Business & People
OnTheMarket backs proptech firm Glanty
Property portal raises £3.4m through new shares, and acquires a chunk of letting agency platform Teclet
Humberts appoints Begbies Traynor as administrators
Administrators have been called in again to venerable estate agency Humberts.
Airbnb ‘not an estate agent’, rules EU court
Europe's highest court decides that US-based short-term accommodation platform does not need to comply with French property laws in landmark case
Industry body names new mortgage chief
RBS' Lloyd Cochrane is to be the new chair of UK Finance's Mortgages Product & Service Board, replacing Richard Rowntree
Architects predict a surge in workloads
Business confidence spiked in November, reports the RIBA
Johns&Co hires new marketing boss
Ex-Greene & Co marketing director Monique Chery joins specialist new-build firm to drive growth plans
CREtech buys Future Proptech event
American firm acquires Europe's biggest proptech event company
Knight Frank names new prime sales chief for Hungerford & Basingstoke
Mark Potter is to handle top-end sales in Berkshire and Hampshire
Cala launches construction skills academy
National property developer has partnered with the National House Building Council, Keystone Training and the Chartered Institute of Building to offer specialist training to its construction workforce…
Zoopla’s Alto hit with hack
The Friday 13th hack "can technically be considered a data breach", says the CRM platform, but "no personal data was accessed, downloaded or otherwise viewed"
Berkshire estate agency cartel fined £600k for price fixing
Four estate agencies broke competition law for nearly seven years by fixing minimum commission rates, says the CMA; three have been fined.
European court to rule in landmark Airbnb case
Is the US platform an online service or property agent? The CJEU will decide on Thursday...