Business & People
PCL buying agency moves into sales, launching a high-end estate agency division
Aldersley London will provide "a holistic and bespoke service all under one roof", says founder Edward Aldersley, including property search and acquisition, development consultancy - and now property sales.
Property Ombudsman appoints deputy
Lesley Horton is now working alongside Property Ombudsman Rebecca Marsh, as the industry "heads towards a significant era of change with the new proposed regulatory framework."
Foxtons lettings revenue jumps 21% as sales income drops
"We have had a good start to the year," reports CEO Nic Budden, "with all areas of the business trading in line with our expectations."
New boutique agency launches in Wimbledon Village
Ex-Robert Holmes & Knight Frank man Mark Beim is billing his high-end venture, Wimbledon Homes, as a ‘new breed of agent’
Specialist SW London estate agency pivots to ‘supercharge off-market selling’ as a platform
Invisible Homes was set up as an "off-market" estate agency in Fulham in 2018;
‘Storming year’ for Knight Frank’s resi land team
Scarce supply is driving ‘incredibly fierce’ competition for sites, says agency
Strutt & Parker appoints two new heads for Cambridge office
BNP Paribas-owned estate agency makes another brace of senior hires, bringing in former Chestertons PCL Director Lawrence Brown alongside Becky Eeles to run the Cambridge operation.
New chair for BoE’s Residential Property Forum
Jackie Bennett OBE will take over the running of the industry-led group, which helps monitor the UK’s resi property sector
‘We haven’t even scratched the surface for Ghelamco in the UK’: Marie-Julie Gheysens on family business, sustainable development & ‘London’s playground’
INTERVIEW: Having already launched a major mixed-use development in Shoreditch and acquired a venerable prime London estate agency, the scion of European real estate giant Ghelamco has even more ambitious…
PCL stock shortage means ‘we are having to work twice as hard to deliver results’, says top buying agency
Eccord secured deals worth nearly £50mn in Q1 despite ‘exceptionally low’ prime property supply
Italy Sotheby’s International Realty opens in Verona
Agency launches presence in historic city after receiving ‘surge of requests’ from Germany, Switzerland, France, UK and the USA
Gove declares ‘a victory for leaseholders’ as major housebuilders sign building safety pledge
"This is just the beginning," says Housing Secretary Michael Gove. "We will do whatever it takes to hold industry to account, and under our new measures there will be nowhere to hide."