Quintessentially hires Director of APAC
Jonathan Benarr joins Hong Kong arm of global lifestyle real estate firm, as annual acquisitions approach the HK$1billion mark
Helical confirms ‘more than one unsolicited approach’ to buy the business
Mike Slade’s property firm issues a statement following reports of a ‘secret’ £500m takeover bid
From Gurus to Game-Changers: The 50 most influential people in British luxury
Luxury industry lobbying group Walpole has published its 2019 “Power List” of the 50 most influential characters in the British luxury sector.
New Hampshire branch for Fine & Country
Global real estate network opens up another UK operation, covering Andover & Winchester
Britain’s luxury sector surges in value to £48bn, driven by cars
Walpole suggests that the luxury industry contributed 2.4% of the UK’s total GDP in 2017
US ‘cloud brokerage’ blows into the UK
eXp Realty is North America’s biggest resi real estate brokerage by geography
OnTheMarket posts record traffic in May
Property portal managed over 25 million visits in a month
New ‘big data’ platform allows estate agents to mine detailed property intel
Homesearch aims to become ‘the​ port of call for residential property information, transaction history, demographic data, insights and reporting’
Property reviews platform raises £1m; plots national expansion
Homeviews launched earlier this year, pitched as ‘TripAdvisor for Property’; it’s just raised over £1m to fund expansion into cities beyond London
LonRes rolls out new alert service for buying agents
Retained agents can now flag a client’s property requirements to the platform’s 6,000-strong network across London and the country, ensuring that ‘no stone is left unturned’
Chestertons makes the switch to electric
33-branch firm becomes the first major player to replace its entire fleet with zero-emission vehicles, while shifting all of its offices over to a renewable energy supplier
Purplebricks share shuffle as Woodford sells & Toscafund buys
Beleagured fund manager Neil Woodford has offloaded a chunk of his shares in the hybrid estate agency; hedge fund Toscafund has snapped up a bigger holding