Business
Marsh & Parsons signs ex-Hamptons & Dexters sales chief Goldberg
164-year-old firm recruits one of London's most high-profile agents to run its PCL division.
Howard de Walden chief to step down
Andrew Hynard has spent the last four years in charge of the great estate, which controls 92 acres of London’s Marylebone.
Covid-19 has hit Rightmove revenues ‘ten times’ harder than other portals
Analyst Mike Del Prete has looked into Covid-19's effect on global real estate portal revenues, suggesting that the UK's number one portal has been hit significantly harder than international comparables.
Zoopla’s tech hiring spree continues
Private equity-owned property portal and proptech firm has recruited new faces to its product and tech teams from Auto Trader, Azimo, Babylon Health and Starling Bank.
Simon Carter to take over from Grigg as British Land CEO
Chris Grigg has announced that he will step down as CEO of British Land Plc in November, after 11 years at the helm. Current CFO Simon Carter will step up to the top job in November.
The Secret Agent: Will 2020 be the greatest ‘selling out’ our industry has seen?
Covid has given agencies the perfect excuse to reduce the footprint of their office networks, says our PCL insider, but what is left of a brand when all the good people have gone?
Milton Stone hires new lettings head from Strutt & Parker
Hugo James joins Sacha Moussaieff's firm after seven years in charge of Strutts' South Ken lettings team.
Another record month for OnTheMarket
The property portal generated more than two million leads to estate agents in August, an increase of 64% year-on-year.
Hill appoints a Head of Strategic Land
Former Wates and Barratt man Matt Tunley has been recruited to help realise property developer Hill's ambition to build 4,000 new home a year by 2025.
New agency launches ‘disruptive’ turnkey service for prime property buyers
Harry Helsby (son of former Savills boss Jeremy) and Alexis Stellakis are setting out to ‘revolutionise’ London’s traditional market model with their ‘all in-house solution’.
Winkworth profits down 20% in a ‘satisfactory’ first half performance
The Central London business has been hit hardest this year, reports estate agency brand Winkworth.
1508 ‘fighting fit’ after completing £100m of projects during lockdown
The design studio has been working on some of PCL’s most high-profile developments in recent months, including Lodha’s No.