Business
Chestertons boosts franchise operation with two heavyweight hires
International estate agency Chestertons has recruited a pair of senior players from Sotheby's International Realty to help build its franchising arm.
Sainsbury’s teams up with FEC for Whitechapel Square development
Far East Consortium has been signed up to deliver "a significant number" of new homes and a new flagship Sainsbury's store on a 4.62-acre site in Whitechapel.
Fast start for eXp UK, with 50 agents signed up in three months
"Cloud-based" estate agency eXp has recruited a lot of new faces to its self-employed business model.
Savills rolls into cannabis joint project
Property consultancy has high hopes for the UK's budding medical cannabis sector; weed farming is potentially more lucrative than growing strawberries, says Savills...
New boss for Keller Williams in central London
Gaven Swan takes the helm of network's KW Prime operation, following the departure of Nicky Stevenson last month
The big problem facing London’s top estate agencies
After twenty years with some of the biggest firms in the PCL market, this senior agency insider - who has asked to remain anonymous - is sensing a 'huge change' in the air, with potentially serious consequences…
Keller Williams rolls into Devon
Former Chancellors sales manager to head up latest UK outpost for US agency brand
Nearly a quarter of house-hunters don’t use property portals, says Zoopla
In the third tranche of its State of the Property Nation survey, Zoopla reveals some unexpected truths about property portal usage...
Top-end national estate agency launches ‘self-employment model’
Fine & Country is launching a new self-employed business model to run alongside its existing license model.
Zoopla also enjoys a start-of-year activity surge
All three big property portals have now reported big rises in activity in January.
Iron Bridge acquires ex-CPC finance firm Orlandis Capital
Iron Bridge Finance has snapped up a majority stake in real estate JV equity provider Orlandis Capital, which was party of Christian Candy's CPC Group until a management buyout in 2018.
Advisory firm sued over One Blackfriars tower site valuation
It's alleged that the site of the super-prime One Blackfriars scheme was undervalued in 2011, and that a sole sales agency was appointed "misfeasantly".