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Native Land bolsters senior team with raft of promotions
Major-scale investor and developer names four new managing directors, and a new head of private transactions, as UK-wide expansion continues
One month on… ‘We are hopeful that we are witnessing a more sustained level of activity’ – Carter Jonas
Buyers are now making offers after an average of just 3.8 property viewings, reveals Carter Jonas - far quicker than the 12.8 average at this time last year.
6% of architects don’t think their practice will survive the next 12 months
Architects' workloads are a third lower than at this time last year, reports the RIBA, and most practices expect their workloads to decline further in the coming months.
Slovakia’s JTRE snaps up PCL developer Sons & Co; secures £177m loan for South Bank scheme
JTRE has agreed a hefty construction loan on its £400m Triptych Bankside project next to Tate Modern, and acquired the well-known boutique development firm Sons & Co
Domus man Shaw joins Youhome in Notting Hill
The self-proclaimed “new category of estate agency” has attracted another big name to its ranks in prime London, recruiting Domus Nova's former Head of Sales, Chris Shaw.
Zoopla celebrates as lockdown fee discounts attract hundreds of new branches
Zoopla offered arguably the most generous Covid-19 support package of any global property portal - worth an estimated £30m to agents; it seems to have worked.
Strutts alumni launch new country house estate agency
Oxfordshire-based start-up The Country House Department is being pitched as "a modern medium for the finest country homes, created to do justice to the most exceptional properties".
Grosvenor launches a ‘community charter’ to improve public engagement
"This new charter is one of the first practical attempts to deliver on the Government’s ambition to give people more meaningful involvement in how their neighbourhoods are managed and evolve," says GB&I's C…
Former Spicerhaart chief Jervis joins recruitment agency
Russell Jervis has joined recruitment consultancy Rayner Personnel to run its estate agency division.
Guild reports a ‘remarkable number’ of new members joining under lockdown
27 estate agencies joined The Guild of Property Professionals while the property market was on ice.
Remote Control: Sandy Mitchell on launching design & build projects in the new era
As lockdown begins to ease and the property market re-opens so that buyers can finally move house, Sandy Mitchell of Redbook shares some discoveries made while running the consultancy business and advising…
FT: Meet the estate agents turning themselves into superstars
Emma Jacobs profiles the new breed of Insta-famous US brokers, and looks at why UK examples are so thin on the ground...