Business & People
Lloyds backs merger of large-scale lettings agencies
Regional operators Linley & Simpson and Lomond Capital are combining to form new group with more than 22,000 properties under management and 'ambitions to grow'.
Zoopla buys Confused.com
Uswitch-owner ZPG has agreed to buy price comparison website Confused.com.
Connells’ takeover of Countrywide confirmed
Countrywide Plc's major shareholders are supporting an improved £134.4m offer by Connells Group to acquire a majority stake in the estate agency behemoth.
‘Britain’s Most Expensive Houses’: Sotheby’s Realty stars in Ch4’s new property show
If Richard Curtis made Selling Sunset...
Mount Anvil & Knight Frank sign up Masterchef stars for festive marketing push
Developer and agents host Christmas ‘cook-a-long’ at high-end north London scheme Hampstead Manor.
Banking heavyweights join Savills’ board
Philip Lee & Richard Orders will be taking on non-exec roles in January.
Property market to stay open in Tier 4 lockdown areas
"The sales and rental markets remain open in all tiers," says Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick. "All associated [home-moving] activities can continue as before. Please follow the Covid secure guidance.
Hamptons teams up with Jersey agency
Countrywide-owned agency forms ‘residential partnership’ with longstanding operator Broadlands.
Savills’ auction team toasts £270m year
Replacing traditional ballroom sales with a live-streamed format has paid off for the agency.
Zoopla to launch ‘major’ marketing drive over Christmas
Property portal is encouraging estate agents to stay open through the holidays as it looks to "capitalise on their collective need for more space, indoors and outdoors, which came to fruition as a result…
Half of top-end estate agents are flouting AML rules – official report
50% of estate agencies advertising properties for sale at £5 million are either not registered for anti money laundering supervision with HMRC, or have failed to pay their annual fee, according to a new…
Agents ramp up home-working lingo in property listings
Estate agents are using "work from home phrases" in property listings 300% more often than they did before the pandemic, reports Rightmove.