Business
Beauchamp Estates launches new base in Saint Tropez
International super-prime agency now covers all 71 miles of the Cote d’Azur.
Estate agents’ average commission fee rises to 1.5%
Agents in Kensington & Chelsea tend to charge a higher percentage than anywhere else in the country (2.32%) and earn the highest commission amount per sale (£32,430).
Marsh & Parsons’ Kensington sales boss returns to Knight Frank
Matthew Hodder-Williams has been recruited by his former agency to run one of its branches in Kent.
Fine & Country builds prime London presence with nine new licenses since May
The upper-end estate agency brand has added outposts in locations including Belgravia, Islington, St Johns Wood and Holland Park.
Cadogan portfolio value hit by resi and retail falls
Great estate warns that Covid-19 will have a 'pronounced effect' on this year's trading.
Property developer donates 16 modular homes for the homeless
Housebuilder Hill has donated the first batch of its "Foundation 200" free homes for the homeless, supplying 16 houses in Cambridgeshire.
Zoopla goes on another hiring spree to boost tech team
Property portal and PropTech firm is looking to recruit 50 new staff in London.
Ranked: The biggest UK agency brands on social media
Savills outdoes rivals across the three major platforms, but Purplebricks is well ahead in terms of website visits....
Foxtons revenues drop 22%
There's been a "steady improvement in activity across the business" since branches re-opened on 1st June, says London estate agency Foxtons.
Johns&Co appoints new Hong Kong head
Betty Yeung has joined the specialist new-build agency from Colliers.
Number of real estate firms in ‘significant financial distress’ rises by nearly a fifth
True impact of coronavirus will only become apparent in the autumn, says insolvency firm
Fairway’s resi fund snaps up £70m-worth of PCL property from Grosvenor, as blue chip investors look for a safe haven
"In macro-economic terms, Covid is just about as bad as it gets," says Leconfield and Fairway Capital founder George Brooksbank