Business & People
Savills transacts £2.8bn of land in ‘bumper year’
2021's combined total was a 133% increase on 2020 and 27% up on 2019, as housebuilders returned to pre-Covid spending levels
Who will be crowned industry football champions in 2022?
Hotly-contested five-a-side tournament, the CPR Cup, is returning in May 2022 after a two-year hiatus
In Conversation: Savills stars Hewlett & Lewis on the evolution of London’s prime residential landscape
Interview: Savills stalwarts Jonathan Hewlett and Ed Lewis discuss seismic shifts in London's luxury real estate sector over the last three decades; Covid; Brexit;
Deverellsmith buys estate agency & proptech recruitment specialist
Property sector recruitment giant deverellsmith has acquired two-year-old rival, Broomham Recruitment.
JLL ramps up resi research division
LonRes’ Marcus Dixon has become the agency’s new Director of UK Residential Research
Yopa recruits ex-Purplebricks director Frankish as CEO
Verona Frankish is taking over the helm of the Savills-backed hybrid estate agency from Freddie Cornes.
New North America desk for Savills
“The North American desk will act as one point of contact for our clients and to facilitate referrals throughout our global network,” says Savills Private Office Director Rory McMullen.
J3 builds team with ambitious growth plans
Recently-launched finance and insurance advisor plans to triple in size this year.
Fine & Country expands in Cambridge
Established local estate agency owners buy into Nurtur Group's brand.
‘Product has overtaken location as the driver for PCL buyers’: Northacre’s Niccolò Barattieri di San Pietro on London’s shifting luxury property market
“With little to no large sites left in the Capital many PCL developers will shift to boutique development,” writes the CEO of leading luxury property developer, Northacre.
Super-prime construction leaders team up to build a ‘better business’ ESG framework
PRIME is a new framework and scoring mechanism, intended to help small businesses develop and refine their environmental, community and governance credentials.
House Collective recruits agents from John D Wood & JLL; plots west London expansion
Boutique firm was launched at the start of last year by ex-Aston Chase duo Ben Sloane & Richard Bryce, together with former Knight Frank & Savills man Jonathan Brandling-Harris