Business & People
Ranked: The ‘most competitive’ cities to be an estate agent
Aberdeen has the highest ratio of estate agents to property listings, with just 13 per agent. London has 24.
Carter Jonas appoints new PR agency
Elevate PR has been appointed to handle media relations for Carter Jonas' residential business.
Montague rebrands; recruits Sobha man for Middle East expansion
Luke Banks has moved from leading luxury Dubai developer Sobha in the UK to helming the new Middle East division of Thomas Balashev's Montague Real Estate.
Death of former Humberts boss announced
Highly-regarded industry figure Ian Westerling died suddenly last weekend.
London agency reports ‘false lull’ in August after record-breaking July
‘There should be enough momentum to sustain a healthy level of sales activity until the end of the year’, says 31-branch Chestertons.
Hungarian resi development giant Cordia makes its first UK splash
“Our goal is to become one of the leading and most diversified residential development groups in Europe," says Cordia International's Chairman Tibor Földi. "
Guild Property adds 40 new members in its ‘best quarter on record’
The Guild of Property Professionals had its "best quarter on record" in Q2, with more new joiners than in any previous quarter.
Former Kier CEO joins Apex Airspace as Chair
Haydn Mursell has joined specialist London airspace developer Apex as Chairman.
‘Selling Sunset’ brokerage looks to expand in the UK
"You co-broke or go broke", says the London-based Managing Director of American celebrity real estate brokerage Nest Seekers, as it looks to expand its UK footprint.
Bruce in talks to raise ‘tens of millions of pounds’ for Boomin
The Purplebricks co-founder has reportedly received 'significant inbound interest' in funding his new venture.
KWUK recruits Knight Frank marketing chief
Simon Leadbetter - formerly Knight Frank's Group Head of Marketing, Communications & Digital and Countrywide's Group Marketing Director - has joined Keller Williams UK.
Berkeley upbeat in post-lockdown trading update
In the first update since the passing of its influential founder and chairman, Tony Pidgley, the housebuilder has reported 'robust' sales pricing, with efficiency levels back up at around 90% of normal; …