Business & People
New sales head for Knight Frank in Hampstead
Former Foxtons operations director Katy Brookes takes charge of KF’s high-profile Heath Street base.
New Business Realities: Alexis Stellakis & Harry Helsby on spotting a gap in the property market
Continuing our special series focusing on those starting and running new businesses in these extraordinary times, PrimeResi meets Alexis Stellakis & Harry Helsby, the ambitious duo behind ‘disruptive’…
Reapit appoints a new CEO
Mark Armstrong will fill shoes left vacant by Gary Barker at the estate agency software firm.
NAEA names new presidential team
London estate agent Liana Loporto is President Elect at NAEA Propertymark.
UK Sotheby’s opens doors to Channel4 for fly-on-the-wall luxury property TV show
Channel 4 will air an hour-long documentary over Christmas, offering insights into the world of super-prime - courtesy of top-end estate agency UK Sotheby's International Real Estate.
Clapham grand: Brace of spectacular mansions sell in south west London
Agents have been reporting a marked rise in activity across the leafier boroughs of London since the pandemic took hold.
Challenger property portal Boomin reveals fee structure
Michael Bruce's new property marketing venture will charge agents a combination of monthly "Base Fees" and "Performance Fees".
JLL shuffles international top table; Poppink to replace Grainger as EMEA chief
A "coordinated series of leadership appointments" is being billed as "the final steps in [JLL's] two-year transformation program".
Oliver Bernard recruits PCL lettings specialist
Former JLL and Carter Jonas agent George Vernon joins the real estate-focused private office set up by Charlie Gibson and Ralph de Wavrin.
Middleton appoints new lead agent in the Cotswolds
Gemma Maclaren takes on the running of a key territory for the buying agency.
JLL’s Grainger takes new global role to ‘drive major growth of sustainability services’
Property firm creates a new senior role, installing its EMEA CEO Guy Grainger as Global Head of Sustainability Services & ESG. A new EMEA chief is due to be announced later this week.
Zoopla rolls out ‘hyperlocal’ Pinterest advertising tool
Property portal launches a new social media advertising thing for estate agents and developers.