Off-plan house purchases have plummeted in the last year - and that’s largely down to higher mortgage rates. Property consultancy Hamptons says...
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![Investor Briefing - the market has turned the page says Hamptons](/upload/images/24%2002%2027%20%20%2004.jpg)
Hamptons head of research Aneisha Beveridge says the early signs in 2024 suggest that the market has firmly turned the page. She...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: which graduates are first to own their own homes](/upload/images/Revealed%20-%20which%20graduates%20are%20the%20first%20to%20own%20their%20own%20homes.png)
Young people across the UK continue to face great difficulties getting onto the property ladder, but do students from some universities...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – do auctions still have a long way to go?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week, Property Investor Today looks at research that suggests auctions aren’t as popular as they seem. However, the latest news from...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Chris Holland - Director of Sales and Lettings at the Heaton Group](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/Heaton%20Group/Urban%20Green.png)
Who are you? Chris Holland What does it say on your business card? Director of Sales and Lettings What is Heaton Group? Heaton Group are a...
06 April 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
![New-build boom – 6.5% of Brits bought new-builds during pandemic](/upload/images/library/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
New-build homes account for 6.5% of pandemic property purchases, new research from Unlatch finds. The new-build sales optimisation platform looked at the...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Girl power – women rule the roost in home buying decisions](/upload/images/Property%20People/kirsty%20samson.png)
East Midlands estate agency, Marble Property Services has released new data which suggests that women taking the lead in pushing house...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Subsidence – would you know if your investment property had it?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/DorsetHomes-400x310.jpg)
Along with Japanese knotweed, it’s one of the issues that can have the biggest impact on a home’s value and ability...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – auction market set to soar despite SDLT return](/img/default/pit.png)
This week, Property Investor Today looks at the exciting investment opportunities at the most anticipated auctions this month, and hears from...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with St. Modwen Homes - how has Covid affected buyers and investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
Housebuilding took a hit as a result of the pandemic, but there are signs that it is now starting to recover. In...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![International Women’s Day – paving the way for women in construction](/img/default/pit.png)
A recent report has revealed the three factors holding women back when seeking their first job in property are unequal growth...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Opinion - why alternative property investment is overtaking buy-to-let](/img/default/pit.png)
There is no question that Covid-19 has completely torn through the UK economy, with any signs of recent recovery likely to...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: an expert guide to stamp duty in 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
Here, in this guide piece, the experts at Alexander & Co - a firm of chartered accountants in Manchester - run...
28 January 2021
From: Conveyancing, Mortgages, Tax & Finance
![Auction Roundup – the guaranteed success of auctions](/img/default/pit.png)
October was a fruitful month for auctioneers, with iamsold, Auction House and Strettons seeing good results from their most recent sales....
13 November 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
![Insight – where next for prestige property in France?](/img/default/pit.png)
At the start of 2020, the French property market had been flying, with demand for prestige property leading the way. Sales were at...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty cut sees number of houses sold reach 13-year high](/img/default/pit.png)
An average of 13 house sales were agreed per branch in July – the highest figure recorded since June 2007, according...
31 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Overseas property - is now the right time to invest in Cyprus?](/img/default/pit.png)
There are historic ties between the UK and Cyprus, the country has dealt impressively – like its near neighbour Greece –...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Professional property buying in a post-Covid-19 climate – how should you do it?](/img/default/pit.png)
With lockdown measures starting to be eased, and the possible move to step 2 of the three-step plan from June 1,...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Financial lifeline offered to Brits worried about Spanish property purchases](/img/default/pit.png)
Spanish mortgage specialists Fluent Finance Abroad have offered reassurance to British buyers that there is no need to give up on...
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Overcoming Corona – how will the virus affect the UK housing market?](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house sales are predicted to decline by 38% on 2019 to 734,000 transactions for the full year (2020). That is according...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - what makes London such a rental hotspot?](/img/default/pit.png)
The rental sector across the UK has grown hugely in recent years, with high house prices and affordability issues meaning many...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property developer blames the South for 2019 house sales slump](/img/default/pit.png)
The South was mostly to blame for the slump in UK property market sales following the aborted March Brexit deadline, new...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Replacing leasehold with commonhold - government finally responds](/img/default/pit.png)
While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![London’s fastest house sale market revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential homes are taking an average of 12 weeks to sell in West London, according to research from fast house sale...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![More house sales fall through amidst slowing property market](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been an increase in the number of house sales falling through before completion, according to Quick Move Now. Figures released...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Liverpool property market approaches £1 billion milestone ahead of digital switch-over](/img/default/pit.png)
Liverpool’s property market is set to reach a £1 billion valuation this year as the total spent on house sales has...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Auction House sales up from last year](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite a tumultuous selling environment, Auction House has seen a rise in year-on-year sales for 2017. Compared to 2,409 sales at this...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK housing market activity bounces back as buyers push through transactions](/img/default/pit.png)
Following May’s fall in property sales, the number of homes sold in the UK during June improved significantly, as buyers and...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Over a third of home sales in England and Wales fall through before completion](/img/default/pit.png)
More than a third of home sales fell through in the UK prior to completion during the first quarter of the...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to scrap tax on land to boost new housing supply](/img/default/pit.png)
The government is being urged to take fresh steps to tackle the shortage of homes by incentivising landowners and developers to increase...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![U.S. housing market remains strong](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
28 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![One in four house sales fall through](/img/default/pit.png)
More than a quarter of residential property sales fell through in the UK during the second quarter of the year mainly because...
05 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property deals fall through as buyers get cold feet over Brexit](/img/default/pit.png)
A significant number of house sales fell through in the immediate aftermath of the win for Brexit as buyers got cold...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Auction market sees house sales activity remain firm](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property auction sales remained relatively firm in April despite the introduction of the new stamp duty surcharge, according to official...
23 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![£12.3bn worth of Irish property sold in 2015](/img/default/pit.png)
Some €15.8bn (£12.3bn) worth of residential and commercial property in Ireland was transacted in 2015, up 6% on the previous year,...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![House sale fall through rate rose significantly in last quarter](/img/default/pit.png)
More than one in four house sales fell through in the last quarter of 2015. This is according to data from...