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KEYWORD "Westminster" - 87 RESULTS
Investment Potential? London resi prices tumbling fast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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?

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%

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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?

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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?

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? 

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

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

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?

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?

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

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

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?

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'

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?

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?

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

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?

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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?

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?

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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

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

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

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

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

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

Properties situated near to independent schools and university towns hold their value and are able to recover faster from a housing...

20 May 2015

From: Breaking News

PCL still a haven for investors as new development sells out in two hours

A poignant example of the continued lure of prime London property, a new Victoria-based development launched by private equity firm Cogress...

30 April 2015

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