Business
Michael Bruce exits Purplebricks
'Hybrid' agency announces surprise departure of founder and CEO - along with the closure of its Australian business - in action-packed trading update
OakNorth moves into the HNW mortgage market
Four-year-old bank has ambitions to build a £260m mortgage loan book by the end of the year, targeting affluent buyers and unconventional incomes
In Pictures: Sobha Realty’s Park Lane launch party
Big-league Indian and Dubai property developer opens a flagship 'Global Studio' in Mayfair; billionaire owner PNC Menon confirms plans to build in London and the USA
Top family office launches real estate advisory division
Sandaire has hired Arbuthnot Latham's former Head of Real Estate and LSH Investment Management's co-founder to lead the new venture
Quintessentially Estates ramps up search for international affiliates
Real estate arm of lifestyle concierge Quintessentially is on the lookout for super-prime specialists in HNW hotspots worldwide
Small construction firm workloads fall for the first time in six years
'A perfect storm of diminished consumer confidence, rising material prices and increases in wages and salaries' means that smaller builders are seeing less work, warns the Federation of Master Builders…
Grosvenor: ‘We will have to work harder & cleverer to deliver returns anywhere near those we have seen in recent years’
Sterling's depreciation helps Grosvenor Group post 'better than expected' profits despite an annual fall
Countrywide earnings take a hit in Q1
'The ongoing uncertainties surrounding Brexit continue to weigh heavily on consumer confidence as a whole', says Countrywide Plc ahead of its AGM
Marriott rolls out a global ‘luxury home rental initiative’
Hotel group Marriott is taking on Airbnb in the holiday lettings arena, launching a new top-end home rental platform in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices moves into the Middle East
Dubai is the fourth international market to be penetrated by Warren Buffet's real estate brokerage arm
CFB signs up ex-Hamptons sales boss after £100m maiden year
Mark Horne's new mortgage and finance brokerage announces key hire and milestone as ambitious expansion plans take shape
Countrywide share trading frozen as price sinks to a new low
The London Stock Exchange put a pause on the trading of Countrywide Plc shares yesterday, invoking a "Price Monitoring Extension" twice as the price hit a new low