Business
Estate agency recruitment firm reports ‘worst staff shortages in a generation’
Property Personnel has one client with over 100 vacancies they are unable to fill
Savills reports record global results despite ‘geopolitical distractions’
An increase in superprime £20m+ deals pushed the firm's average sold price in London upwards through 2016
Dragonfly trio reunite to launch new specialist lender, Octane Capital
Jonathan Samuels, Mark Posniak and Matt Smith are working on a JV with Pamplona Capital Management
Hunters expands with 15 branch SW acquisition
Plc agency acquires Bristol and Gloucestershire firm to take national network to over 200 branches
Carter Jonas looks south west for expansion
Adds operations in Devon and Cornwall to burgeoning UK network
Senior appointments at AshbyCapital
...as investments to date reach £1.25 billion
Winkworth boosts UK network with another four offices
Expansion continues with new operations added in Cheltenham, Kingsbury, Milford-on-Sea and Brentford
‘The housing market in London and the South East has now stabilised’ – Berkeley
Influential housebuilder reports robust demand with cancellation rates at normal levels; profits expected to be 'at the top of analysts' expectations'
Bidwells signs up CBRE’s Willmott as Head of Planning
CBRE Senior Director joins regional consultancy
Humberts moves back into lettings
175-year-old agency signs up lettings chief to roll out new department, three years after selling off its entire lettings and property management arm to Hamptons
JLL snaps up high-end German agency
Real estate giant acquires top Berlin agency Zabel as part of EMEA resi rollout
Middleton launches prime rental search service
Buying agency responds to burgeoning demand in the £5k+ per week market