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20 June 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
![Investment Potential? London resi prices tumbling fast](/upload/images/24%2005%2008%20%2004.jpg)
A new analysis of London neighbourhoods suggests some prices are falling by as much as 19% in a year. The analysis looks...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the most expensive streets for renting and buying](/upload/images/24%2004%2023%20%2004.jpg)
New analysis from Rightmove unveils the most expensive streets to buy a home in the UK currently, with Buckingham Gate in...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Residential Investment: Biggest Winners and Losers revealed](/upload/images/240328%20%2003.jpg)
New research has produced league tables of UK locations which saw the largest residential price rises and falls in 2023. Researchers at...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Magic Million - analysis shows seven figure property concentration](/upload/images/24%2002%2001%2003.jpg)
Analysis of £1m-plus sales by property consultancy TwentyCi, analysed by estate agency Savills, suggests that London locations continue to dominate the...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regional Rental Returns - new analysis shows wide variations across England](/upload/images/24%2001%2025%2002.jpg)
An investment consultancy has produced new data analysing the complex regional differences between rental returns. Analysts at Invezz examined data provided by...
25 January 2024
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
![The heart of Soho - Landsec completes affordable homes scheme in Westminster](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/116-126%20Wardour%20Street%20London%20%20_400x310.png)
Practical completion has been reached by Landsec at their new affordable homes site, situated in Soho, which will provide much-needed intermediate...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Investors – where are the UK’s best locations for regeneration?](/upload/images/Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
At PIT, we have regularly focused on stories surrounding regeneration and the impact this has on investment. Very often, an area that...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Foreign homeowners sitting on £90.7bn worth of property](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Housing-1-400x310.jpg)
The total market value of foreign-owned homes in England and Wales currently stands at £90.7 billion, research from Benham and Reeves...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![The £3 billion transformation of Queensway – what exactly are the plans?](/upload/images/Locations/Queensway_400x310.png)
Last week the £3 billion vision for the future of Queensway in West London was unveiled, including Parisian-style street pavilions, significant...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Right on track – Crossrail house prices up by as much as 215%](/upload/images/Transport%20(Crossrail%2C%20HS2%2C%20Tube)/CrossrailLogo-400x310.png)
Postcodes with stations due to benefit from Crossrail (CR) have seen house prices increase by 79% since the project was first...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Prime London prices up by 114 percent as high-end buyers return](/upload/images/Locations/London-WestEnd-400x310.jpg)
Despite prime London property prices remaining largely flat on a year-on-year basis, some postcodes have seen average sale prices climb by...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – soaring revenues and a time warp house for sale](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
It’s success galore for this week’s auction roundup, with Bond Wolfe witnessing revenue growth of over £23 million at its second...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![London exodus reverses as rental demand climbs in Q1](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
With tenants returning to the capital in 2022, research by rental portal Rentd has revealed that the London rental market has...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong buyers dominate 17 London boroughs, study shows](/upload/images/Locations/Central-London400x310.png)
Hong Kong buyers currently have the biggest property footprint within the London market, new research from Benham and Reeves shows. The agent’s...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – which London boroughs are pawfect for pets?](/upload/images/library/DogInHome(2)-400x310-min.jpeg)
With 45% of the population owning a pet, and London ranked the most pet-friendly city in Europe, estate agents Douglas &...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Wandsworth wins as wealthiest London hotspot in 2021](/upload/images/library/Wandsworth-400x310.png)
The borough of Wandsworth sits top as London’s prime property hotspot over the last year, accounting for the highest level of...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Demand/supply debate continues – where do we need more new homes?](/upload/images/library/HousingReview-400x310.jpg)
Research by Unlatch has revealed where across the UK we’re most in need of new homes based on the size of...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Commercial to resi – boom continues across the country](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UKHighStreet-400x310.jpg)
We recently ran a series on the commercial to residential trend sweeping across Britain in these post-Covid times, driven by offices,...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors – where is seeing the biggest rise in the value of housing stock?](/upload/images/Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
New analysis carried out by Knight Frank has highlighted the areas which have seen the biggest increase in the value of...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![London bounces back – rents set to rise 5.5% in 2022](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
Rental values across the capital have not only bounced back compared to the pandemic dip in 2020, but they have also...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Where to invest in London’s most exclusive resi neighbourhoods](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
London remains one of the most desirable locations to live in the world, despite its ranking as the sixth most expensive...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental update – new HMO licensing rules, green spaces and low supply](/upload/images/library/MillennialTenants-1-400x310.jpg)
In this market update, PIT looks at how HMO licensing will potentially impact Westminster’s rental market, the rising demand for green...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![London’s largest first-time buyer event returns to Westminster](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/london%20home%20show%20featured%20image.png)
London Home Show, an event for first-time buyers, will be held on September 18 2021 in the capital. The show will take...
13 September 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
![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: young development firm aims to transform homes in SE London and Kent](/img/default/pit.png)
A privately-owned development company founded in 2016 by well-known property developer Ben Carrington is continuing to deliver on its plans to...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Countdown - Brits have 6 months to secure EU residency with PT Golden Visa](/img/default/pit.png)
While Brussels and Westminster finally agreed an eleventh-hour trade and security deal before the end of the Brexit transition period –...
