Business
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...
LSL gets back to business after suffering heavy lockdown toll
Property services group brings back nearly half of all furloughed staff and reopens 207 out of its 231 estate agency branches
Busiest ever month for The Modern House
Website visits and new instructions soar for the design-led agency as the team returns from furlough
Top brickmakers warn of job cuts and site closures
Forterra and Ibstock have seen dramatic drops in demand as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Design duo launch new estate agency selling ‘beautiful, refurbished homes with a warranty’
Set up by the team behind design studio Ivar London, Cuvelo is promising to 'take responsibility for every home it sells' by supplying a one-year warranty for buyer peace of mind.
Jackson-Stops recruits Knight Frank heavyweight to head up Cotswold branch
Rupert Wakley jumps ship to Jackson-Stops after leading KF's operations in Stratford-upon-Avon and Stow-on-the-Wold
JLL names new chairman
Siddharth N. (Bobby) Mehta takes the reins of the real estate giant, which has operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of more than 94,000.
Details released for MIPIM’s Paris event in September
Paris Real Estate Week will run from 14th to 17th September 2020.
Tech has helped restart the resi market; so what happens now?
Businesses able to quickly adapt to the post-pandemic era will thrive, whilst those that don’t will fall by the wayside – regardless of history or reputation, warns Stuart Cheetham...
Buying agency Recoco boosts SW coverage with new Cornwall branch
Nigel Bishop's longstanding agency recruits former Savills agent Anna Sharp to set up a new base in the county