Vingt Paris partnership gives Rokstone a European network
Super-prime property agencies agree to work together in London, Paris and Ibiza
Another acquisition for Stirling Ackroyd
Nick Dunning-owned agency continues expansion across East London
Purplebricks moves into Germany with Homeday acquisition
“The UK’s leading national transactional digital real estate platform” teams up with its German backer Axel Springer to take a stake in a Berlin-based online estate agency
Lord Best to lead probe into estate agency regulation & mandatory qualifications
Government follows up on plans “to raise standards across the property agent sector” with a new Working Group of industry experts
Savills builds presence in the North West with two agency acquisitions
Global property firm snaps up Manchester estate agency Case McNair and the Knutsford branch of Meller Braggins
OnTheMarket reports big growth but flat revenue
Property portal updates shareholders on its first six months as a Plc
Mount Anvil doubles down on London new-builds as profits soar
“We’re putting all our eggs in one basket”, says Mount Anvil’s chief as the property developer builds its London pipeline to record levels
Online agents’ market share dips (despite increased deal numbers)
Online estate agencies accounted for 7.2% of all resi exchanges in Q3, says TwentyCi
Hill shuffles regional operations; builds partnerships team
Housebuilder promotes two to the Board as it eyes more growth in the East of England
Pastor picks up PCL property management firm
Mayfair-based agency boosts property and block management offering with acquisition of 1st Asset Management
MyHomeGroup recruits Countrywide’s former Chief Economist
Fionnuala Earley has joined the owner of online estate agency Sellmyhome to lead property market research unit on a consultancy basis
Goldwyn’s Lie: No contract? All is not lost…
It’s bad enough when commercial arrangements turn sour in the property world, let alone when there’s nothing in writing. But despite Samuel Goldwyn’s famous maxim that a verbal contract “isn’t worth the paper it’s written on”, an oral agreement can actually prove very useful for an aggrieved party – as these three cases demonstrate…