Business & People
‘It’s a great life out here’: Ex-Aston Chase agent makes it as a top LA realtor
'It's a wonderful life and totally incomparable to being an agent in the UK', says London-born realtor Jonathan Nash, who has gone on to sell nearly half a billion dollars worth of West Coast super-homes...
Industry stalwart Paterson backs short-term rental platform
Owner of UK Sotheby’s International Realty, Robin Paterson, joins newly-rebranded Stayo as non-exec chairman.
Beauchamp expands in Tel Aviv with luxury agency acquisition
MAKI has been rebranded and merged into Beauchamp Estates's Israeli operation, which launched last year.
Marsh & Parsons signs ex-Hamptons & Dexters sales chief Goldberg
164-year-old firm recruits one of London's most high-profile agents to run its PCL division.
Design visionary Sir Terence Conran has died
The founder of Habitat, The Design Museum and Conran & Partners has died at the age of 88.
Howard de Walden chief to step down
Andrew Hynard has spent the last four years in charge of the great estate, which controls 92 acres of London’s Marylebone.
Covid-19 has hit Rightmove revenues ‘ten times’ harder than other portals
Analyst Mike Del Prete has looked into Covid-19's effect on global real estate portal revenues, suggesting that the UK's number one portal has been hit significantly harder than international comparables.
Zoopla’s tech hiring spree continues
Private equity-owned property portal and proptech firm has recruited new faces to its product and tech teams from Auto Trader, Azimo, Babylon Health and Starling Bank.
Simon Carter to take over from Grigg as British Land CEO
Chris Grigg has announced that he will step down as CEO of British Land Plc in November, after 11 years at the helm. Current CFO Simon Carter will step up to the top job in November.
The Secret Agent: Will 2020 be the greatest ‘selling out’ our industry has seen?
Covid has given agencies the perfect excuse to reduce the footprint of their office networks, says our PCL insider, but what is left of a brand when all the good people have gone?
Milton Stone hires new lettings head from Strutt & Parker
Hugo James joins Sacha Moussaieff's firm after seven years in charge of Strutts' South Ken lettings team.
Another record month for OnTheMarket
The property portal generated more than two million leads to estate agents in August, an increase of 64% year-on-year.