Business
Real estate start-up surge shows ‘remarkable resilience’
Sector posts highest 'health score' of any UK industry in Q2, with ONS figures showing 3,545 new businesses launched vs 2,550 closures.
Estate agency ‘commission forwarding’ venture secures backing
Agents Capital was set up by Fine & Country franchisee Sean Barrett in April.
Savills hires ex-Strutts director to head Guildford resi sales
Ed Boden previously spent eight years at Strutt & Parker, where he ran the South Kensington and Chelsea branches.
Hamptons inks partnership deal with Geneva agency
Swiss firm Privalia is run by brothers Christophe & Michael Ortiz.
Knight Frank launches new Windsor office
Agency looks to boost presence in the Home Counties with latest addition to its network.
Major prime agency installs new lettings boss
Daniel Fisher will lead the 153-year-old firm's lettings business into its 'next chapter'.
Fine & Country adds West Yorkshire outpost
'Homeowners are crying out for better marketing and more targeted exposure, especially at the top end,' say Wendy Knight & Elizabeth Dinnis.
Home staging firm launches ‘first of its kind’ franchise offering
Elaine Penhaul's Lemon and Lime Interiors has already signed franchisees in Canterbury, Cardiff & Exeter.
Luxury brokerage adds Chelsea, Knightsbridge & Belgravia specialist
Joe Mason has joined United Kingdom Sotheby’s International Realty as Sales Director.
From Acquisitions to AI: How Polly Ogden Duffy is future-proofing John D Wood & Co
Inside the strategic moves, market insights, and bold ambitions shaping one of the best-known brands in prime property.
Savills UK resi revenue dips as tax changes hit sentiment
Prime London re-sales volumes slipped 7% in H1, reports major-league agency.
Lomond buys sixth London estate agency
Putney-based letting agency Glenthorne will be 'consolidated' into Lomond’s London flagship brand, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward.