Business & People
Property portal plans ‘to reinvent the YouTube channel for property’
Boomin, the challenger property portal set up by Michael and Kenny Bruce, has turned its attention to YouTube as a marketing channel - declaring plans "to reinvent the YouTube channel for property".
Redrow launches southern division
Former Taylor Wimpey director Rod Martin has been brought in to establish a new Surrey and Sussex division for the housebuilder.
Opes brings in new sales director to lead resi push
Knightsbridge-based mortgage brokerage has completed £14m worth of PCL loans in the last week.
HNW property advisers diversify into design & build
Jonathan Mount & Sam McArdle’s new venture will guide clients through renovation and value-add projects.
Winkworth adds another Dorset outpost
James Hadley-Clift has acquired his second Winkworth franchise within two years.
Rollings joins Property Academy
Former Foxtons and Marsh & Parsons boss Peter Rollings is joining Peter Knight's estate agency coaching outfit.
Foxtons ‘can be a £1bn business’ if it expands beyond the M25, says investor
Catalist Partners has proposed a "three pillar strategy" for London-centric estate agency Foxtons, including national expansion and a new focus on higher-value prime property markets.
Savills launches new luxury property magazine
Edited by former How To Spend It Editor Gillian de Bono, the new Savills Portfolio magazine is a "complete reincarnation" of the firm's flagship glossy publication.
New sales director at BHHS London
Joe Le Beau is stepping up to oversee sales across all four of the agency’s offices in the capital.
Knight Frank boosts Sports Desk & Richmond lettings team
Hannah Beck will now be running KF’s lettings operation in Richmond, while Ryan Stokes has joined the agency’s specialist service for pro sports players.
Banda’s former design chief joins RedBook
Barak Alberro has joined Redbook as Projects Director, marking the consultancy's third major hire in the last six months.
Rightmove’s tech chief reveals ‘big plans for transformation’
“In two or three years’ time, I’d like us to be known not only as ‘the place I found my property’, but also ‘the place that helped me move in’, which is quite a big shift,” says Rightmove's Chief…