Business
Transaction taxes are now too high – Berkeley
Restricting mobility in the second hand market and the delivery of new homes, says giant housebuilder
Beauchamp Estates targets Eastern Asia’s HNWIs; luxury agency on global marketing push
Mayfair property agency rolls out Chinese-language website after noting surge in traffic
Most buyers still finding via ‘traditional’ means – Which?
Consumer champion quizzed a bunch of recent UK homebuyers about how they actually found their new abode
The Recruit of Happiness: Why real estate employers need to sell themselves
The best candidates are vetting employers as much as being vetted by them
Berkeley Group set to be flushed out of the FTSE 100
Indications are that the housebuilder has dropped down to No.112 in the market capitalisation rankings
London estate agencies John D Wood and Faron Sutaria to merge
Countrywide Plc announces plans to create a 51-branch "London powerhouse"
Online estate agencies gain traction – but exchanges seem in short supply
63% of firms surveyed said that their number of new instructions increased between June and July
D&G extends opening hours for an Autumn rush
Branches open for longer throughout September
Strutts confident in the power of open houses
Next National Open House Day penned in for 8th October
Lender teams up with online auction house to pre-qualify lots for finance
Trumpeted as "an industry first"
Currell expands eastwards with commercial acquisition
Agency has purchased 5,000 square foot space
Bidwells builds Heritage Team
Consultancy has hired Lucy Denton and Fiona MacAdie to the division