Business & People
Acorn adds Wiltshire sites to build £390mn new development pipeline
"To help meet future demand we’ve been on a major residential site acquisition and development drive," says Acorn Group boss Melanie Omirou.
Savills’ gender and ethnicity pay gaps rise
More women are earning big pay packets at Savills UK - but the overall pay gap between male and female employees has increased in the last year.
Foxtons COO departs as agency ‘streamlines’ board
‘Cost control continues to be an area of focus,’ Chairman Nigel Rich tells investors, as CEO Nic Budden expands role
Nest Seekers launches London Desk in New York to drive American buyers to Britain
TV-famous real estate brokerage's new "Brooks Division" aims to "bridge the gap between the New York and London property markets," funnelling affluent Americans towards prime London homes.
US PropTech fund backs 11 European companies
An investment arm of the USA's National Association of Realtors has, in conjunction with Propertymark and Savills, backed a second batch of PropTech ventures in the UK and Europe.
Strawberry Star appoints new Development Director; rolls out build-to-rent platform
Simon Taylor has joined the expanding property developer, as it launches a new build-to-rent operation called Star Living.
Investors tee-up c.£150mn valuation for Boomin
One-year-old property portal is reported to be "close to finalising a new round of funding that will value it at close to £150m."
Another record year for John D Wood
150-year-old agency reports sales soaring by 55% and EBITDA rising by over a quarter
International ‘challenger’ property management platform expands with London firm Rendall & Rittner
Swedish start-up Odevo aims to be "a challenger to the traditional industry for property and housing management."
Fractional ownership start-up brings in Black Brick for PCL acquisition drive
Nikos Drandakis’ Flyway is looking to acquire more than a dozen luxury properties as it plans to ‘introduce fractional ownership to the London property market’
Dorset estate agency launches franchise & ‘consultant agent’ model
Three-branch Domvs has ambitions to build its brand by allowing property brokers "to do all of the fun bits of being an agent – meeting people, agreeing deals, managing their own pipeline – while we d…
Nigerian agency Jide Taiwo & Co to launch in London
New UK operation will be the firm’s first international office