Business
Savills hit by UK market slowdown
Profits fall for global real estate advisor as political and economic uncertainty reduces trading activity in Britain and Hong Kong
Knight Frank trials ZPG listings after five-year hiatus
High-end agency makes a return to Zoopla and Primelocation after cutting ties in 2014 over the launch of challenger portal OnTheMarket...
Zoopla launches ‘digital prospecting tool’
AdReach Express allows estate agents to automatically target prospective property vendors on Facebook and Instagram
Ex-Knight Frank buying agent launches new consultancy
Uncertain market conditions in the capital are exposing 'huge opportunities', says former TBS buying consultant Thea Carroll, who has decided to launch a new acquisition firm under her own name...
Knight Frank ‘significantly bolsters’ London China team with series of new hires
Lili Zhang has been recruited from Savills to run Knight Frank's enlarged and restructured residential China Desk in London
Trio of new appointments at Quintessentially Estates
London-based luxury property firm promotes two and recruits another
Viewber taps into the UK’s auction market
Outsourcing firm now carrying out viewing duties on over half of the UK's auction lots
OakNorth recruits new COO from GoCompare
Credit platform installs GoCompare man as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Proptech start-up promises ‘credible’ automatic valuations
Swirb offers free detailed property valuation reports to consumers, arguing that vendors "don’t only have to rely on the agents’ asking price or a bank's valuation"
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…