06 January 2021
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
![Revealed – where is the best place to sell a property in England or Wales?](/img/default/pit.png)
If you’re an investor with an asset you’re keen to get rid of, you’ll be eager to know where the best...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![The rise of the 50/50 property – more expats look to invest at home](/img/default/pit.png)
Global property firm Knight Frank says it has seen a rise in expats buying in their home country for a 50/50...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Doing it differently – private developer transforms affordable housing](/img/default/pit.png)
Affordable housing is very often a thorny bone of contention. Arbitrary government targets are regularly missed and this part of the...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Is your buy-to-let investment effectively protected?](/img/default/pit.png)
If you’re a buy-to-let investor or thinking of becoming one, then you may have very mixed feelings about the current state...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Prime London market the busiest it has been for 'over five years'](/img/default/pit.png)
The Prime Central London (PCL) property market is the busiest it has been for over five years, according to estate agency...
19 August 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
![Insight: are beach huts a worthy investment or a waste of money?](/img/default/pit.png)
With a surge in demand for staycations as people continue to shun overseas travel in favour of domestic holidays, could there...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – planning granted for London’s first Covid-compliant mixed-use scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Planning permission has been received from Westminster City Council for Mayfair’s first ‘Covid-19 compliant’ mixed-use development. The scheme at 82 Mount Street,...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Chelsea Barracks – is it London’s next major investment hotspot?](/img/default/pit.png)
It has largely been in the shadow of another major renovation of a heritage structure nearby – the transformation of Battersea...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: the UK’s best and worst places for buy-to-let](/img/default/pit.png)
Many landlords and investors may now be looking to expand their portfolios, with lockdown restrictions gradually being eased and major lenders...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Good deeds – NHS Homes scheme praised and hospital charity appeal launched](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the few positive things to emerge from this crisis has been the greater sense of community across the whole...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – Chinese interest in UK property soars despite Covid-19](/img/default/pit.png)
A Chinese-led house buying boom is on the way in the UK, according to the CEO of Emerging Communications, a Chinese...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![How is coronavirus affecting developers and the retirement housing market?](/img/default/pit.png)
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a huge impact on all our lives, with all schools now closed (other than for...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investment insight: where to invest new, but bigger](/img/default/pit.png)
With 93% of all new build transactions in London in the last year attributed to the purchase of flats, Stone Real...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![UK’s most valuable property postcodes revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
With the property market set to recover this year – recent research, for example, has shown buyers are growing in confidence...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - talking conversions, Grade II-listed buildings and 2020 predictions](/img/default/pit.png)
In this Q&A, Property Investor Today catches up with Charlie Baxter, managing director and co-founder of award-winning development manager Alchemi Group, to find out...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![How are the Bristol and Portsmouth property markets performing?](/img/default/pit.png)
While Bristol and Portsmouth might seem like two very disparate locations to focus on, NEXA Properties has offices in both –...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Women in Property Investment - A rising star in property investment](/img/default/pit.png)
We’re back with another instalment of Women in Property Investment (slightly delayed thanks to technical difficulties caused by pesky Christmas gremlins). This...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Where are London’s Airbnb hotspots? Google Search Trends reveal all](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent weeks we’ve focused on the seemingly unstoppable growth of Airbnb and its competitors and how women are helping to...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![The most in-demand prime London streets revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
Benham and Reeves has revealed the capital’s prime and super-prime streets where buyer activity remains strong despite a wider market ‘freeze’...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Should investors be considering London’s empty properties?](/img/default/pit.png)
An ‘astonishing’ £10.7 billion’s worth of properties are sitting empty in London, according to new research by HomeProtect on unoccupied homes. The...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Can you afford enough ‘space to swing a cat’ in the UK?](/img/default/pit.png)
Westminster and the City of London take all top ten most expensive postcodes by square foot in the UK, according to...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Home of politics gets new luxury development](/img/default/pit.png)
A new luxury riverfront development in Westminster is now on the market with prices starting from £1.25 million. Marketed by estate agents...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![How can you Brexit-proof your property investment?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the current chaos swirling around Westminster – from the prorogation by Boris Johnson to this week’s Supreme Court ruling that...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Going for a pretty penny...portal reveals London's most expensive streets](/img/default/pit.png)
A prime and super-prime London property portal has examined the capital’s most expensive roads for homes. The portal, Vyomm, analysed Land Registry...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Allsop defies Brexit blues with £57 million achieved at residential sale](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s latest residential auction achieved a total of £57 million, with 258 lots offered and 192 lots sold. The auction was held...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit effect has forced one in three home moves since 2016](/img/default/pit.png)
A third of homeowners who have moved house since the referendum in June 2016 say Brexit was behind their decision to...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![East London dominates rental growth table while West London dwindles](/img/default/pit.png)
Renters in East London are seeing twice the growth of their West London counterparts, according to the latest Landbay Rental Index,...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![London’s biggest event for first-time buyers returns to the capital](/img/default/pit.png)
