Business & People
PCL buying agency launches apartment block sourcing service
Ludgrove wants to help investors tap into a hard-to-access sector of the London market
Government names first female chief planner
Joanna Averley will replace Steve Quartermain, who stepped down from the role at the end of March after a 12-year stint.
Yopa reports a ‘seismic shift’ in the market & its fortunes since lockdown
Hybrid estate agency Yopa has just seen its strongest ever start to a month, with "a whopping month-on-month increase" in registered buyers and a 67% increase in instructions.
LonRes inks tie-up with Matterport
Partnership will help agents ‘close more deals, more quickly to meet the market demand’, says B2B platform
New top-end building contractor launches with a focus on prime residential projects
Morgan Rae has been founded by Square Metre alumni Luke Morgan and James Rae.
Estate agency directors disqualified over price fixing cartel
Two agency bosses have been banned from a running a company for six-and-a-half years, after a CMA investigation found that they had conspired to fix commission rates for nearly seven years.
Can estate agencies survive the unfurloughing of wage bills?
The Government's furlough scheme is supporting the property industry to the tune of over £120 million a month, says Rayner Personnel.
Gulf Sotheby’s joins forces with Dubai’s Luxhabitat
Leading luxury agencies come together to launch co-branded real estate platform
Savills expands in SW France with new resi agency partner
Savills has boosted its continental coverage by teaming up with Beaux Villages Immobilier in South West France.
Native Land bolsters senior team with raft of promotions
Major-scale investor and developer names four new managing directors, and a new head of private transactions, as UK-wide expansion continues
One month on… ‘We are hopeful that we are witnessing a more sustained level of activity’ – Carter Jonas
Buyers are now making offers after an average of just 3.8 property viewings, reveals Carter Jonas - far quicker than the 12.8 average at this time last year.
6% of architects don’t think their practice will survive the next 12 months
Architects' workloads are a third lower than at this time last year, reports the RIBA, and most practices expect their workloads to decline further in the coming months.