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![Investment Opportunity? Buyer’s Market on its way as Supply Soars](/upload/images/24%2004%2025%20%2003.jpg)
Would-be home-buyers are enjoying the highest level of spring-time choice of homes in five years says Zoopla. And the greater the supply,...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Build Sector about to boom despite buyer hesitations - claim](/upload/images/24%2004%2018%20%2003.jpg)
Buyer appetites for new-build properties have dipped by 0.1% while stock levels have fallen by 0.5%. But the quarterly figures show a...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Prime Demand Dips as London’s high end market remains challenging](/upload/images/24%2004%2011%2004.jpg)
The latest index by London agency Benham and Reeves shows that buyer demand for both prime (£2m+) and super prime homes...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Investor Opportunity - asking prices still thousands below last spring’s peak](/upload/images/24%2003%2019%20%2002.jpg)
The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![UK housing market improves but warning of obstacles to come](/upload/images/24%2003%2007%20%2004.jpg)
House prices across the UK are down just 0.5 per cent in a year as the housing market recovery continues. New data...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Which way for the Housing Market in 2024? Rightmove’s forecast](/upload/images/23%2012%2019%201.jpg)
Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - but just as it has done this, it’s revealed asking prices have dropped...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![House Price Discounts Hit Four Year High](/upload/images/1%20House-pounds_400x310.png)
The average discount to asking price has hit a four-year high according to Zoopla. The portal’s latest House Price Index shows the...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![American dream! US buyer demand for London property doubles](/upload/images/Locations/UnionJack-USFlags-400x310.jpg)
American investors are increasingly interested in prime London property, boosted by favourable exchange rates, the current need for diversification of portfolios and...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Autumn predictions – supply building and transactions volumes set to increase](/upload/images/library/HandsHouse-400x310.png)
New data from Knight Frank has been released to help understand what to expect from the property market this autumn. August saw...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property prices - home values predicted to rise by £14,000](/upload/images/library/Poundsign-400x310.png)
A new market analysis from Benham and Reeves shows that property prices remain on the incline. The lettings and estate agent...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Market slowdown – UK house price growth expected to plummet](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/uk-housing400x310.png)
Average house price values are set to rise by a total of 12.9% by the end of 2026, but affordability pressures...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fit for a Queen – property prices double around Elizabeth Line stations](/upload/images/Transport%20(Crossrail%2C%20HS2%2C%20Tube)/ElizabethLine-400x310.png)
With the Elizabeth Line due to open on May 24, it’s perhaps unsurprising that many areas near stations on the line...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Getting technical – developers use PropTech for new-build sales](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-4-400x310.jpg)
Homebuilders are reportedly utilising technology to dramatically reduce the time it takes to exchange on a new-build transition, the latest research...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – and despite rising interest rates…](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week’s mini roundup features another success story from Auction House, which says buyer demand has trumped the rising interest rates,...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: off plan buyers flock back to London as the WFH guidelines change](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HomeInHands-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Dennis Chan, head of international sales at Chestertons, gives his take on the off plan market and...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ending on a high note – homebuyer demand stood strong during Q4](/upload/images/library/CoupleMovingHome-400x310.jpg)
Homebuyer demand in the UK remained robust for much of Q4 2021, sitting at an average of 65.6%, up by 0.9%...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Foreign buyer return could boost London house prices by £134k](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
A return of foreign buyer demand could increase property values by £134,000 in some areas of the capital according to the latest...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Study – coastal homes fly off the shelf 20 days quicker than pre-pandemic](/upload/images/library/HolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
New data from Rightmove shows a surge in demand for homes in coastal locations from people living in cities, leading to...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – now that the stamp duty holiday is over…](/img/default/pit.png)
In this week’s auction roundup, Property Investor Today looks at the top auction results in the month just gone, with Allsop,...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup - things May be even better for auctions this month...](/img/default/pit.png)
This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at Landwood Group’s success with auctions, the launch of Strettons’ May auction catalogue,...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Birmingham’s Gun Quarter – is it the city’s latest hotspot?](/img/default/pit.png)
One of Birmingham’s most distinctive areas, which is looking to escape from its manufacturing past and transform itself into one of...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – making a move and the largest portfolio for sale](/img/default/pit.png)
As we welcome April, Property Investor Today outlines the lots available at Strettons, one of the largest lots ever available at auction...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cladding roundup – why we must take cladding and fire safety more seriously](/img/default/pit.png)
Principle Estate Management has welcomed government plans for new legislation that takes fire safety even more seriously. The Home Office has announced...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – where are the best places for property investment overseas?](/img/default/pit.png)
Purchasing an overseas property can be daunting and complicated at the best of times, and this is even more so the...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![A 'beret' good time – prime French market tempts buyers from London](/img/default/pit.png)
Research by high-net-worth mortgage broker, Enness Global, has revealed how the upper tiers of the French property market are currently tempting...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Portugal update - buyer demand holding up and extension to Golden Visa scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
The demand for knowledge about the investment landscape in Portugal during the pandemic, and post-Brexit, shows no signs of slowing down,...
