Business & People
Yopa revenues surge by more than third
Hybrid estate agency reports "very encouraging" start to 2020.
British Land boss ‘preparing to step down’
The UK's second-biggest property company is in the process of lining up a successor to long-standing chief exec Chris Grigg, according to reports
Lettings agency pushes into prime west London with ‘let-for-free’ campaign
Tim Hassell's Draker Lettings is hoping to attract the attentions of landlords across Notting Hill, Bayswater and Holland Park with a 'compelling' offer
Mandatory New Homes Ombudsman to police ‘rogue’ developers
All housebuilders will need to sign-up to Robert Jenrick's New Homes Ombudsman scheme.
Countrywide & LSL confirm plot for property industry mega-merger
LSL and Countrywide - which operate around 1,000 estate agency branches between them, including Marsh & Parsons, Hamptons and John D Wood - are reported to be in "serious" discussions about merging
Symm joinery chief joins Harrison Varma
Harrison Varma Joinery has recruited Martin Williams as Director, after heritage building firm Symm went into administration.
The Times: Jamie Reuben on Cambridge House, Mayfair, and the legacy of the Reuben brothers
The Times Magazine bags a rare interview with the scion of one of the country’s wealthiest families
Daejan moves back to private ownership
£270m share swoop to take the Freshwater family's investment vehicle back into private ownership for the first time in 60 years.
The Original PropTech Startup: William Carrington & Anthony Payne on 20 years of LonRes
Property data and networking resource LonRes is celebrating its 20th birthday this year
Architects’ confidence surges, but workloads are still down
RIBA's Future Trends Workload Index has surged into positive territory, led by the private housing sector, but architects' actual workloads are still 5% below last year's level...
Chestertons boosts franchise operation with two heavyweight hires
International estate agency Chestertons has recruited a pair of senior players from Sotheby's International Realty to help build its franchising arm.
Sainsbury’s teams up with FEC for Whitechapel Square development
Far East Consortium has been signed up to deliver "a significant number" of new homes and a new flagship Sainsbury's store on a 4.62-acre site in Whitechapel.