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12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTR can play a key role in levelling up and building back better, says White Paper](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/build-to-rent400x310.png)
A residential real estate investment manager has published a White Paper on the Build to Rent (BTR) sector and the pivotal...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![How digitalisation can speed up your property’s sales process](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
The pandemic has had a major impact on our lives and the global economy. Our beloved property sector was by no...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Giles Atkinson, Director of Atkinson McLeod](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/Atkinson%20McLeod/Giles-Atkinson-400-310.jpg)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Giles Atkinson and I’m one part of...
03 March 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
![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
![Upfront information – is this a major change for the property market?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
Following the announcement that National Trading Standards and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are set to improve the standard of...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Levelling up a damp squib for investors, says expert](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
Last week (Wednesday February 2), the government finally released its long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper, designed to help flesh out a...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Levelling up – the best outer-London cities to invest in revealed](/upload/images/library/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
Zero-carbon housebuilder Etopia Homes has pinpointed the towns and cities in England which could make the best use of the government’s...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight - is the government really serious about its ‘brownfield-first’ pledge?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Both Boris Johnson and Michael Gove made Tory conference speeches pushing housebuilding on brownfield sites up this government’s agenda. With funding...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property news – issues with regeneration and a multi-million Indian development](/img/default/pit.png)
In this news roundup, Property Investor Today explores how the government’s ‘build back better’ mantra is being thwarted by data issues,...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Do rushed planning reforms risk damaging the physical environment?](/img/default/pit.png)
In this opinion piece, Elizabeth Osborne - a legal director at Ashfords Solicitors - asks whether the government's proposed planning reforms will be dangerous...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight – how can the BTR sector get more government attention?](/img/default/pit.png)
Last week, Build to Rent (BTR) trade body UKAA and design and consultancy firm Arcadis hosted a Zoom webinar focused on...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Planting seeds - what does the planning system overhaul involve?](/img/default/pit.png)
We have seen over the past few months a real government impetus to regain lost ground, since the economic effects of...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housebuilding in England at highest level since 2008](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of new build homes being started across England is at its highest level since 2008, the government claims. Fresh figures...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing will be ‘top’ of the political agenda this autumn](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK housing crisis will be top of the political agenda in September and October when the main political parties hold...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![The number of BTL landlords registering to buy property is down 30% y-o-y](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let property acquisitions, following the government’s decision to introduce the 3%...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices proving resilient despite political uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
Britain’s housing market is once again proving resilient despite political turmoil caused by Theresa May’s decision to call a snap general...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to implement housing white paper](/img/default/pit.png)
The Conservative party should stick to proposals put forward in February’s housing white paper, despite having to lead a minority government after...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rise in cash buyers due to ‘over-zealous’ lending rules](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a sharp rise in the number of home buyers using cash to buy property last year, with mortgage lending...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Planning consents for new homes in the UK continue to increase](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of residential properties receiving planning consent continues to increase and reached almost 300,000 last year, fresh figures show. According to...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Tim Morgan, owner of ERE](/img/default/pit.png)
AIPP CEO, Peter Robinson, talks to Tim Morgan (below right), owner of ERE Property, a UK based company selling UK investment...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK home sales hit 10-year high in February](/img/default/pit.png)
UK home sales agreed by estate agents increased to a 10-year high in February, suggesting that confidence in the housing market...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices in England and Wales ‘remain indestructible’](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to last year’s referendum, with various experts, including...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Chancellor fails to deal with Britain’s ‘broken’ housing market](/img/default/pit.png)
Yesterday’s rather low-key Budget statement failed to mention the housing market as the government continues to bury its head on the...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![More homes selling for over asking price as supply shortage worsens](/img/default/pit.png)
With 11 buyers now chasing each property for sale, a higher number of homes are selling for in excess of the...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Green belt policy ‘should be reappraised’ to solve the housing crisis](/img/default/pit.png)
There is a well documented housing crisis in England, especially in the south of the country where property prices are at...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Record numbers acquiring their first home](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a surge in the number of first-time buyers cashing in on low cost mortgages and stalling property price...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK housing market activity slows for first time since July](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK housing market ground to a virtual halt in December as price growth cooled and fewer homes changed hands, according...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Redrow boss welcomes ‘strong and sustained upward trend in new housing’](/img/default/pit.png)
With close to 200,000 homes built last year, the government looks to be on course to meet its target of building...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK housebuilding robust but construction sector flags](/img/default/pit.png)
New housing remained the strongest strand of construction output in October, despite the surprise slowdown in overall construction output, the latest...
17 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Green belt ‘swaps’ set to boost supply of new homes](/img/default/pit.png)
Ministers are expected to back the construction of thousands of much needed new homes on green belt land when it releases...
30 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Big housebuilders’ profit margins soar](/img/default/pit.png)
Profitability at the UK’s largest housebuilders has increased at more than twice the rate of new housing output, shows new research...
19 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in number of new homes built](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of new homes recorded in England has increased to its highest level since the financial crash, official figures have...