Business
Short Shift: Jones Lang LaSalle in digital-led rebrand to JLL
Jones Lang LaSalle is overhauling its global brand, shortening its name to the more more pithy "JLL" and switching up the logo.
Stelios to “aggressively slash estate agency fees” with easyProperty launch
easyBillionaire Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is finally getting in to property, with a very bright orange holding page for easyProperty trumpeting a move into the industry "in true 'easy' style."
Savills tops real estate SuperBrands list
Savills has walked away with the top spot in SuperBrands' Real Estate category.
“Only 15%” of London’s new homes go to overseas buyers – BPF
Going by recent headlines, you'd be forgiven for thinking that nearly all of London's new-builds were being hoovered up by foreign investors.
Like, Yah: Winkworth goes coffee shop chic
What did people do before classic US sitcom Friends gave rise to coffee shops on every street corner? Where on earth did freelancers and students sit all day? When did skinny chai tea lattes become acceptable?
Battersea Power Station gears up for launch of next phase
Strap on your helmets; a date's been set for the next Battersea Power Station stampede.
Jones Lang LaSalle looks to raise resi agency profile
Jones Lang LaSalle is going on the PR offensive, signing-up the media mavens at Foundation PR to raise the profile of its London residential agency business amongst consumers.
Design firm 19 Greek Street bags Saint Martins Lofts commission
One of our fave schemes of 2014 so far, the resi re-imagining of the iconic Saint Martins School of Art in London's Charing Cross, has hired Soho-based design hub 19 Greek Street to style the show apartment…
Agents’ Mutual opens-up “non-binding” Silver Membership
Two weeks after announcing that it was "all systems go" for a planned launch in January 2015, challenger property portal Agents’ Mutual has launched two new membership levels - which require slightly…
Speediest market since 2007 as two thirds of sales agreed within a month – Hamptons
On average, it takes less than five and a half weeks to get a deal agreed on your house in London at the moment, according to Hamptons International.
Boxing Clever: D&G offers de-clutter service
Estate agency Douglas & Gordon has decided to offer a free "decluttering service" to its clients.
The agency's partnered-up with storage-by-the-box company WeStore.co.
Estate agency launches property finding service as a marketing tool
Surrey Estate Agency Waterfords has launched a new market-wide property search service which it plans to use as a new business tool rather than revenue generator.