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Last call for Agents’s Mutual Gold standard as portal smashes targets
Agents' Mutual - the agent-owned challenger property portal - has issued a final call for estate agents to sign up to its "Gold" scheme, and now expects to smash its original target of 1,000 Gold members…
Another mutual portal opens up
As everyone knows, there just aren't enough property portals out there.
Artists in Residence: Integrating contemporary art into new developments
Londonewcastle's Robert Soning on finding the right space and the importance of his firm's latest acquisition...
Not For Sale: The art of the direct approach
With some agents reporting eighteen buyers per instruction*, competition for "best in class" has never been tougher.
Rightmove enquiries rocket 80%
Rightmove has reported a decent July-October session with "healthy growth in revenue and earnings" as agents spend more on advertising.
Spicerhaart back Agents’ Mutual
The Spicerhaart Group has signed up its 190 resi sales and lettings branches to new 100% agent-owned portal Agents' Mutual, joining the likes of Savills, Knight Frank, Chesterton Humberts, Douglas & Gordon,…
Cine Cab: Zoopla broadcasts local property availability atop taxis
Zoopla is trying out more newfangled tech, using live LED screens atop London cabs to "intelligently broadcast property availability".
Hamptons and Coldwell Banker partner up in the Caribbean
Hamptons International is going sunny side up, having signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Coldwell Banker Residential Island Affiliates in the Caribbean.
Public View: Battersea Power Station opens up
The Battersea Power Station Development Company is throwing open its doors, inviting all and sundry to take a gander at the project's detailed design proposals.
Rules of Attraction: Five ways to ensnare an international buyer
Increasing numbers of developers and private sellers are specifically preparing their properties to attract HNW international buyers.
Carter Jonas acquires SW London agency & announces new Head of Resi
Carter Jonas has just announced the strategic acquisition of independent estate agency Sullivan Thomas for an undisclosed sum.
Harrods Estates hires luxury brand specialist
Harrods Estates is making something of a splash at the moment, what with a new office on the Fulham Road and today's announcement that a "luxury brand specialist" will be joining the team to help with…