Business
PropTech firm recruits HSBC digital chief
Jesper With-Fogstrup is to join ULS Technology Plc as CEO.
Rightmove recruits former ARLA boss
David Cox has joined the UK's biggest property portal as legal & compliance director.
High-profile architecture practice Dixon Jones closes its doors
Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones' venerable firm, which has been involved in some of the biggest development projects in PCL, said the last six months had been a 'very unhappy period'
KFH appoints a new Head of Lettings Management
Sophie Danes previously ran residential property management teams at Get Living, Knight Frank, CBRE and John D Wood.
Estate agency sector sees a ‘marked rise’ in short-term 3-6 month employment contracts
“I must have dealt with more short-term contracts in the last quarter than in any previous three-month period throughout my 30 years in the industry," says the boss of a property recruitment agency.
Estate agency network rolls out a new Facebook marketing tool to target potential home-movers – before they start house-hunting
The Guild's latest marketing tool promises to "reel in buyers on social media" before they even start house-hunting.
Cain International trades Mayfair for Islington Square
Real estate investor sets up home at one of its first developments.
Fine & Country Leamington Spa merges with Maison Property
Sarah Garland has bought into the Fine & Country brand, teaming up with the F&C incumbent in Leamington Spa.
Change at the top as Countrywide proposes a massive private equity ‘recapitalisation’
Countrywide Plc has announced a proposed "recapitalisation of the business" with a £90m private equity injection creating a new controlling shareholder, contingent on a new Chairman and CEO.
Knight Frank makes a move on Paris with new resi venture
Agency's first foray into the French capital's residential market will be in partnership with well-established local firm Junot;
Hill kicks off £300m London land-buying drive
“The London property market has proven to be very resilient, rebounding quickly after the easing of lockdown, and it remains a prime area for investment and development,” says Hill Group chief Andy…
Four new proptech ‘innovators’ join Land Registry incubator
Four more startups have been selected to join the Geovation scheme, including two platforms that promise to speed up and simplify the homemoving process