Business
Dexters doubles down on London with high-profile Jackson-Stops acquisition
Takeover of Jackson-Stops' London & Surrey division 'demonstrates confidence in both the future of the London property market, and our own business', says Dexters boss Jeff Doble
The Rise & Fall of Online Agents: Why the property industry ‘must not get swept away in hyperbole’
The emergence of online-only estate agents prompted 'the kind of hyperbole not seen since the first dot com bubble', says Patrick Alvarado of Nicolas van Patrick.
Construction firms facing ‘catastrophic’ changes to insurance contracts
'Unprecedented' tightening of insurance market conditions could end up forcing some firms out of business, warns Mactavish
Challenger developer boosts board with quartet of industry leaders
Resi specialist This Land signs up four new high-profile non-execs, including one of the UK's top property lawyers
Hersham’s Beauchamp Estates recruits Gee as Managing Director
Super-prime estate agency Beauchamp Estates has appointed Glentree alumnus Jeremy Gee as Managing Director to lead the London business and helm international expansion plans
London’s HNW advisors reveal post-Brexit fears
Majority of intermediaries in the property and private wealth communities expect a 'sharp decline' in the number of international HNWIs calling London home, according to a new sentiment survey
Savills launches its first Scottish city lettings department
Charles McCosh has been recruited to run the Edinburgh lettings team
Indie estate agents group recruits first member; signs first official supplier
The Federation of Independent Agents is due to launch on 25th April
The F Word: Who will shake up the industry now?
Ambitious, aggressive and innovative, Foxtons changed the game in the 80s and 90s, but somehow estate agency doesn’t seem to have moved on since, says Simon Rose - have we really got nothing more to…
Heritage specialist launches new service for homeowners
Cliveden Conservation makes a move into the domestic market, launching a range of specialist survey packages for the owners of historic, listed and traditionally constructed buildings
Which property firms made this year’s Superbrands rundown?
Savills tops the annual league table of Business Superbrands for the 13th year on the trot, while online agency PurpleBricks goes toe-to-toe with consumer giants in the Relevancy index
Sizebreed co-founder moves on to private client construction consultancy role
Barry Breed launched luxury construction firm Sizebreed a decade ago; he's leaving the super-prime building specialist in June to work as independent private client consultant