia – Madrid and Porto. The new development...

Student accommodation owner/operator Student Roost has exchanged contracts on a major deal to purchase a prime new 703-bed property in Nottingham. Currently...

In this guest piece, Tom Ward - founder and global CEO of PBSA provider Scape - which offers student accommodation in...

Sheffield has been revealed as the top regeneration hotspot of the Yorkshire region, with projects set to drive investment to the...

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

Research from Yoppie has found that when it comes to long-term investment, women are more likely to see a greater return than...

A residential and commercial property developer has submitted proposals for a 692-unit purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Nottingham city centre. Godwin...

Real estate funding specialist ASK Partners and OakNorth Bank have completed a £22 million co-loan for the next phase of an...

Research by London South Bank University (LSBU) has claimed that the high-profile collapse of construction giant Carillion in January 2018 highlights ‘a culture of financial...

A leading data insight company has revealed the best places in the UK to buy an investment property. Address Intelligence has been...

Since the onset of the pandemic, the concept of the 15-minute city has come to the forefront more than ever, with...

A Derby construction boss has released a report which describes how the UK could build its way out of a looming...

Developing and constructing homes in an eco-friendly way – to lower the property industry’s currently high carbon footprint – has become...

Renowned architects, developers and one of the Costa del Sol’s leading real estate firms have launched an ‘exciting new collaboration’ to...

One of Birmingham’s most distinctive areas, which is looking to escape from its manufacturing past and transform itself into one of...

Real Estate Capital Holdings has agreed to sell a prime PBSA development opportunity in Leeds for £18.5 million to global living...

Property investment can be very profitable over time and is seen as one of the safest forms of investment during times...

A national contractor says it has made ‘significant progress’ on three residential projects based in Leicester. The schemes from Stepnell include two...

Kingston upon Hull is the hidden hotspot for property investors in the north of England, a developer firm has claimed. Iguana Developments, which specialises...

A specialist provider of purpose-built student accommodation has reported a trebling in the pace of bookings since Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

Construction work on a set of new riverside apartments in North Tyneside has begun. The £10 million development, Shepherds Quay, will be...

The National Leasehold Campaign (NLC) – the UK's largest and most influential campaign group on leasehold reform - has welcomed the...

A new report based on research conducted in 2020 has been launched by The Property Marketing Strategists, a new venture from...

It’s been widely reported that Covid-19 has sparked an ‘escape to the country’. This may have left property investors wondering if Manchester...

Southampton, Portsmouth and Nottingham are the cities with the highest density of student rental availability, research from UniHomes has revealed. The student...

A recent report has revealed the three factors holding women back when seeking their first job in property are unequal growth...

In this bumper development roundup, PIT explores regeneration projects in Sheffield, office to residential conversions in high-end Bloomsbury and schemes providing...

Despite the focus in the last year being mostly on coronavirus and Brexit, environmental issues and sustainability have remained high on...

Since the housing market reopened after lockdown, the release of pent-up demand has led to record levels of enquiries for homes...

Summix Capital’s plans to turn the former Plumb Center in the heart of Bath into student accommodation have been granted planning...

The latest Marketview report from CBRE has revealed that the UK Build to Rent (BTR) sector recorded a total of £955.7...

A leading UK student accommodation platform has unveiled which universities currently offer the best option for landlords in the student sector. UniHomes...

In this Q&A, Property Investor Today checks in with the founders of luxury London property developers One Point Six - Bhavnish Chandaria...

In 2019, senior housing – also known as retirement housing or senior living – seemed to be developing into one of...

In a year of tumultuous uncertainty, where the headwinds of Covid-19 bore a number of new realities and decimated others, some...

In this bumper development roundup - the final one of the year - we explore the planned creation of new developments and...

With UK-EU trade talks going down to the wire, there is still no clarity over exactly what will happen when the transition...

Work is set to get underway in the coming weeks on the construction of a new Build to Rent (BTR) development...

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