The London Home Show is returning to the capital for the sixth year running on Saturday 23 March. The event is one...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![London boroughs make up one-third of £1m-plus homes for sale](/img/default/pit.png)
There are more than 20,000 properties currently for sale for £1 million or more in the UK, with five London boroughs...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![The top performing London boroughs in 2018 revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
The best performing boroughs in the London residential market in 2018 have been revealed by new research from CBRE Residential. Its annual report, the...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Seaside town revealed as the UK’s top buy-to-let destination](/img/default/pit.png)
Southend-on-Sea is the UK’s number one buy-to-let hotspot, according to research carried out by independent mortgage broker Private Finance. The seaside town,...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![House prices on the up since Brexit, research reveals](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house prices have risen by 7.3% since the Brexit vote, according to the latest Land Registry house price data. Now, in...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Residential investment expert joins MyLondonHome](/img/default/pit.png)
A well-known senior figure in the Build to Rent and residential investment industry has joined Steven Herd and Andrew Griffith at...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tower Hamlets tops list of London’s quietest boroughs](/img/default/pit.png)
The quietest boroughs in London have been revealed in new research carried out by homebuilder Barratt London. With recent concerns raised over...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Research reveals London’s hidden gems](/img/default/pit.png)
London’s hidden property gems have been uncovered by new research from Knight Frank, which has identified a host of Grade 1...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Cogress achieves successful exit of £1.73m on development](/img/default/pit.png)
Open equity firm for property, Cogress UK, has announced a £1.73 million exit on a residential development in Westminster. The project, which...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Investors targeted as over 500 London flats cost more than £1m](/img/default/pit.png)
London currently contains 585 one-bed flats for sale for more than £1 million, according to research by online estate agents HouseSimple.com. The...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Nation’s most expensive street revealed by survey](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest research from Lloyds Bank has crowned Grosvenor Crescent in Belgravia as the most expensive residential street in England and...
05 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![The DUP’s housing policies at-a-glance](/img/default/pit.png)
After calling a surprise snap general election in a bid to increase her party’s majority in the House of Commons and...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Allsop raise £62.8m at first residential auction of the year](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop raised £62.8m at its first residential auction of 2017, selling 80% of the 247 lots on offer. A high number of...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Sales of prime central London properties continue to fall but prices pick up](/img/default/pit.png)
Transaction volumes in prime central property have dipped further as a result of changes in residential taxation, Brexit and global economic...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices in England and Wales edge up in November](/img/default/pit.png)
The average residential property price in England and Wales edged up by 0.1% in November, according to the latest the LSL/Acadata...
13 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Major £775m scheme in Paddington gets go-ahead](/img/default/pit.png)
Plans for the regeneration of London’s Paddington Quarter was approved by the local council yesterday, which means the retail precinct around...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![The 10 places in UK where house prices have increased most (and least) in 2016](/img/default/pit.png)
As we head towards the end of the year, home services marketplace Plentific has released a 2016 Property Price Index, providing...
30 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Some of the UK’s wealthiest investors under tax investigation](/img/default/pit.png)
Around a third of Britain’s richest people, which includes many property investors, are under tax investigation by HMRC over almost £2bn...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Over 40,000 new property millionaires already created across the UK this year](/img/default/pit.png)
More than 40,000 new property millionaires have already been created across the UK so far this year, reflecting the fact that...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![House price growth in UK’s major cities continues to slow](/img/default/pit.png)
The annual rate of residential property price growth across 20 of the largest UK cities slowed to 8.2% in August, from...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in new housing approvals in London](/img/default/pit.png)
More than two-thirds of planning applications for the construction of new homes in London were approved during the second quarter of...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![World's richest property tycoons hit hard following Brexit](/img/default/pit.png)
The world’s wealthiest people have seen their fortunes take a major hit by the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. Gripped...
01 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Increase in housing supply disguises regional differences](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a rise in the overall number of residential properties for sale in the UK last month, but a closer...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property investors top rich list](/img/default/pit.png)
The property industry’s big players dominated the top of the Sunday Times Rich List yesterday, with the Reuben brothers topping the...
25 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Average homeowner made nearly £28,000 in 2015, research finds](/img/default/pit.png)
The average homeowner made £27,264 in 2015; around the same as the average salary in the UK, according to research from...
27 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK now has over 600,000 property millionaires](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest research from Zoopla has revealed that there are now more than 600,000 property millionaires in Britain. Since January the amount...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Cost of culture: Homes near heritage sites rocket in value](/img/default/pit.png)
On the 70th anniversary of UNESCO, the body which awards heritage status, it has been revealed that the longer a place...
17 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Prime property market slowed in first half of 2015](/img/default/pit.png)
Research from Lloyds Bank has shown that the number of homes sold for more than £1m fell by 11% in the first...
30 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Property prices near independent schools outstrip national average](/img/default/pit.png)
Properties situated near to independent schools and university towns hold their value and are able to recover faster from a housing...