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When you’re buying an investment property you want to know you’re investing in a healthy property market. Likewise when you’re looking to sell, there are some metrics than can help inform your timing. So what are the best metrics to look at? To get a comprehensive view of the property market nationwide or locally it’s...

Luton came out top in our latest quarterly research Index on the UK Buy-To-Let market. The revamped format ranks each postcode based on the following metrics: capital value growth, transaction volumes, yield and rental price growth. Key findings The top 10 buy-to-let towns are dominated by postcodes found in the South East, with Northampton the only...

Here’s this fortnight’s round-up of the latest commentary and activity in the property market. Commentary Mortgage Strategy warns that Trump’s victory could hit property market confidence Volatility in stocks could undermine buyer confidence. Trump’s protectionist policies and previous comments on international trade partners could create further uncertainty as markets respond to his election in the...

The first LendInvest Property Development Academy kicks off this Friday 11 and Saturday 12 November at our offices. Teaching the course, designed for aspiring developers, is a first-rate line up of speakers, from high-achieving property entrepreneurs and expert surveyors to academics and consultants with hugely valuable property portfolios. After our first course was eight times oversubscribed, we’ve already got a date...

Last year, City AM teamed up with law firm Mishcon de Reya to start The Leap 100, bringing together 100 of the most exciting, fast-growing companies in the UK. To qualify, companies had to demonstrate substantial growth over the past twelve months, qualifying them as ‘ones to watch’ for the year ahead. Those included were...

It is no coincidence that as we see a steep decline in housebuilding, it is matched closely by the sustained attrition of small and medium sized-developers in the market. Smaller builders are the lifeblood of the industry, often completing projects that larger developers would not touch, in a shorter time frame. Last night’s Dispatches programme,...

Every month the UK’s biggest lenders gather their house price data to produce an update on the latest house price fluctuations. When the final report is released we roundup the latest house price data for you alongside economic perspectives on the housing market from inside the sector. Nationwide According to Nationwide, house prices were unchanged...

PropTech and FinTech companies alike, especially in the lending sector, need to be careful they don’t subscribe to the idea of tech for tech’s sake. And this argument is, perhaps, at its strongest in the context of a world where fraud is on the rise. During the first six months of 2016 a financial scam was committed, on...

LendInvest scooped the coveted ‘short term lender of the year’ award at the NACFB awards last night. As the national trade body for brokers across the country, the awards ceremony is recognised as one of the flagship events of the industry. We were thrilled to win the award, particularly given the strength of the other...

Our latest round-up of the latest property market commentary, including news on mortgages, housing policy and property prices