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2016 was the year of “regulation, regulation, regulation”: Industry leaders are describing this year as one which will be shaped by the effects of new policy. June saw the UK vote to leave the European Union. With many bracing themselves for the worst in the wake of the vote, it became clear that there was no...

To celebrate the spirit of Christmas, we created an advent calendar with interesting highlights from 2016. We revealed the content behind each door on Twitter throughout December. In case you missed it, here is a round-up: Day 1: In the twelve months to 31 March 2016, we saw £3.4 million profits https://lndv.st/2dETDmC See this on...

For the tenth year running GP Bullhound presented the ten trends it believes will shape the technology industry in 2017. It is a collective effort of the best, sometimes most radical thinking from professionals across its global advisory and investment organisations.  The report examined the growth of Europe’s unicorn companies, and dubbed AI as poised to have the biggest...

From virtual reality (VR) and drones on development sites to blockchain for mortgage valuations, this is how some of the property industry’s leading technologists see the path of PropTech in 2017. Wider adoption of virtual reality in design, construction, sales and letting The use of VR in property is already a $1 billion industry globally,...

Property market predictions for 2017, including the issue with supply, what could happen to prices in and out of London and what uncertainty there might be

Modular housing, another word for pre-made, factory-built homes, is fast gaining the favour of government as a time and cost-efficient approach to homebuilding and a key part of the solution to the current housing crisis. Small and larger developers across the UK are already demonstrating that pre-made and factory-built is no longer synonymous with ugly identikit homes....

The latest update from our LendInvest Capital Managing Director giving you the latest insights into the economy and wider property investment landscape

Here’s your fortnightly round-up of the latest property market activity and commentary. Make sure the latest on prices, taxes, funding and the housing deficit doesn’t pass you by. Mortgages Concerns over loan-to-income ratios A recent Bank of England study found that the average mortgage was 4.1 times a homeowner’s income. Since the financial crisis, the Bank...

With just a few weeks left of 2016, here at LendInvest we’re already looking towards 2017 and all we hope to achieve in the year ahead. And it seems we’re not the only ones. This morning Business Moneyfacts announced their shortlist for their annual awards, now in it’s seventeenth year, set to take place in...

We outline the potential pitfalls of property renovation and the renovation mistakes that could harm the value of your property