Business
YOUhome makes waves with Wellstead & Wellstead acquisition
Dorset-based agency-to-watch YOUhome (co-run by ex-Hamptons International boss Jeremy Priestley) has beefed up its sales and letting business by acquiring independent firm Wellstead & Wellstead
Cotswold development sails into final phase
After shifting an impressive 350 units, lakeside property development "Watermark in the Cotswolds", is releasing its final phase of 25 homes.
Lettings fees ad rules to be clarified
There's to be no enforcement just yet on the Advertising Standard's Authority's decree that letting agents must include details of all compulsory fees on ads
Fine & Country pushes button on Telegraph App ads
Fine & Country has taken the plunge with the Telegraph's much-heralded, shiny news App - apparently the only global estate agency group so far to advertise on the new platform
500 up for Strutt & Parker open house event
With the promise of a balmy ten degrees and perfect viewing conditions, over 500 homes have apparently signed up for Strutt & Parker's Open House Day this Saturday (6th April), as the agency's clever annual…
“Giddy” Zoopla confirms new brand ambassador
After a few months of flirting, it seems Zoopla and everyone's favourite tv property expert, Phil "Pip" Spencer, are making things official
Hearts and Minders: Earning client trust
Property values and transaction costs are now too high for emotions to cloud judgement
Snap Decisions: Online property details have 20 seconds to make an impression
Forget hi-falutin adjectives and swathes of superlatives; according to some eye-catching research from the States, viewers of online property particulars tend to hone in on a main image for no more than …
Rightmove adds lettings fees disclaimer to listings
Rightmove has added a little disclaimer to all lettings listings in an effort to mitigate against the Advertising Standard Authority's ruling last week, which requires agents to include all compulsory…
Hitchcox to roll out yoo branded developments across Asia
Niseko, Japan - yoo Design Studio
Elle Macpherson's favourite developer, John Hitchcox's yoo, has unveiled plans to roll out a series of branded residences throughout Asia
Lettings ads must now show all compulsory fees
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has decreed that lettings agents must include details of all compulsory fees in their property advertising
Futurewealth #3: helpful investment technologies
In the third in-depth report of the series, wealth gurus Scorpio Partnership explore how investment advisors and the Futurewealthy use technology to discover, inform and deliver investments