Business
Ex-CBRE trio launch resi-centric development consultancy
Former CBRE Directors Jamie Gunning, Guy Passey and Charlie Philip have founded 'end-to-end' consultancy practice Sq. One Real Estate
Estate agents ‘can’t wait around for the government’s plans for professionalisation’
Service levels won't improve until all estate agents have access to training, argues Keller Williams UK boss Ben Taylor
GLA names its new London Development Panel for public land
Public bodies can use the 29 property firms 'to accelerate housing delivery on sites that they own';
Cain International pumps £400m into Fortwell Capital
Investment giant acquires majority stake in real estate lender to fund ambitious expansion strategy;
JLL launches ‘virtual’ office covering Westminster & St James’s
Agency continues strategy of rolling out virtual office teams to focus on specific postcodes
Luxury agency connects via WhatsApp
Quintessentially Estates rolls out high-end platform with instant messaging functionality as clients increasingly eschew emails and calls
Savills’ UK resi business rallies amid ‘challenging’ market conditions
Revenue and profit up for division as higher values offset lower volumes
Britain’s top 30 estate agency suppliers
Property Academy has short-listed the 30 best estate agency suppliers, as voted by estate agents, in advance of its EA Masters conference
Major housebuilders go on recruitment drives to ward off Brexit shortfall
Galliard and Weston Homes are looking to recruit nearly 500 new staff between them; warn that Brexit is having 'a huge long-term impact on the London and wider UK construction industry'
Winkworth bolsters franchise servicing teams
Listed estate agency adds to its IT department, Client Services and China Desk
US listings giant Zillow moves into mortgages
Portal operator signals game-changing strategy shift with acquisition of Kansas-based lender
Knight Frank strengthens International Resi Sales team
Agency makes two key management appointments in Hong Kong