Business & People
Housing Secretary turns to Zoopla to address estate agents about lifting the lockdown
Robert Jenrick has penned a blog post for Zoopla to "share his vision for restarting the housing market" with the industry.
Challenger property portal postpones launch to July
Giles Ellwood's Homesearch trumpets itself as "not just another portal, but the future of the property industry.
Chris Dietz on the new home etiquette
The property market may have restarted this week, but working practices have changed beyond recognition in the last two months.
Georgian Group names new chairman
Europa Partners co-founder to succeed Christopher Boyle QC as chair of the conservation body in September
Outside the Box: What will the property sector’s ‘new normal’ look like?
Disruption on the scale of the Coronavirus crisis is sure to alter long-term behaviours in the property sector, writes Olivia Holt, but it will take time for some changes to unfold...
New £100m property fund launches, focused on international luxury developments
M Capital is being launched next month by Montague Property founder Thomas Balashev, Dylan Mitchell of Worldwide Property Company, and Mattias Sandvall of Sandvall Invest.
Foxtons shareholder revolt fails to materialise
All but one of the resolutions presented at Foxtons' AGM passed with little or no opposition.
Rightmove traffic surges as the property market re-opens
Property portal traffic jumped by 45% on Wednesday morning, as the Government eased the Coronavirus lockdown and made a surprise move to re-open the housing market; email enquiries to agents leapt by 70%.
Re-starting the housing market: Industry reactions to the easing of the Coronavirus lockdown for the property sector
It will not come as any great surprise that most in the property industry are pleased to be able to get back to work after seven weeks in lockdown.
70-branch Dexters swings back into action
London's biggest independent agency wastes no time in getting back to work after the government's eleventh-hour green light, but it's not quite business as usual...
Required Reading: New official guidance for home-movers & property agents during the Coronavirus outbreak
The housing market has been re-opened after the Covid-19 lockdown, but it is "not a return to normality" for home movers or for the property industry.
Jenrick reveals the Government’s ‘plan to re-start the housing market’ as estate agents & developers get back to work
The Government has eased the Coronavirus lockdown in a bid to re-start the housing market after seven weeks in cold storage. Estate agents' office can now re-open, viewings are permitted;