Business & People
Building Businesses: 2024’s top prime estate agency mergers & acquisitions
Including changes at Chestertons, Christie's International Real Estate, Fine & Country, Foxtons, and a realm of boutique London firms - plus a big portal deal that did not happen.
Watch: Property portals go head-to-head with holiday season marketing campaigns
Fresh primetime TV ads from Rightmove & Zoopla will air on Christmas Day.
Stirling Ackroyd names new Sales Director
Alastair Cochrane is now responsible for all the LRG-owned agency's sales across London & the South-East.
CPR Cup 2025: Save the date for next year’s industry football tournament
Organisers aiming to raise a record £35k for charity in milestone year.
Winckworth Sherwood builds resi conveyancing team
Prime & super-prime specialist Rebecca Habgood de Burgh has joined the law firm as a Senior Associate.
A fifth of estate agents plan to work through Christmas
Agency boss warns of 'burnout' as survey reveals no seasonal break for many brokers.
Sims Hilditch brings in new marketing boss & boosts London portfolio
Interior design studio has delivered a number of high-end projects across PCL in 2024.
Knight Frank expands rural consultancy across Northern England
Cheshire office is 'the final piece of the jigsaw' in national expansion drive, says property consultancy.
Bumper year for Savills Auctions as sales top £800mn
Firm says department's record-breaking haul - up 42% on 2023 - was 'particularly phenomenal given the headwinds over the last 12 months'.
Chestertons Global targets expansion to 30 countries by the end of next year
Estate agency network is eyeing 'emerging and frontier markets' including India, Australia, Portugal and Iraq.
Evolving expectations & industry disruption: Andrew Deverell-Smith on the changing landscape of talent in the prime resi market
Real estate recruitment guru reveals what top candidates in the residential sector really want, and how the major property agencies are adapting their strategies amid a surge in independent operators.
Native Land promotes Gray & Clarke to executive directors
Nicholas Gray & Dan Clarke join the board, taking on key roles as the major developer drives portfolio expansion.