Business & People
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland chief steps down
Craig McWilliam had been in line to take on the group chief exec role later this year
Warren Buffett’s prime London estate agency launches property finance business
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kay & Co has teamed up with mortgage brokers John East and David Longhurst to launch Connaught Private Finance.
Search launched for a new Property Ombudsman
Katrine Sporle will step down as Chief Executive of The Property Ombudsman in November.
CBRE appoints new UK research chief
Hemant Kotak joins the firm's West End-based research team from Green Street Advisors
Urban Splash recruits two senior faces to modular housing arm
Claire Kober and Mark Shirburne-Davies have joined House by Urban Splash - a modular housing JV between Urban Splash, Sekisui House and Homes England.
Purplebricks has ‘hit a ceiling’ in the UK, claims analyst
Britain's most successful online/hybrid estate agency "has clearly hit a glass ceiling in terms of market share", says sector pundit Mike DelPrete.
Savills anticipating full-year results at the ‘upper end’ of expectations
Global real estate advisory reports 'considerable resilience' in the face of significant challenges in the UK and Hong Kong...
City of London planning chief to retire
Annie Hampson OBE will step down as the City's Chief Planning Officer in March.
Government housing design tsar Scruton dies
Sir Roger Scruton, co-Chairman of the Building Better, Building Beautiful commission, has died at the age of 75.
‘Fast & productive’ start for Keller Williams in Essex
The Readings and the Quirks have officially launched their "Keller Williams Plus" estate agency business in Essex
Updated ‘bible of wealth management’ profiles HNW industry leaders
The 2020 edition of William Cash's HNW industry directory profiles around 1,400 key players in the wealth management field - including 60 pages of property professionals.
New money laundering regulations are now in play
New anti-money laundering rules have come into force, affecting estate agents, high-end letting agents, solicitor, banks and lenders.