Business
JLL launches ‘virtual’ office covering Westminster & St James’s
Agency continues strategy of rolling out virtual office teams to focus on specific postcodes
Luxury agency connects via WhatsApp
Quintessentially Estates rolls out high-end platform with instant messaging functionality as clients increasingly eschew emails and calls
Savills’ UK resi business rallies amid ‘challenging’ market conditions
Revenue and profit up for division as higher values offset lower volumes
Britain’s top 30 estate agency suppliers
Property Academy has short-listed the 30 best estate agency suppliers, as voted by estate agents, in advance of its EA Masters conference
Major housebuilders go on recruitment drives to ward off Brexit shortfall
Galliard and Weston Homes are looking to recruit nearly 500 new staff between them; warn that Brexit is having 'a huge long-term impact on the London and wider UK construction industry'
Winkworth bolsters franchise servicing teams
Listed estate agency adds to its IT department, Client Services and China Desk
US listings giant Zillow moves into mortgages
Portal operator signals game-changing strategy shift with acquisition of Kansas-based lender
Knight Frank strengthens International Resi Sales team
Agency makes two key management appointments in Hong Kong
Heaton teams up with former Garrington man for Northern expansion
Phil Martin has joined Heaton & Partners to run property search operations in the North of England
Developers merge to create a 500+ unit pipeline across Greater London & the Home Counties
New developer Eastwood launches with 7.5-acre Hertford Industrial Estate acquisition
London’s first Airbnb shop pops up in South Ken
Dragon-backed short-stay specialist Air Agents plans to have 1,500 properties under management by the end of 2018
Government names 19-strong property panel for £150m house-building framework
'Skilled consultants' assembled to help Homes England boost house-building