Business
Britain’s luxury sector surges in value to £48bn, driven by cars
Walpole suggests that the luxury industry contributed 2.4% of the UK's total GDP in 2017
US ‘cloud brokerage’ blows into the UK
eXp Realty is North America's biggest resi real estate brokerage by geography
OnTheMarket posts record traffic in May
Property portal managed over 25 million visits in a month
New ‘big data’ platform allows estate agents to mine detailed property intel
Homesearch aims to become 'the port of call for residential property information, transaction history, demographic data, insights and reporting'
Property reviews platform raises £1m; plots national expansion
Homeviews launched earlier this year, pitched as 'TripAdvisor for Property'; it's just raised over £1m to fund expansion into cities beyond London
LonRes rolls out new alert service for buying agents
Retained agents can now flag a client’s property requirements to the platform's 6,000-strong network across London and the country, ensuring that 'no stone is left unturned'
Purplebricks share shuffle as Woodford sells & Toscafund buys
Beleagured fund manager Neil Woodford has offloaded a chunk of his shares in the hybrid estate agency; hedge fund Toscafund has snapped up a bigger holding
New members-only ‘digital club’ promises early access to prime property listings
Ex-Knight Frank man launches new venture advertising 'high value assets to an elite collection of buyers who want opportunities seen nowhere else'
Axel Springer doubles Purplebricks stake
German media company ploughs £43.7m into UK-based hybrid estate agency to take a 26.6% holding
Great Portland sells out at Rathbone Square
Residential property now accounts for just 1% of GPE's total portfolio, following a series of sales in the last year
Contractors shortlisted for Whiteleys reinvention
Four firms in the running for landmark luxury construction gig in West London
Property & business leaders call for ambitious climate change policy shift
Leaders of some of Britain's biggest business - including many from the property sector - have penned an open letter to the Government, calling for climate neutrality by 2050 to be put into legislation…