15 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
![Auction roundup – Record-breaking results to round off January](/img/default/pit.png)
With a broadly positive outlook for the housing market in 2021, Property Investor Today takes a look at the auctioneers who...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![2021: is it the comeback year for PCL property?](/img/default/pit.png)
It goes without saying that 2020 was an incredibly eventful year for us all. The Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns meant...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![French ski resorts closed, but buyer demand set to remain undeterred](/img/default/pit.png)
French ski resorts will remain closed this Christmas to stop the spread of Covid-19, but one ski expert believes buyer demand...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lockdown 2? No worries, transaction levels on the up – report](/img/default/pit.png)
Before the lockdown announcement was made, the number of transactions completed was returning to pre-Covid levels. That is according to Nicky Stevenson,...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Overseas update – Chinese stamp duty surge and Q4 rush for Cypriot homes](/img/default/pit.png)
Demand from Chinese investors for UK property soared in July after plummeting between April-June, during the height of the coronavirus lockdown. In...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Birmingham boom: St Joseph reveals latest part of landmark scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Next week (Monday 3 August 2020) developer St Joseph will launch its 21-storey The Regent building to market as it pushes forward with its...
29 July 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
![Banish the Brexit blues – the top homebuyer hotspots revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest research by estate agent comparison site GetAgent has revealed that Falkirk, Bristol and Sale are currently some of the...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investment insight: where are the UK’s hottest homebuyer spots?](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest buyer demand index from Springbok Properties has found that UK homebuyer demand dropped -2.8% to 39.5% since Q2 as...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Buyer activity in London picks up pace despite low supply](/img/default/pit.png)
London has seen market activity climb over the first six months of the year despite the lack of properties coming up...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![House price growth decelerates as London slowdown extends to southern cities](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices in UK cities increased by 1.7% over the 12 months to March 2019, the same levels of growth recorded...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![The outlook brightens for Portugal’s property market](/img/default/pit.png)
Although Portugal’s property market saw a slowdown towards the end of 2018, a recent housing market survey from the Royal Institution...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brits remain top overseas buyers of Spanish property](/img/default/pit.png)
Property prices in Spain are rising faster than values in the UK, with Britons remaining the top foreign buyers of Spanish...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Bristol, Manchester and Birmingham the top areas to sell a property](/img/default/pit.png)
Homeowners living in postcode district BS5 in Bristol and M32 in Manchester currently have the best market conditions for selling, according...
19 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Berlin’s property market grows faster than any other](/img/default/pit.png)
A new report from Knight Frank has revealed that Berlin is the city with the fastest urban house price growth in...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Prime sales in the Alps are on the up](/img/default/pit.png)
Prime prices in the Alps were up 4.8% in the year to June 2017 with Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in the lead, according to...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Sales of flats collapse due to lack of demand from FTBs](/img/default/pit.png)
First-time buyers in London are taking a step back to wait for a reasonable deal, causing a lack of demand in...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Richard Barber – what to expect in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Richard Barber, director at Prime Central London estate agency W.A.Ellis, part of the JLL Group, offers his thoughts on what property market...
03 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![New buyer demand in the UK falls by a fifth](/img/default/pit.png)
Demand from homebuyers in the UK continued to fall in November and is now down by more than a fifth year-over-year,...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Homebuyers return to the housing market as Brexit fears diminish](/img/default/pit.png)
Homebuyers are returning to the housing market as post EU referendum fears continue to calm, the latest RICS UK Residential Market...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![London property prices forecast to fall after Brexit vote](/img/default/pit.png)
Commercial property prices in London could fall by up to 10% in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the EU,...
28 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Lewis Hamilton’s win in Hungary sparks worldwide tour](/img/default/pit.png)
Following Lewis Hamilton’s comfortable victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, we delve into the fast lane to take you...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Asking prices drop as summer lull falls on the market](/img/default/pit.png)
The average asking price for a property in England and Wales has fallen 0.9% so far this month to £270,159, according...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK housing market grinds to a halt](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of homes that came onto the sales market dropped at its sharpest rate to date while buyer demand fell...
15 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![New buyer demand starts to improve](/img/default/pit.png)
New buyer demand for homes has improved in recent week now that the uncertainty over whether the UK would leave or...
11 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![House buyer demand at three-year low](/img/default/pit.png)
Brexit uncertainty led to demand falling to the lowest level seen since 2013, according to the latest housing market report. The report...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK housing market hit by fears over EU referendum vote](/img/default/pit.png)
The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty in...
14 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to fall, says RICS](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices are still rising but surveyors are warning the market to be braced for a significant slowdown in the coming...