Business
FirstPort recruits Harrods Estates AM director to build luxury offer
The UK's biggest property management firm makes two senior appointments, hiring Heidi Stephenson to head up its luxury portfolio, and Lucinda Walker as director of build-to-rent
Former Knight Frank duo take over Winkworth’s Bath operation
Lucy McIlroy and Matthew Leonard have acquired Winkworth's Bath franchise from Christopher Baker
London lettings agency says its partnership with Airbnb is ‘the beginning of the new age of estate agency’
Portico is the first mainstream UK lettings agency to join Airbnb’s professional co-host scheme
Octagon strengthens team; signals move into ‘wider market’
Luxury developer to add some 'more affordable' options to the menu
Specialist new-build agency on ‘aggressive’ expansion drive
Johns&Co takes its London network up to seven with the launch of a London City Island base
Foxtons confirms six branches have been shut, but ‘no plans for further closures’
London estate agency reviewed all sites, and has closed down branches in Mayfair, Barnes, Beckenham, Enfield, Loughton, and Ruislip
In Pictures: Berkshire Hathaway rolls into London with black tie bash in the City
Kay & Co marks the launch of its transatlantic franchise deal with a sophisticated soiree at the top of the Gherkin
KPF opens three new international outposts
Architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has opened three new offices, in San Francisco, Berlin, and Singapore
The state of estate agency in 12 charts
Zoopla has quizzed 660 estate agents and 6,000 consumers for its third State of the Property Nation report
Nested raises another £120m
Fledgling online agency with a twist takes total raised up to £165m after attracting interest from the backers of Spotify and Betfair
Estate agents’ business confidence slips; one in five firms sees trouble ahead
Outlook for the economy now the top concern for agents, says Zoopla, replacing a lack of stock for sale
JLL trials AI ‘property bot’ to enhance property management service
"Always there" virtual property manager is being trialled in two JLL-managed PRS schemes