Business & People
Longer opening hours don’t improve estate agents’ performance
Stick to the 9-5 agencies, advises GetAgent
Four Berkshire estate agents accused of illegally fixing fees
The alleged price-fixing cartel operated for almost seven years from 2008, says the Competition & Markets Authority
OnTheMarket reports a ‘strong year of progress’ despite widening losses
The challenger portal has updated the City on how the conversion from free to paying contracts is going, and reveals what it spent on advertising last year (a lot)...
Watch: Norwood Property Lunch raises £530k for charity
The 20th Norwood Property Lunch took place last week, with 700 industry players joined by guest speaker Michael Gove to raise funds for vulnerable children and their families
Zoopla lambasts ‘new & exclusive’ property listings
Two-thirds of vendors and house-hunters would rather list on all available property portals straight away
Arney Fender Katsalidis hires resi specialist as director
Former Woods Bagot principal Jonathan Clarke joins London & Canada-based practice to boost its resi and interior design offering
John Lewis merges Home Solutions with Opun ‘to create a truly differentiated home improvement offer’
Retailer merges John Lewis Home Solutions with home improvement management firm Opun, which it acquired last year
Carter Jonas boosts valuation team in London
Trio of new hires includes Cushman super-prime resi specialist Michael Henretty
40 Years of Mega-Deals: Gary Hersham picks his greatest hits, from Kensington embassies to Monaco penthouses
The Beauchamp Estates founder celebrates four decades in business with a retrospective of legendary super-prime deals...
Almacantar re-appoints agencies ‘to complete the sales process’ at Centre Point
CBRE & Knight Frank are back on the case at Centre Point, as PCL's top-end sales market shows signs of recovery
Quintessentially hires Director of APAC
Jonathan Benarr joins Hong Kong arm of global lifestyle real estate firm, as annual acquisitions approach the HK$1billion mark
Helical confirms ‘more than one unsolicited approach’ to buy the business
Mike Slade's property firm issues a statement following reports of a 'secret' £500m takeover bid