Business & People
The Modern House founders target ‘marvellous historic homes’ with new estate agency, Inigo
Matt Gibberd and Albert Hill unveil new venture named after the 17th-century architect who sparked a revolution in British building design.
Interview: Knight Frank’s Tim Hyatt on team morale, market resilience & the future of estate agency
On April 1st 2020, when the UK had been in lockdown for exactly nine days, Tim Hyatt took over the management of Knight Frank’s UK residential business and joined the group executive board.
Sadiq Khan on track for a second term as Mayor of London
Polling indicates that the Sadiq Khan is likely to win a second term as Mayor of London by a sizeable margin in May's election.
Savills bolsters building & project consultancy team
New director James Wilkins has been brought in from Tower Eight to lead a push into the alternatives sector.
Purplebricks alumni launch new hybrid estate agency
Steph Walker, Andy Vass and Mark Bruce and have set up The Agency UK, with ambitions to expand across the UK.
Jo Eccles rebrands SP Property as Eccord
New brand 'better reflects who we are as a business', says founder of high-profile buying and property management firm.
Luxury property industry insiders assemble to discuss what 2021 may hold
The first Luxury Property Forum webinar of 2021 will see chair Priya Rawal joined by Savills' Lucian Cook, Black Brick's Camilla Dell, CMS Cameron McKenna's Swita Kothari, and Accouter's Alec Watt.
New sales head at Savills Salisbury
James McKillop returns to the agency after almost nine years with Knight Frank.
Eddie Hughes installed as the latest Housing Minister
Housing Minister Kelly Tolhurst has returned to teh back benches following some "devastating" personal news. She has been replaced at the MCHLG by Walsall North MP Eddie Hughes.
Architecture sector rallies with ‘fragile growth’, except in London
"It is a mixed and changing picture but with an overall growth in confidence," says the RIBA.
LSL expects 2020’s operating profits to be ‘significantly ahead’ of 2019
Property Plc's full year revenue dropped 15% from 2019 to 2020 - but "very strong trading" at the end of the year helped push profits up.
Savills reports ‘an extraordinary rebound’ in prime resi activity
"The volume of activity in prime residential markets [outside London] for [2020] as a whole was the strongest since before the global financial crisis," says Savills.