Business
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         
    Heaton teams up with former Garrington man for Northern expansion
            Phil Martin has joined Heaton & Partners to run property search operations in the North of England         
    Developers merge to create a 500+ unit pipeline across Greater London & the Home Counties
            New developer Eastwood launches with 7.5-acre Hertford Industrial Estate acquisition         
    London’s first Airbnb shop pops up in South Ken
            Dragon-backed short-stay specialist Air Agents plans to have 1,500 properties under management by the end of 2018         
    Government names 19-strong property panel for £150m house-building framework
            'Skilled consultants' assembled to help Homes England boost house-building         
    Countrywide shares plunge on refinancing news
            Share price tumbles after the estate agency and property services company reveals a plan to raise £140m for refinancing         
    Countrywide names new Group MD; goes looking for £140m investment
            The property Plc's earnings have dropped by 61.5% as details of a refinancing and turnaround plan are revealed