Business & People
Law firm O’Neill Patient buys Conveyancing Alliance for £27m
ULS Technology Plc has offloaded broker platform Conveyancing Alliance as it continues its plan to "build a transformative digital platform to revolutionise home moving and ownership."
PCL prices still flat despite activity surge – Winkworth
Major-league agency reports on how activity recovered in the third quarter, with exchanges rebounding by 192%.
The Secret Agent: What do many of London’s most successful agents have in common?
There’s a reason why the class of Foxtons from the nineties and noughties are now in charge of some of the biggest agencies in the capital, says our insider - it was all in the training...
Singapore’s One Global teams up with PCL firm to launch private office division
Singapore-based agency One Global Property Services has partnered up with London’s Mayfair Private Office on a ‘bespoke private wealth service’ for HNW and UHNW individuals across Asia.
Fruition adds three; declares a ‘shift in strategic direction’
London property developer bolsters its land and development team as it shifts to focus on airspace projects.
Luxury developer Octagon rolls out new midmarket brand
‘We have long realised there are not enough new quality homes in the more accessible midmarket price band’, says the high-end housebuilder’s CEO, Tim Banks.
Ten steps to a standout real estate CV
There have been easier times to search for a new role in the property world, but you can still stand out from the crowd with the help of a pitch-perfect CV.
Foxtons’ Constantinou takes on key lettings role at Knight Frank
After spending the last 23 years at Foxtons, Mel Constantinou will now be running Knight Frank’s network of lettings offices across South West London and the Home Counties.
New luxury fractional ownership platform targets HNW ‘citizens of the world’
‘Global real estate exchange’ Gold Gate is promising to ‘change the way that people live, invest, and travel forever’
Weston recruits a construction chief
Redrow man Peter Holdstock has returned to Weston Homes.
Long & Creffield quit Countrywide as shareholders reject Alchemy
More drama at Countrywide Plc. Peter Long has stepped down as Executive Chairman with immediate effect; Group Managing Director Paul Creffield has announced that he will retire next year;
Foxtons snaps up West London lettings agency for £2.2m
Listed London estate agency Foxtons has made another lettings book acquisition, taking on Aston Rowe's entire lettings division.