Business
New volunteering platform encourages real estate firms to provide practical support to the NHS
Teams from Greystar, SAY Consulting, deverellsmith, and Be Original have launched Do Some Good, encouraging the property industry to pledge support for NHS and healthcare workers on the front line of the…
Rightmove cancels dividend payment; Berkeley revises profit forecast
Britain's biggest property portal suspends its final 2019 dividend, telling shareholders that it is "taking appropriate measures" to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on its bottom line - but…
New virtual viewing & design app launches in the UK
Gaming-inspired software has already been picked up by one of the country's top five agencies
Estate agents get business rates holiday for a year
Left out of the original Coronavirus Business Rates exemption scheme, the Government has now confirmed that estate agents with rateable properties will not have to pay any Business Rates for a year from…
Taking a Hit: How property portals are reacting to Covid-19
Property portals around the world are rallying to retain customers as the Coronavirus lockdown quells market activity; British portals are offering the deepest discounts of all.
Meyer Bergman names new CIO
Private equity real estate firm recruits former Blackstoner Josip Kardun as Chief Investment Officer, as it ramps up its mixed-use portfolio across core European cities.
Savills Wuhan has not reopened
Rumours around the office at the epicentre of the virus being back in business - seen by many to be a light at the end of the tunnel - have turned out to be false.
MIPIM cans Cannes 2020; Paris gathering slated for September
This year's Riviera real estate get-together has been cancelled; it will be replaced with a "two-day Paris-based gathering" in September.
London estate agency chided for staffing branches amidst lockdown
Dexters' offices are not open to the public, but some staff did go to work yesterday - prompting a backlash on social media and in the national press.
Beyond Government Measures: How housebuilders are responding to Covid-19
Major property developers are closing down construction sites, despite Government advice that housebuilding can continue through the Covid-19 lockdown.
ADAM Architecture chief Robert Adam steps down
Influential classical designer Professor Robert Adam is to step down from his eponymous architecture firm in April.
Countrywide delays financial results publication
The UK's financial regulator has asked all PLCs to postpone publishing preliminary financial statements for at least two weeks, in light of the Coronavirus crisis.