Business
Online estate agents’ market share drops overall – but rises in the £1m+ market
A "considerable underperformance" by online and hybrid agencies through last year's booming property market “will clearly raise significant interest in the viability of the business model that has failed t…
Another Winkworth outpost opens as regional expansion continues
Franchisees Jamie Moore and Kylie Cates have opened another Winkworth outpost in East Anglia, as the estate agency continues its expansion drive.
Addland adds four more heavyweight agencies
Recently-launched land platform continues to grow.
OTM profits are running ‘ahead of market consensus’
Property portal OnTheMarket is on track to break even sooner than expected.
Propertymark names new Policy & Campaigns chief
Timothy Douglas has been promoted to the role vacated by Mark Hayward last month.
Knight Frank names new Knightsbridge sales boss
Christian Lock-Necrews will be taking the reins of the high-profile operation on Sloane Avenue in April
Zoopla-backer Octopus pumps £5m into Homesearch
Giles Ellwood's proptech start-up has secured major investment to fuel "ambitious growth".
Urban renewal design practice Leslie Jones adds senior talent
Lydia Firminger has joined Leslie Jones Architecture to work on major city centre regeneration masterplans.
JLL shuffles leadership team
Consultancy has made changes to its client-facing and regional commercial real estate teams.
Knight Frank adds to London resi valuations team
Lucy Partington has joined the agency after ten years at Cluttons
Updated Covid guidance for home-movers & the property industry
The Government has updated official pandemic guidance for the property industry and those moving home in England, tweaking the advice to reflect changes to self isolation periods
Record number of buy-to-let companies set up in 2021
Hamptons estimates that around half of all new landlord purchases last year used a company to hold their buy-to-let property.