Business & People
Hamptons alumni launch new Cotswold estate agency
Liz Whitaker-Street and Amy Seager set up Whitaker Seager just before the Coronavirus lockdown...
Change at the top for Fine & Country as CEO Lindley steps down
Jon Cooke is taking over as Interim Global CEO, as David Lindley departs after ten years with the estate agency brand. Nicky Stevenson steps up to become UK Managing Director.
Knight Frank plans online resi auction trial
High-end agency brings former Allsop partner Richard Watson on as a consultant ahead of trial run in July
Cushman withdraws from direct new home sales
Cushman & Wakefield repoints its resi business after "a comprehensive review".
LA’s Opus mansion re-pitched as ‘1175 Billionaires’ Row’
After changing hands earlier this year, a re-branded Beverley Hills mega-mansion is being marketed as "the most spectacular and luxurious organic modern home ever constructed".
OnTheMarket introduces virtual tour filter
OTM is the first big portal to allow househunters to exclude physical-tour-only listings from searches.
Leading RE looks to expand across EMEA
Global real estate network hires new business development director to help boost growth in eastern European countries.
CBRE assembles stellar line-up for new Private Office
Firm brings together four Savills alumni - including one of PCL's best-known agents, Charles Lloyd, and acquisition specialist Marcus Bradbury-Ross - to offer 'bespoke and confidential advice to private…
The Buying Solution recruits Strutt & Parker man for Southern Counties searches
Jake Civardi has joined Knight Frank's buying agency arm as a Partner, to handle property searches in Hampshire, West Berkshire, Wiltshire and into the West Country.
Virtual Reality: The final frontier…for now
Boutique agency owner Simon Rose recently bit the bullet and made a big investment in VR software to enhance the experience for his potential buyers - but has it paid off?
Listen: KF’s Victoria Garrett on a high-flying globetrotting career in prime resi
Knight Frank's Head of Residential in the Asia Pacific region, Victoria Garrett, talks through her career from London to Dubai to Singapore, revealing how her teams across Asia have adapted during the…
New Chair for the NHBC
After nine years as Chair of the National House-Building Council, Isabel Hudson is making way for Alan Rubenstein.