Former Radio 4 & Evening Standard editor joins Berkeley’s board
Sarah Sands is the latest addition to Berkeley Group’s Board of Directors.
New office head at Knight Frank Exeter
Louise Glanville takes charge of the agency’s resi operations in the Devon city.
Winkworth chief: ‘Our business model was tested by extreme conditions in 2020 and proven to be very robust’
Franchise network managed to up its market share amid the turmoil of 2020.
Boutique Mayfair agency moves into the country market
Ex-Savills and Strutts director Luke Morgan has joined DS Churchill to run its new operation in the Cotswolds.
JLL picks new UK HQ
JLL will move its flagship UK office to British Land’s Broadgate scheme in EC2 in 2026.
Bold & Reeves reports ‘exceptional growth’; installs new COO
Top-end property management firm reports “exceptional growth, new partnerships and expansion”, recruiting a new COO and expanding its client base by a fifth in the last 12 months.
Investors pump another £5m into hybrid estate agency Nested
Purplebricks investor Axel Springer has backed hybrid agency Nested as it looks to expand beyond London.
Knight Frank names new Senior Partner & Group Chair
William Beardmore-Gray will take over from Alistair Elliott as Knight Frank’s Senior Partner & Group Chairman in April 2022, with a remit to “introduce greater diversity and inclusion across the firm.”
Dominvs appoints new Construction Director
John Ko has joined Dominvs Group from Goldman Sachs International.
Aston Chase recruits Savills’ Bart as Lettings Director
Arron Bart has moved from Savills to Aston Chase, to head up the lettings division.
Interview: Boomin founder Michael Bruce on his big plan to ‘reset the balance of power in the property industry’
The founder of Britain’s most successful hybrid estate agency, Purplebricks, is about to launch his next big venture: taking on Rightmove and Zoopla with a new portal that’s being billed as “the next generation property site”. Boomin has the potential to “reset the balance of power in the industry”, says Michael Bruce in this PrimeResi Q&A…
Zoopla branch numbers hit a three-year high as challenger portal launches
Over 2,400 estate agency branches have joined Zoopla since Covid-19 lockdowns began last March, taking the total number of branch and new homes outlets listing on the portal to over 19,500 – the highest number in three years.