Business & People
‘Margins are squeezed from both ends’: Luxury design firms feel the pinch
New survey reveals how wealthy clients are driving harder bargains - and how architects, designers, consultants & contractors are responding.
Well-known PCL agency duo launch boutique firm
Former Maskells MD & ex-Knight Frank Partner set out their stall as independent venture brings its first homes to market.
Savills announces ‘management evolution’ in Europe
London-listed real estate advisor rejigs top table team in the UK and wider EMEA region.
Daggers’ DDRE tops £200mn in 2026 sales; adds five more advisers
'Buying London' brokerage brings in new dealmakers and reports run of big-ticket transactions in town & country.
PCL buying agency reports record shift to off-market deals
Mayfair-based firm lifts lid on how high-end deals are getting done in 2026.
Ex-Winkworth Director signs to broker network
Dominic Cocklin has been in the London estate agency game for the last 25 years.
New island Director for Spain Sotheby’s International Realty
Top-end agency claims 90% of Balearic Island buyers are international, with 80% of its transactions involving Brits or Germans.
Compass profits leap following Anywhere takeover
The New York-listd business owns the Christie's Real Estate and Sotheby's Real Estate broker brands.
Savills Private Office adds trio of HNW specialists in London & New York
Big-name appointments boost the firm's offering for the globe-trotting super-rich.
Top law firm boosts private wealth offering with two new partners
Payne Hicks Beach brings in a new resi property head and a citizenship & immigration specialist to advise HNW clients.
Interview: Alexander Main on entrepreneurship, building a brokerage & getting PCL deals done
‘You can’t just wait for the market to come to you’: Agency founder talks HNW buyer trends, turning marketing spend into sales & why half his firm’s deals this year have involved another agent.
Rightmove trims revenue expectations
Property portal reports a 10% year-on-year drop in buyer demand and a 9% fall in sales agreed.