Business
PCL buying agency reports 50% jump in transactions
Mayfair-based advisory Black Brick acquired nearly £43m worth of property in the first six months of 2019, and has twice as many buyers on its books compared to last year...
PCL start-up agency Clifton appointed to Northacre’s No.1 Palace Street
Super-prime developer Northacre has brought in new agency Clifton Property Partners to market luxury apartments at No.1 Palace Street, alongside international heavyweights JLL
ASA publishes guidance for online estate agents after complaints rise ‘dramatically’
"Property is big business and the popularity of these [online estate agency] services has grown dramatically over the past few years," says the Advertising Standards Authority, "as has the number of complaints…
AskPorter raises another £1.5m
Three-year-old property management disrupter secures more VC backing
Countrywide: ‘Fundamental changes are beginning to bear fruit’
Embattled property Plc's revenue falls again after branch closures and cost-cutting - but the company says it is 're-establishing [its] market-leading position across both Sales and Lettings'
Rising costs hit housebuilder’s margins
Taylor Wimpey expects build costs to escalate by 5% this year
Property marketing firm buys online estate agency easyProperty
Hampshire firm Evolve has acquired online estate agency easyProperty from the parent company of Fine & Country, with support from Sir Stelios
LSL branch closures boost profits
But London's 'challenging' market squashed Marsh & Parsons' profits in the first six months of the year
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland names new non-exec chairman
Veteran investor Jonathan Bond succeeds Graham Pimlott on the GBI board, and will take over the chairmanship at the end of the year
Planning consultancy moves into Edinburgh
Iceni Projects has launched a fourth UK office
The Sunday Times: Peter Long’s struggle to save Countrywide
Liam Kelly reports for The Sunday Times on the Countrywide chairman's efforts to turn the UK's largest estate agency chain around and 'salvage his battered reputation'
Sales still sliding for Foxtons as market woes continue
Volumes are 'very low' in the capital's sales market, reports the embattled estate agency, describing lettings as the 'priority'...