Business
Countrywide to pause digital drive for ‘evaluation’ as revenues struggle
Estate agency network is "continuing to evaluate [its] position in the markets that benefit from the digital offering before rolling out this proposition to the rest of the network"
75% of ZPG portal visits are now from mobile devices
"Significant milestone" as ZPG's Zoopla and Primelocation rack up 10 million app downloads
Savills launches dedicated ski property division
The MD of Alpine Homes International returns to Savills to lead a new ski team
Power Station development chief exits Battersea to set-up a consultancy
David Twohig is leaving his role as Chief Development Officer at Battersea Power Station at the end of the year, to launch his own consultancy venture
Milton Stone acquires boutique Kensington agency
Takeover sees three-year-old South Ken firm puts down new roots in W8
New Airbnb-style lettings platform sets out to ‘remove the middleman’
Trinity Mirror-backed HomeRenter launches in beta mode
Portman Estate names new CEO
'Transformative few years ahead' says Oliver Fenn-Smith
Three quarters of builders are ‘under threat from Cowboy Clients’
Clients who "withhold payment without good reason or make completely unreasonable demands" are a "serious problem" for most SME construction firms
Singapore sovereign wealth fund invests £90m into ‘entrepreneur’ bank OakNorth
GIC's tranche means OakNorth has raised £244m in the UK's biggest fintech funding round
Zaha Hadid Architects teams up with top Chinese & US firms to offer ‘next-generation design’
Three leading international architectural design and engineering practices have formed a significant "strategic alliance"
NVP acquires Knightsbridge agency Hobart Slater
Exclusive: Montpelier Street veterans Hobart Slater are "handing the Knightsbridge property torch on" to neighbouring boutique agency Nicolas Van Patrick
OnTheMarket signs former Ladbrokes boss to steer IPO
Property portal recruits a new Non-Executive Chairman to its Board of Directors